THE GREAT STATE OF EMOTION:Top 6 Albums of the Year:
Raw and ragged, The Great State of Emotion is art in music. It rips your heart out and shows it to you, still beating. Perhaps a tad to abstract for some and too intense for others, if you get it, it will tear you apart. If you don't, it will pass you by--and you need to chase after it.
The initial Vandevander release, The Great State of Emotion, is the first of a trilogy of EPs that will tie together to relate the cycle of emotional upheaval, inner turmoil and redemption.Raw Emotion.For anyone who has experienced heartbreak, betrayal or a painful breakup, the effect is similar to ripping your heart out and showing it to you, like the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Although Fisher told me he knows many people "just won't get this record," I think he's wrong. Although a few people my not identify with it, it's hard to not connect with what may be the most heart-wrenching disc I've heard all year.
G.K. Hizer- Urban Tulsa WeeklyTHE GREAT STATE OF DENIAL:Fisher's gift has always been conveying emotion throught his instrument, no matter what the context. With Vandevander, he's only made that all the more apparent...... one of the tastiest guitar players in Tulsa..... Vandevander is another beast altogether.
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