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fave it Modern Folk | Power-folk
15 tracks | 68 minutes
Released May 2007
on Todd Helvig
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:29 Parallel Lines lyrics BUY MP3 04:29 Parallel Lines lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:29 Parallel Lines
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Prison Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Prison Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Prison Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:34 Gone Away is the Sun lyrics BUY MP3 04:34 Gone Away is the Sun lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:34 Gone Away is the Sun
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 Petrified lyrics BUY MP3 03:56 Petrified lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:56 Petrified
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:17 Better Days lyrics BUY MP3 06:17 Better Days lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:17 Better Days
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:39 Crystal Man lyrics BUY MP3 03:39 Crystal Man lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:39 Crystal Man
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:16 I Believe in Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:16 I Believe in Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:16 I Believe in Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 It's Alright lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 It's Alright lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 It's Alright
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 Fade lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 Fade lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 Fade
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:11 Everything I Need lyrics BUY MP3 05:11 Everything I Need lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:11 Everything I Need
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:26 Swim lyrics BUY MP3 06:26 Swim lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:26 Swim
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 Tap the Flow lyrics BUY MP3 04:19 Tap the Flow lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:19 Tap the Flow
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:38 Undone lyrics BUY MP3 05:38 Undone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:38 Undone
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Walking Away lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Walking Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Walking Away
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 In the Gloaming lyrics BUY MP3 04:46 In the Gloaming lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 In the Gloaming
Call it alternative acoustic, folk rock, or new folk. Above all else it's the essence of music created simply by a man and his guitar.
Bio / Background
Fast becoming a movement, Distill is the next installation of the New Folk sound from Todd. Full of energy and life, yet pared down to it’s essence, Distill consists of live recordings of new (and a few refurbished) originals. It’s an up-close and personal expose of songs written to be heard as you can now hear them: solo and straightforward.
When asked about the new album, Todd had this to say:
“After one of my sets promoting my last cd release (A Stones Throw) a guy came up and purchased a cd. He asked if the disc he was buying was just me playing my songs. I told him the songs had been built up with bass, drums, harmonies, etc. He looked slightly disappointed and said he’d really like a recording that was quite simply the way I played them on stage. I had considered that before, but always went back on it thinking that the songs wouldn’t sound complete enough in today’s market.
Then I realized this: My songs are honest and simple.
↓ more ↓They hold the silence as dearly as the chord. And I’m not creating for a ‘market,’ I’m creating because that’s what I do. What better way to represent that than to record them the way I play them live; No filler, no icing, just hit record and play. And that’s what I did. I named the album Distill because it is, and was, the process that satisfied the urge. My goal was to strip away the excess and distill the creative process down to its core.”
The unpolished truth is Distill. Songs like Parallel Lines, I Believe in Love, and Everything I Need lay out Todd’s devotion to basic principles that life can’t be fully lived without. Prison Song , Better Days, and Undone speak directly to the nature and substance of humanity’s weaker (often hidden) side. Petrified, Crystal Man, and In the Gloaming strive to make human the human. There is but one exception on the album. The song entitled Tap the Flow “was an afterthought that was too good to be left out. It began as a little song/zygote that blew up in the basement late one night. I take no responsibility for said explosion.”
“It’s about catharsis, exploration, and embracing the truths we are faced with each and every day.”
Please take a second to sample the tunes, buy a cd, and visit Todd’s website. New and old fans welcome!
*All quotations are direct comments by Todd.
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