The Waking Hour A Minor Spell - Music

VANDAVEER Is The Alt-Folk Song-Singing/record Making/globetrotting Project Penned And Put Forth By Washington DC-By-Way-Of-Kentucky Tunesmith Mark Charles Heidinger. Vandaveer’s Debut Album Grace & Speed A Mostly Live Stripped Down Affair Swiftly Entered This Great Big Dusty World In The Spring Of 2007. The Press Responded Heartily With The Washington Post Saying Vandaveer “revives The Earnestness Of The Pre-Psychedelic 60’s ” And XM Cafe Calling Him “this Generation’s Nick Drake.” Touring Continually On Both Sides Of The Atlantic Ever Since Vandaveer Has Played 250 Shows Sharing Stages With A Host Of Humbling Artists Including Bon Iver Vetiver Alela Diane Alejandro Escovedo Vashti Bunyan Bill Callahan Fleet Foxes And The Like. In Addition To Said Vandaveering Mark Charles Has Been Known To Fraternize And Conspire With Other Music-Making Hooligans Primarily As A Bassist For Fellow DCers These United States. Vandaveer’s Sophomore Effort Divide & Conquer Touches Upon Similar Themes Found In Its Elder Sibling Winding Timeworn Themes Of Love & Death Malice & Goodwill Sin & Perseverance Into Mostly Four-Minute Vignettes. To See D&C Through Vandaveer Enlisted The Able Assistance Of Longtime Collaborator And Producer Duane Lundy Brothers-In-Arms/These United States Bandmates Robby Cosenza And Justin Craig And Most Notably His Fair Sister Rose Guerin Supplying The Loveliest Harmonies This Side Of Eden. A Decidedly More Produced Venture D&C Offers Up A Flourishing Chamber Folk Companion To Its Bedroomy Lo-Fi Folk/pop Predecessor. Released In France In April 2009 On AlterK/Discograph Divide & Conquer Was Hailed By Rolling Stone As “jarring New Folk”. The US Release Of Divide & Conquer Is August 25th 2009 On Supply And Demand Music. read less