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"Musically, Vulture Whale creates a sprawling twang that allows McDonald's narratives to expertly shuck and give. Sure there's a Southerner's love of Hank Williams and bluesy licks, but The Replacements gassed glory, and the woozy, whammy bar attack of My Bloody Valentine are as vitally important-and Vulture Whale let them lovingly stew."
Thicket, March/April 09
""...The music on the new self-titled CD is sonically thick; every square-inch of the album’s soundscape is filled to bursting with colors and the small intricate flourishes you wouldn’t expect to find on such a rowdy collection of songs."
"There are sly referential moments all over the album, from sinewy Bowie worship to Replacements-like post-teen angst to a Jagger-ish bluesy swagger, to the swing-tempo, call-and-response jump blues of "Guillotine."
Jersey Beat, Feb. 09
"unassuming lunks who know how to stir up a bracing, humid, two-guitar racket with a pinch of bluesy ass-shake and plenty of peaty prettiness."
"Spellbinding frontman Wes McDonald gives his wild-eyed tales a real sizzle, spitting tortured emotions in a funky sneer, offering insults ("You look good for a woman your age") and existential reflection ("I've 'bout tried everything but dying and being quiet") with the same itchy angst. The dude could use a sympathetic ear (or a tranquilizer)."
"The quartet make no mistakes that this is a no frills straight forward rock record that has catchy melodies, in your face guitar and pounding drums that all combine for a good time and an incentive to come back for more."
"...these alabama club rats rock like Kings of Leon minus the ass-waggin'. "
Spin Magazine, Dec. 08
"Vulture Whale have perfected a formula here of quirky lyrics matched by a punk rock energy on top of the easy melodic, rockabilly hooks. Buy this album, draw the curtains, lock the doors, and air-guitar away as you bounce on your bed."
"The album is rough and raw, but that’s the nature of their music. It has that kind of an edge to it... the new Vulture Whale would make an excellent road trip soundtrack."
"With a no frills and straightforward sound, Vulture Whale is immediately worth the purchase, and like a loud civil war bugle horn sounded from way up north down to Alabama, my envious and vicarious enjoyment thickens with this album in my arsenal."
After playing together in Wes McDonald & the Fizz, Lester Nuby (of Verbena), Keelan Parrish, Jake Waitzman, and the band’s fearless leader, Wes Mcdonald, decided to convert the power structure of the group from a monarchy into a true democracy. Legend has it the band settled on its new name after guitarist Nuby dreamed of a vulture sitting on top of a guitar, eating a whale. Out of such fevered visions, Vulture Whale was born. The group hails from Birmingham, Alabama, where in 2007 it released its first self-titled album. So pleased was the band with its debut statement, it decided to release another self-titled album in 2009. “Sugar,” a single from the later self-titled album, was featured in an issue of Spin Magazine, and both albums were acclaimed both in America and abroad.
For its current release, an EP entitled “Bamboo You,” Vulture Whale has risen like a phoenix from its own ashes and—through a complex ritual involving consumption of Golden Flake potato chips and Vegemite—morphed into the best American band pretending to be a British band influenced by American music since Guided By Voices. The concept for the project is not exactly new: Mic Jagger sang in an American accent on numerous Rolling Stones albums, and The Kinks interpreted Americana on their classic “Muswell Hillbillies” album. On “Bamboo You,” Vulture Whale combines its unique brand of eccentric rock with its love of British music like The Stone Roses, Blur, and The Smiths, as well as classic British rock bands like The Who and The Rolling Stones. The result is six songs that are among some of the best and most inspired of any in the Vulture Whale catalog. Throughout “Bamboo You,” McDonald—whose lyrics are always somehow both humorous and casually profound—sings with a playful, faux British accent that is as entertaining as it is inauthentic. When McDonald sings, “She went on and just stripped me for parts / at least she let me keep my guitar,” the combination of redneck philosophy with a quasi-Cockney accent is (surprisingly) nothing short of a revelation.
But despite the role playing and subtle musical allusions to classic rock and Brit pop bands, Vulture Whale’s personality shines through, and the band’s charm congeals all of its influences into one solid and original artistic offering that is just plain fun to listen to. “Bamboo You” is much greater than the marginally interesting story behind its concept. The EP may be the bastard child of the band’s own musical influences, but it also is one of the catchiest and infectiously exuberant collection of songs this year. God Save Vulture Whale.
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Bojangles Studio in association with
Tangent Music Group (Ben Trexel) is currently offering a two song deal for
bands, singer/songwriters, and recording artists.
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