Vandaveer
Dig Down Deep
Supply & Demand Music [2011]
Fire Note Says: Vandaveer continue to develop their sound on the engaging Dig Down Deep.
Album Review:
Vandaveer and frontman Mark Charles Heidinger are really hitting a stride on their third LP, Dig Down Deep, as the album finds the group embracing a slightly larger sound on their entrenched classic folk vibe. Right on the first and title track, Vandaveer explodes with a loud almost Southern
choir type chorus that fills a room with a full and bright energy. Rose Guerin once again returns vocally to pair off and double up tracks with Heidinger, which has many positive results and makes a track like "Concerning Past & Future Conquests" shine with its Wallflowers sound. The rest of Dig Down Deep follows this upbeat folk style that adds to its guitars and percussion by incorporating plenty of violin, cello, mellotron, organ, synthesizer, and piano into the mix. This makes big sing a longs like "The Nature Of Our Kind" and the mostly acoustic closer "The Waking Hour" equally engaging. Vandaveer have matched their last effort Divide & Conquer [2009], if not surpassed it, with their spirited confidence on Dig Down Deep that not only pays homage to Heidinger's Kentucky roots but the entire Americana genre.
Key Tracks: "Dig Down Deep", "Concerning Past & Future Conquests", "The Nature Of Our Kind"
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Vandaveer : Divide & Conquer [Fire Note Review 8/31/09]
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-Reviewed by Christopher Anthony
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