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Westernaire
Milton Mapes
Westernaire
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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Creating dramatic tension with stark guitar lines and dust-colored vocals, Milton Mapes are torchbearers of their craft ? simultaneously raising a flame to guide future songwriters while burning down tired clichés fro...  more »

     
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All Artists: Milton Mapes
Title: Westernaire
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Aspyr Media Inc
Release Date: 12/9/2003
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Roots Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 618870701004, 618870701028

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Album Description
Creating dramatic tension with stark guitar lines and dust-colored vocals, Milton Mapes are torchbearers of their craft ? simultaneously raising a flame to guide future songwriters while burning down tired clichés from the past. Westernaire is the sound of desperation and hope crashing into another, determined to find balance in an unfair, off-key and disillusioned world. By combining their love for American roots music and straightforward Rock and Roll, Greg Vanderpool and Roberto Sanchez have created a record brimming with character and conscience, without losing a bit of steam along the way. The band?s second effort, Westernaire is a remarkably solid record, built on dynamic performances and engaging songwriting.
 

CD Reviews

Vanderpool Rocks!
Richard Bjorklund | Frisco,Texas | 11/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love the sounds of Greg Vaderpool on lead vocals. His style is unique and touches my heart. Writing his own music gives an extra touch of closeness. Rock on Vanderpool!"
A Good Reason to Move to Texas, II
James Carragher | New York | 10/02/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"An alternative title could have been Mope Along with Mapes. Mapes, by the way, is a band, not an individual. I read somewhere it was named after the head honcho's (Greg Vanderpool) grandfather. Their nearest contemporaries in sound are Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar's Son Volt, and the Canadian alt country band, Blue Rodeo. Their elder statesmen models are Dylan and Neil Young, a debt Vanderpool nicely acknowledges when he sings in Palo Duro, quoting "'Last night I danced with a stranger/But she just reminded me you were the one'/Somebody else one time said it better/I think Dylan but it might have been Young." Nothing new about the songs' themes -- losing love, moving on, and drinking ruining relationships. Excellent lyrics, sometimes rocking hard-edged playing and Vanderpool's expressive singing redeem those old themes, however. The best cuts are The Only Sound That Matters, Palo Duro, and the beautiful Silverbell, which plays like almost an homage to Merle Haggard's classic Silver Wings. Obscure, regional, but very worthwhile, Westernaire is a buy."
One of the best bands to come out of Texas
fullerton3333 | 09/03/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw these guys at an event at UT, and they were absolutely hands-down amazing. They didn't have much of an audience there, but they still completely rocked. I went home and got a copy of their CD and listened to it, and I was hooked. The best way to describe them is a mix of Neil Young and Bob Dylan but with a pinch of country and a lot of kick. If you listen to the demos, you get a taste, but to really appreciate them, you have to listen to the songs from beginning to end."