PAGING RAYMOND: Bridges Left to Burn

Paging Raymond

Bridges Left to Burn

© 2003 Paging Raymond (634479461729)

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Equal parts rock swagger and country stomp, Bridges Left To Burn is the impressive sophmore release from Paging Raymond, from the wounded urgency of "Numb" to the mid-tempo come-on of "Wake Up Caroline'.

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Paging Raymond spent the greater part of 2002 supporting their critically- acclaimed debut CD "Please.Quiet.Recording," taking their thoughtful and infectious blend of pop, rock, and alt-country across three time zones and back.

At home (Indianapolis), Paging Raymond scored several high-profile opening slots for national acts such as The Samples, Bob Schneider, Wayne, Graham Colton, and Bonepony. The band received national airplay for the single "Alibi" and were nominated for two awards by the music organization Just Plain Folks.

Since December 02, Paging Raymond has been hard at work on their second CD, "Bridges Left to Burn." The album reflects both increasingly mature songwriting and the loose, confident performance of a band that is beginning to hit it's stride. The album was kick started by the band winning a WIUS (Bloomington)
sponsored songwriting contest. The winning song is the album's second track "Wrote It Down," (It's also where the album gets its title.
"I know you live and you learn/ Well, put on your best dress baby, we got bridges left to burn") Paging Raymond won a day and a half at Echo Park recording between the gold-record-lined walls of Mellencamp's guitarist-Mike Wanchic's Bloomington studio.

Following in the footsteps of SonVolt, The Why Store, and Ben Folds Paging Raymond recorded 11 tracks, including a the Johnny Cash cover "Folsom Prison Blues."

After the free time was up, the meter started running, and three months later this independent band, has released their definitive work.

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  • Stellar, absolutely Stellar ...
    author: Wm. LaDow

    Guys who write and perform their own music, it doesn't get any better than this. The stellar song writing efforts by Aaron Adelsperger and Tim Wilsbach are brought to a clear, clean sound on "Bridges Left To Burn" through great guitar, mandolin, bass and percussion performances by this quintet. This CD was recorded in Indiana at Echo Park Studios, home base of Indiana's most famous rocker, John Mellencamp, where albums have also been tracked by Son Volt, The Why Store and Ben Folds. The studios are owned by Mellencamp's guitarist Mick Wanchic, and engineering this effort was Michael Stucker, whose talents can be found on the works done by Son Volt. Paging Raymond's lyrics don't leave your subconscious very easily, especially after hearing them vocalized through the sharp harmonies of Adelsperger and Wilsbach. No gimmicks or electronic magic tricks here, just great performances by guys whose passion for playing music becomes ever more clear when listing to each cut. This is the kind of music, where other song writers sit back and say ... "I wish I would have written that !" and other musicians put down their instruments just to hear these guys play.

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