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Whirlpool by Tim Fagan
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fave it Modern Rock | with Live-band Production
10 tracks | 36 minutes
Released Jun 2005
on Wrunch Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:35 After You lyrics BUY MP3 04:35 After You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:35 After You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Already Fading lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Already Fading lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Already Fading
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 Stay Awake lyrics BUY MP3 03:41 Stay Awake lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 Stay Awake
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:47 Car Chase lyrics BUY MP3 02:47 Car Chase lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:47 Car Chase
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Whirlpool lyrics FREE 03:37 Whirlpool lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Whirlpool
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:13 The Touch lyrics BUY MP3 03:13 The Touch lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:13 The Touch
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:42 A Pillow, An Hour & Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:42 A Pillow, An Hour & Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:42 A Pillow, An Hour & Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:02 I Date A Songwriter lyrics BUY MP3 04:02 I Date A Songwriter lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:02 I Date A Songwriter
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:27 Secrets lyrics BUY MP3 04:27 Secrets lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:27 Secrets
Fun songs with big melodies, lush guitars and warm vocals.
Editorial review
Tim Fagan fills Whirlpool with clever turns of both lyric and arrangement. He accentuates his ever-present acoustic strum with tasteful lead guitar licks and robust percussion in the rousing opener, "Already Fading," references the earnestness and atmosphere of David Gray with "Stay Awake," and settles back under the bubbles for the fun, mandolin-flecked title track. "The hurting in my back/And the meter maid attack/Dissolve like that in the Whirlpool," he sings, and that extra beer sounds like a good idea to both of us. That mandolin returns for "The Touch," where it emulates the drum of rain on a car's roof as Fagan himself leans toward a nice Bono impersonation. The cut's multiple changes are certainly ambitious, but they're not really necessary since Fagan has already proven he can do much more with considerably less. He nails that notion home with the incredible "A Pillow, an Hour & Me," which builds a four-poster bed with just a voice, a guitar, and witty lyrics. "Well I could be in the middle of a seminar/All about fireworks, cookies, and girls/But if I had my way/I'd hit the hay/While the world still swirls" -- if the world's nappers had a theme song, this would be it. The late-album entry "I Date a Songwriter" is pretty hilarious with its skewering of coffeehouse stool rockers, clich?d music criticism, and the inevitabilities of a one-note relationship, but its whizzy synths and alt-rock guitars again are no match for Fagan's gentler side. Granted, the entire song's an inside joke. But it only makes the flirting smiles of quiet closer "Secrets" all the more satisfying. The number ends Whirlpool tidily, drifting lightly between blues and his normal folk-pop amiability. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Tim Fagan has been entertaining crowds 5 nights a week, making rent while strumming and singing for hours on end. Fagan grabs from an epic playlist that starts at Fats Waller, and ends at Whitesnake. But most importantly, along the way it includes standout tracks from his 2004 debut, "Whirlpool."
Growing up in Hawaii, Fagan picked up the guitar and formed a band with his high school buddies called "The Trucks." Their self-produced album caught attention on local radio, and sold like hotcakes on campus, driven by the catchy appeal of it's ample rock hooks. Soon college called, bringing Tim 5,000 miles from his tropical home state to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Like many undergrads, Tim worked through undecided courses until transferring into the University of Michigan's School of Art and Design. During this time Fagan searched aggressively for a band while carving out a freelance design business for himself.
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