Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:23 PM
Wesley Wolfe is a singer-songwriter from Carrboro, NC, a town in Orange Country that likes to brag about being a home for artists and farmers. There are a few bars and you shouldn't have a hard time tracking down the one where Wesley is working. Between shifts he is a musician who has just released Storage, his second album. As a true DIY guy he did most of the work himself: vocals, guitar, bass and drums.
Christopher Homick lended a hand playing cello.
Elliot Smith is obviously a big influence and his lyrics are pretty bleak. He likens himself to a seed that grew to become Another Weed: "I'm The Iliad & The Odyssey a cry baby's diary / Thrown into the fire sending out smoke signals to you / I quit the Boy Scouts long ago and I never learned to untie the ropes / Or how to suck the poison out of everything". All the Weltschmertz aside, Storage is captivating effort, with Wolfe's rollicking acoustic guitar and basic drum fills serving as a counterpoint for the seriousness of his words.
Storage is released thru Odessa Records. Also available on iTunes
Tracks:
- Only Ray of Sunshine
- Sorry Only Counts the First Time
- Gone for Good
- In Primary Colors
- Another Weed
- Who’s Going To Truly Love You
- Locked In
- Then On Sunday
- Food Chain
- Wintery Mix
MP3: Wesley Wolfe - Another Weed
Live dates:
- 06/25 Peoria Theater, Peoria, IL
- 06/26 Quenchers Saloon, Chicago, IL
» myspace.com/wesleywolfe