What's the meaning or worth of the American dream? Can a balance be found or are we destined to stay corporate America's programmable pawns-wallowing in the apathy of marketing induced self loathing that can only be relieved by limitless consumerism. If we buy red clothing, are we really helping Africans? Will the revolution be televised from the back seat of a Hummer waiting at the drive thru for a cup of fair trade Ethiopian Yirgacheffe? Are we in a simultaneous heaven and hell where neither meaning or chaos trumps the other? Has a good story become more important than anything truthful? Out of such questions arose the vision for The WP in 2003. The songs move effortlessly from garage rock, altcountry and roots rock in a style the group calls post modern trailer trash rock. Disjointed characters living on the fringe, form lyrical building blocks steeped heavily in the literary muck and mire of Raymond Carver, Larry Brown and Billie Collins. Creative bonds were born and sealed from the desire to spare rock and roll the incessant rape ensuing from trendy haircuts, niche marketing, American Idol, men who sound like Cher when they sing, men who don't sound like men when they sing, men who sound sad when they sing but are not really sad, and Che Guevara beret/t-shirt wearing phonies. This is your America you violent little sexy bunnies. Kill! Kill! Kill!
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"Post-modern troubador, gritty storyteller, rock-and-roll songwriter, and unflinching poet, Jessel Harry is a musician and writer that blends Bukowski and the bible with his personal experiences and social observations into moving, gutsy commentary."
Present magazine KC MO
"Moody, Intense and Immediate, the five songs on 'Industry' weaves together harry's vision of the American West as desolate and at times threatening...the macho loner cowboy mindset once viewed as the archetype for the American male is now alone and grasping for meaning in the 21st century"
Go magazine, Springfield MO
"WHAT'S NEXT IN 2007: THE WESTERN PARADISE
After releasing the concept EP Industry in October, we were anxiously awaiting a full-length album to really see what singer-songwriter Jessel Harry could do. We were promised two albums, in fact, neither of which arrived yet. When they arrive, though, we'll be waiting."
GO magazine Springfield MO
