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Vessel

by Rand Reynolds

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1.
Long Way To Woodstock 04:12
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2.
What I'm Not 04:30
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3.
Loose With My Love 03:11
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4.
Three Little Steps 03:50
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5.
Can't Stop What's Comin' 03:25
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6.
Blame It On The Night 04:15
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Close Enough 05:58
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Ain't No Pill 05:05
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9.
Haint 05:28
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For Love 04:22
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Let The Axe Fall 04:41
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12.
This Blood Don't Run 05:28
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13.
Busted Not Broke 04:01
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14.
Nowhere To Nothin' 02:46
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15.
Last Sundown 03:56
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16.
Man In The Wire 02:41
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17.
The Next Drink 03:55
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18.
With This Moonlight 03:34
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19.
Postcards From Paris 04:37
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20.
Dogs In Dust 03:54
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21.
A Thousand Guitars 03:49
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22.
Ribbon 04:37
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23.
Ten Feet 03:26
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24.
Thirsty Love 03:45
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Without a doubt -- hands down -- this is Rand Reynolds' best work to date. The 24-track, double cd Vessel is even more powerful, more perceptive than any of his past cd's. After waiting for more than a year now, Reynolds' haunting and forlorn Hillbilly Noir genre has become stylized, individualistic and intimate, while fine tuning this signature stark sound: dark, threatening and dangerous. And Reynolds firmly pulls the trigger on this new cd. His emotional vulnerability and "bare it all" penetrating attitude are elevated to a new sensuality and savvy where the blurred lines between love and lust, birth and death, sane and insane are explored, deconstructed, reassembled, and proving that, sometimes, what’s broke can't always be fixed – or even should be.
Lyrically, Reynolds’ characters struggle inwardly to co-exist in the gray moral shadows of their footsteps echoing in a vacant alley on a dark, rainy night while moving headstrong into life’s underbelly. Musically, Reynolds sticks with his acoustic guitar to spin catchy melodic phrasing as a rhythmic rustic backdrop for his Edgar Allen Poe-like lyrics.
As Reynolds ventures into the dark exterior, he has the ability to find a kernel of undeniable truth, some spark of humanity in even the most dire of circumstances that attempt to explain the complex and confusing nature of the inner man – no matter how bizarre or brutal this might be. Reynolds, once again, has embraced his journey of self-discovery that is bold and rare among songwriters today.

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released October 1, 2012

Words and Music by Rand Reynolds @ASCAP 2012

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Rand Reynolds Van Buren Township, Indiana

Rand Reynolds writes authentic Hillbilly Noir, a new music genre he created in 2005 to describe his haunting Edgar Allen Poe- like lyrics accompanied by a stark, rustic Martin guitar sound. The songs reek of the human abyss, danger and disappointment because, in Reynolds' Noir world, hope and desperation go hand in hand -- for his dreams of easy deliverance are empty, two sided and vague. ... more

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