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Joe Strell
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- Profile created: October 2007
- www.bebo.com/joestrell
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- Label:
- Dansbane Elandet Indie Label
- Hometown:
- San Francisco United States
- Influences:
- George Harrison, PJ Harvey, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell
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- Tagline
- Alternative Acoustic Rock from San Francisco
- Me, Myself, and I
- Joe Strell wields melody and metaphor to unveil the turbulent realms of human emotion, relationships, and existence. The imagery of his lyrics strikes deep, exploring personal revelation in a way that evokes the universal while the addictive sounds you want to hear again and again.
Strell's music is largely acoustic, occasionally moody, and certainly moving in a way that few singer-songwriters are able to achieve with such consistency. Some of his songs stray into country and folk territory, while others recall eclectic elements of a post punk foundation, but each speaks the truth in its spearate tongue.
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New CD "In the Balance" due out October 29, 2007
The new Joe Strell CD In the Balance is scheduled for release on October 29, 2007. The CD will be available through numerous on-line channels, including Amazon.com, CD Baby, iTunes, and PayPlay.fm
In the Balance is Joe Strell's third release on the independent label Dansbane Eländet, following his 2005 debut Under a Mackerel Sky and the 2006 release Enormous Morning. Embedded with his trademark hooks of gliding slide guitar, plucky uke, and shimmering mandolin, In the Balance comprises fourteen tracks that showcase the range of Strell's unique acoustic sound. Some tracks are lavish productions that resound with multi-part harmonies and complex arrangements, while others strive for stark minimalism, attaining a delicate intimacy that lingers like the scent of a summer shower (or haunts like the sting of love lost). To listen to this record is to embark upon an intensely personal journey with the meaning of love and life held in the balance.
A Word from Joe
"Everything exists in relation to everything else. There is a balance that is achieved of its own accord. We may upset this balance temporarily, but the system eventually will settle into a new equilibrium--albeit one not necessarily to our liking. What matters is not so much where we weigh-in on the important questions, but that we bother to ask them in the first place. What really lies in the balance is our hope for the future and our faith in the past, both of which extend from the fulcrum that is now. Which way do you lean? " -- Joe Strell
Track List
at least (at last) / she smiles / flowers from a previous arrangement / shoreline of heaven / waiting on a lifetime / what sadder thing / distant blue / mood (clown noire) / if only it would rain / a subtle breeze / making senseless / take this time / your turn / a lament for love (empathy)
Credits
Joe Strell - vocals, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, dulcimer, bass, percussion, drums
Marie Jacobsen - harmonica on "distant blue "
Meghan Strell - duet vocals on "your turn"
Jack Lenzo - art direction, design and photography0 Comments 239 weeks
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