ARTIST: Rocky Votolato
TITLE: Makers
LABEL: Barsuk
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 183kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 37min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-01-24
RIP DATE: 2005-11-18

Track List

01. White Daisy Passing             3:08
02. Portland Is Leaving             2:45
03. The Night's Disguise            3:17
04. She Was Only In It For The      3:09
Rain
05. Uppers Aren't Necessary         2:55
06. Wait Out The Days               2:43
07. Streetlights                    2:29
08. Tennessee Train Tracks          2:25
09. Goldfield                       3:32
10. Tinfoil Hats                    2:39
11. Where We Left Off               5:38
12. Makers                          3:18

Release Notes:

Conventional wisdom says that singer-songwriters need a mythology.  We can't
supply you with any Lanegan- or Earlestyle tales of past drug abuse or
Adamsish anecdotes of stupidity and arrogance in telling the story of Rocky
Votolato. But here's what we know: Rocky is a softspoken, very sweet, very
hard-working 28-year-old father of two, born in rural Texas and raised in
the Pacific Northwest indie scene (where he fronted the acclaimed but
emo-stigmatized Waxwing).  He has matured over the course of three
increasingly accomplished solo albums, and writes songs that seem to have
been carved on a boxcar wall by a worn-out and lonesome ghost.

Makers' title, where it references a vague existential preoccupation of
perhaps a certain brand of American whiskey, captures the mood of its 12
songs perfectly.  For maximum enjoyment, we recommend that you spend half
an hour in a dim room with this album at the end of a hard day, reading the
lyrics while you sip your beverage of choice.