The Volebeats

VINYL FORMAT. The Volebeats' new album is an epic double LP affair, recorded in the heart of Detroit, Michigan. Throughout these nineteen new songs, the group is in top form, proving themselves to be more prolific than ever. The Volebeats is a definitive work from a favorite band of many musicians and critics, and it's their first new album since 2005's Like Her LP. This new self-titled LP is the product of a new phase of intense songwriting and recording activity for the band. Singer Jeff Oakes and guitarist Matthew Smith wrote most of the songs, and it was recorded on analog 8-track tape. Instead of booking time in a conventional studio, the sessions were arranged in a house not far from the old Motown studio. The Volebeats were determined to make the definitive Volebeats album, and they knew from the start that the record would be at least as long as Exile on Main St. or the Beatles' White Album. The Volebeats unfolds like a movie. It's an AM radio-influenced American urban dreamscape, where non-stop hooks propel introspective lyrics across a warm analog atmosphere. There's a cover of a great pop song written by Gene Simmons of Kiss, "See You Tonight," as well as the Kinks' "This is Where I Belong" for good measure. The other seventeen tracks are all originals, with no filler throughout 67+ minutes!