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Adam Bricks (Houston, TX)
https://adambricks.tumblr.com/

Houston Songwriter by way of New York has been writing songs about city love and lust since his first release, “City Songs” in 2013. Since he has opened for the likes of Justin Townes Earle, David Dondero and Houston Local favorites Buxton. He is currently working on his new record with members of local indie rockers The Caldwell, set to be released in early 2016 entitled “Relations”

“Adam Bricks looks like another heir to Houston’s tradition of talented storytellers packing acoustic guitars. City Songs, the Bellaire High School grad’s brand-new full-length album, is a ramshackle yet tuneful suite of songs dedicated to Houston itself, and flashes bits of rootsy charm and pop smarts.” – Chris Gray (Houston Press)

Adam Bricks has a fascinating voice. Not a “pretty” voice, mind you. It’s casual and conversational but not lacking color. He sometimes sings a bit behind the beat, which gives his songs a sauntering feeling that is warm and inviting. He has a brilliant collection of new tunes called “City Songs” that puts that voice and his lyrics in a roomy setting that never once leans toward excess, even when he dials in the brass. He’s bright with a lyric, too, and more than occasionally funny as well as poignant as he is in one of my favorite lines: “I’ve been as lonely as a fish in a tank.” – Andrew Dansby (Houston Chronicle)

 

Jana Horn (of Reservations) (Austin, TX)
https://www.reservationsmusic.com/

Taking Time, the first studio album of Austin-based band Reservations, is the first representation of the band as a three-piece, and marks a move from their minimalist-folk roots to a more rock-influenced, spacious sound.

The album was written when Horn was 19, developing over her early years in college when she met bandmates Paul Price (Good Field) and Jason Baczynski (Tacks, The Boy Disaster). Horn’s lyrics on the record generally linger on the weight of coming to terms–a theme that led Horn to associate the album with, and title the album from, Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last a Long Time.”

Reservations began as the duo of Horn and Price, who recorded an EP in the summer of 2012 in Horn’s apartment living room in Austin, Texas. The two released a self-titled EP under the moniker Reservations, writing and performing all of the instrumentation with a minimalist approach. Their airy style invited comparisons to Mazzy Star and the Cranberries.

After the release of the EP in 2012, Horn and Price brought friend Jason Baczynski in on drums. In October 2013, the band came to Shine Studios in Austin to begin on their first LP: a 10-song album entitled Taking Time. The record released July 24th, followed by an East Coast U.S. and a Canada/European festival tour. Horn is currently beginning production on the second album and touring solo during summer 2016.

 

 

Vodi (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/Vodi-507361989445419/