You Are Never Close to Home, You Are Never Far From Home
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Record Label: Levi Weaver
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Let's say you grew up listening to country music, (you have a good reason, because your dad is a professional cowboy, and you spend copious amounts of time in the truck going from rodeo to rodeo) but then you realize that country sucks. And so you start listening to other things. You discover Radiohead, Brand New, and mewithoutYou.
Then let's say that in the middle of this renaissance, you move to England for 2 years, and immerse yourself in things like Damien Rice and David Ford. Let's say that.
Then one day, you start to miss home and so you dig up some old music. You rediscover Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, and you start to come to a realization. So you rediscover your Ryan Adams and Nickel Creek records, and you come to the conclusion that it wasn't really country that sucked, but what had happened to country. So you put your boots back on, and nobody in England fully gets what that really means to *you*, but they love it nonetheless, and then one day you find yourself on tour with Imogen Heap, and you think "how the crap did I get here?"
Let's say you did all that. Then you might just be Levi Weaver. Either that, or it's a really weird coincidence, because you are reading his biography right now. (You will probably enjoy this music more than the others.)
For the rest of you, well... maybe you'll like it anyway.
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Wonderful Artist
author: Danielle Oldfield
I have to say, what a great album! I first saw Levi in Dallas when he was on tour with Imogen, and he's probably the only independent artist I've ever fallen in love with this 'early' in his career. Levi's voice is stunning, and he's amazingly talented. Loved his EP as well.
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Musical Integrity
author: WILLIAM J. TILLY
I've been playing and sharing this CD for a few weeks now. The reaction from everyone has been the same. AWESOME!!! Then Levi came to NY and I got to hear him LIVE. WOW It's just stuck there in my head. This is music, the way it was meant to be played and heard. Now I'm back to pick up another copy of CIVIL WAR BETWEEN MY HEART AND MIND, because I ended up giving my copy away. This CD is now a perminent resident in my CAR, and I get something different, everytime I listen to it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED... ENJOY!!!
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It's great
author: Rob Maddison
I saw Levi in 2006 supporting Clayhill at the Glee Club in Birminghanm and have been waiting for a full album since. If you've not heard Good Medicine on the Civil War... EP go and get a copy right now, then come back and buy this CD too.
Of Bridges Burned is a great track with really dark lyrics, I loved Which Drink?, Idioteque and Sicl, or Determined? (You're a password on a Rubiks cube encrypted in braille... what a description of most women, and the track is really a beautifull love song). Last Camden Stand reminds me strongly of Tom Petty so the man is not just country.
Even Family Feud, the track that has had some negative comments, is starting to grow on me
There is a great lyricist at work here and he backs this up with strong music. Go on, treat yourself!
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Great Album
author: Nathaniel
Like many others, I seem to have discovered Mr. Weaver by seeing him open for Imogen Heap. I was quite impressed, and was very excited to have "Which Drink?" on CD. He played it in his live set and it blew me away with the looping vocal harmonies towards the end. Other reviewers don't seem to like "Family Feud," but it really is one of the stronger tracks on the album musically and lyrically (and also has a truly amazing chorus). His cover of Radiohead's "Idioteque" is also surprisingly great. I could go on about the album's highlights, but that would include most of the album anyway. In short, this album in its entirety is quite solid and never becomes boring or pretentious. I think it would most likely appeal to fans of Bright Eyes, Simon Joyner, Sleep Station, The Black Heart Procession, Two Gallants, Damien Rice, and other modern folk artists.
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