Concert Band:
Gargantuan Glen Farris - Wurlitzer
Delicious Daniel Folmer - Guitar, Vocals, Keys
Wesley Brenton Bickerdike III - Bass
Cantankerous Cody Seals - Drums
Daniel Zeig Zeigler - Guitar
(occasionally) A-dub White - Guitar
Influences
Tex Winters, Ernest Tubb, Gregorio Allegri, DJ Screw (RIP), John Darnielle, Billy Joel, Faure, Lefty Frizzell, Lil’ Keke, Emmylou Harris, Ed Belfour, Isobel Campbell, Will Oldham, Bruce Springsteen, MK Ultra, Bob Wills, John Vanderslice, Sibylle Baier, Gram Parsons, Ruth Etting, David Berman, Fat Pat (RIP), Debussy, Big HAWK (RIP), Pimp C (RIP)
Live Videos:
Serotonin, 715 Panhandle
Final Scene, Dan’s Silverleaf
Sounds Like
DISCOGRAPHY:
Everyone's Columbus EP (2002)
Recorded by John Congleton at the pAper house in Dallas, Texas.
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. Everyone's Columbus
2. Better Off
3. Said to Myself
4. Lonely Seed
Brookhaven Bears EP (2003)
Recorded by John Congleton at the pAper house in Dallas, Texas.
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer except track 1 written by Townes Van Zandt and drums by Cody Seals. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. Flying Shoes
2. Vapors of Poison
3. Who Do You Think You Were?
4. Giant Steel Coffin
5. Created
See Hear And Feel EP (2003)
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer except as noted. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. 1776
2. Object
3. I Don't (Think) (Joey Kendall Cover)
4. Wise Man
5. Down South
7. Snorts
8. Diminished
9. (Joey Kendall Original)
10. (Tex Winters Original)
11. (Tex Winters Original)
12. (Tex Winters Original)
13. (Tex Winters Original)
14. (Tex Winters Original)
On The Horizon EP (2004)
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer except track 5 written by John Vanderslice. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. On The Horizon
2. Following Our Fathers
3. Infection
4. Saw This Coming
5. From Out Here
6. Sorry To Hear
Little Bermuda EP (2004)
Recorded by Justin Collins at Satisfactory Recording Co. in Denton, Texas.
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer except drums by Justin Collins. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. Mr. Anderson
2. Swell Pair of Hands
3. Speed Queen
Tex Winters Makes You A Birthday Cake EP (2004)
Recorded by Daniel Folmer at Fordham Lane.
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer and Tex Winters. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. Panties
2. No Sound
3. The Plague
4. Ashley McCoy
5. Song in a Field
6. Object
Have fun in Europe EP (2006)
Recorded by John Congleton at the pAper house in
Dallas, Texas.
All writing/instruments by Daniel Folmer except track 1 written
by Townes Van Zandt and drums by Cody Seals. ASCAP Ganglo Music (out of print)
1. Son of a Bank
2. Cold Day in July
3. Speaking French
4. Orifice or Oedipus
5. Warmth of a Dryer
Wear Headphones LP (2006)
Recorded various places, mostly by John Congleton.
All writing/instruments by Daniel except drums by Cody Seals and track 22 written/performed by Celia Carver. ASCAP Ganglo Music ORDER HERE
or on ITunes
1. Who Do You Think You Were?
2. Serotonin
3. Mr. Anderson
4. Son Of A Bank
5. Speaking French
6. Warmth Of A Dryer
7. Cold Day In July
8. Better Off
9. Said To Myself
10. Speed Queen
11. Created
12. Everyone's Columbus
13. Vapors Of Poison
14. Object
15. In The Smoke
16. Orifice Or Oedipus
17. Lonely Seed
18. Giant Steel Coffin
19. No Sound
20. Ashley McCoy
21. You Were A Maiden
22. Tend To Me
Gloria LP (2007)
Recorded by John Congleton and Michael Briggs.
All writing/instruments by Daniel except drums by Cody Seals. ASCAP Ganglo Music ORDER HERE
or on ITunes
1. Serotonin
2. Warmth Of A Dryer
3. Fancy Free
4. I'm Not Apt At Speaking French
5. Obsession Blues
6. Gloria
7. Final Scene
8. Romantic Monstrosity
9. Sorry For Being So Sorry
10. A Sculptor's Touch
A Leaf LP (2008)
All songs written by Daniel Folmer, except track 10 by Neil Halstead.
All songs recorded by Justin Collins, except tracks 10 and 11 recorded by Daniel Folmer. ASCAP Ganglo Music ORDER HERE
1. Time Is Passing
2. Chicago And Back
3. Debutante/Debonaire
4. Living Things In A Graveyard
5. One For The Road
6. Red Red Roses
7. Vegetables And Coffee
8. Robots
9. Bluebirds
10. In Love With a View
11. Simply The Best
12. Simply All That's Left
Daniel Folmer is a 23 year old resident of Denton, Texas who was born in Dallas. He plays (or attempts to play) most instruments on his recordings except for live drums. He don't do drums. His songs were recorded by John Congleton of the pAper chAse or by Justin Collins of Burnt Sienna Trio, Michael Briggs, or by his lonesome at home.
Reviews/Interviews:
What is it about Denton that spawns such great lo-fi ballads? A decade after Centro-matic comes Daniel Folmer, another act with a knack for slow, dreamy songs and haunting melodies. The Paper Chase's John Congleton helped produce the CD, but the 21-year-old Mr. Folmer did just about everything else, from singing and playing guitar and keyboards to writing the tunes. And he's not a happy-go-lucky type (sample title: "Sorry for Being So Sorry"), but his wry humor often creeps through.
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The Dallas Observer says Denton's Daniel Folmer is "on the precipice of something brilliant," and after spending a few days with his new record Gloria, we tend to agree. Daniel is responsible for basically all of the instrumentation on Gloria, and most of the record was recorded by John Congleton, who has worked with Explosions in the Sky, the Mountain Goats, and produced the Polyphonic Spree's amazing new record, among others. Here is the beautiful and sad album-opener from Gloria, which only scratches the surface of Daniel's knack for crafting plaintive, affecting songs that reward repeat listens with increasingly intense heartache.
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Folmer incorporates elements of Neil Young, David Bowie and even old-school country into his minimalist compositions. Folmer's fragile tenor dances across the skeletal backdrops like a resurrected Nick Drake fronting Yo La Tengo. -
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Throughout Gloria Folmer forsakes the playfully nerdy aspects of Headphones and instead plunges into a mature examination of relationships and rites of passage. "I don't have the fortitude, and you don't have the time," sings Folmer on "Warmth of a Dryer," looking for answers when he knows none are available. With an emphasis on distorted guitar accompaniment, Daniel Folmer is on the precipice of something brilliant.
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Daniel has received radio play on Sirius satellite radio, KERA 90.1FM (Dallas/Denton/Fort Worth) Radio Universidad (Baja, Mexicali), KNTU 88.1 FM (Dallas/Denton/Fort Worth), and Hollow Earth Radio
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Daniel Folmer: "Gloria" $7
"an intoxicating folk album" - hunter hauk, dallas morning news
Daniel Folmer: "Wear Headphones" $7
"a brainy yet engaging debut." - Darryl Smyers, Dallas Observer
You had plans for both of us That involved a trip out of town To a place Ive seen in a magazine That you left lying around I dont have you with me but I keep a good attitude Do you miss me, miss misery Like you say you do?
