ARTIST: Rich Mcculley TITLE: Far From My Angel LABEL: n/a GENRE: Rock TIME: 43:30 min SIZE: 67,9 MB RIP DATE: Aug-03-2005 RELEASE DATE: Jul-19-2005 WEBSITE: n/a Track List: 01. First Word 04:01 02. Hope You're Happy 03:26 03. Forget Me 03:28 04. This Ain't A Song 04:20 05. Follow Me Down 03:28 06. Waterfall 03:23 07. Far From My Angel 04:10 08. Stumbling To Start 04:06 09. It's On Me 03:02 10. Happy Birthday Baby 02:13 11. 8 Years Ago Today 03:36 12. I Am Free 04:17 Release Notes: Recently transplanted from San Francisco to Los Angeles, rootsy pop rocker Rich McCulley removed himself from a city of heartbreak so as to find the right headspace to work it out in song. Far From My Angel is just that exercise, a cycle that begins with shock and frustration, clear from the opening track "First Word", with its lead-in line, "I left my heart in San Francisco." Its then brought around to understanding and release, as the disc closes with the powerful and driving "I Am Free". And an exuberant way to go, as this self-produced disc jangles and grinds its way through a series of vitriolic rockers ("Hope Youre Happy"), introspective roots-pop ("Waterfall"), blues-tinged grooves ("Follow Me Down") and bare acoustic alt. country ("8 Years Ago Today"). All in all, this is great songwriting and sounds in the Pete Droge vein, that bites its way through the mystery of love lost and musics healing properties.