There From Here

        
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The Tracks

There From Here
Hotel Zion
The Days
Perfect Crime
25 Dollars, 25 Cents
Big Black Hole
Fires were Started
Sold Down The River of Life
The Rain Again
K & V

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You know that line the joins Dylan and Tom Waits? The one that runs through the inventive singer/songwriter with a very individual point of view? Well, that’s where Nick Vroman lives. A veteran of the Tarantula Orchestra and countless nights at Seattle’s Two Bells, he knows what he wants in the way of a sound, and he’s gone for it. This is sparse to the point of tundra, with the multi-instrumentalism of the prodigious Bruce Wirth, a touch of bass and percussion and his own guitar and voice added for color. And those songs. You might not be singing them in the shower tomorrow morning - they’re not the things of big, melodic choruses - but they might make you think a little. "There From Here" and "Big Black Hole" (which somehow get me thinking of "The Mighty Quinn") could be from Mr. Zimmerman"s songbook, while "25 Dollars 25 Cents" is Waits in his better middle period, all fed through the filter of a singular imagination. There From Here won’t turn Nick into an overnight sensation. But that was never the point, anyway.

                                                                                                          Chris Nickson The Rocket

Nick Vroman has been knocking around Seattle's Belltown district so long that there’s talk of erecting a bronze statue of him at Fourth and Bell Streets. Hey, I think a statue of Vroman makes a lot more sense than addicted, woman-beating hack, Jimi Hendrix. Here are ten reasons why. First of all, Vroman can write songs without someone advising him when to stop. Having contributed the best songs on both of The Crop Circles and Blood of the Lamb CDs, Vroman knows what to do with a song. Second, Vroman has lived in Seattle of thirty-one years. Hendrix moved away from Seattle at age seventeen, returning only once and that was to pick up a paycheck from the one concert that he ever played in his hometown. Third, Vroman can actually play the guitar without relying on amplification, distortion, and feedback. Fourth, Vroman's style much more reflects Seattle than that guitar burning fool ever did. Fifth, Vroman humps his guitar in a more satisfying way than Hendrix ever did. Sixth, Vroman's musicians play with him because they like him, his music, and his vision. Musicians like Bruce Wirth and Arttu Tolonen don't just play with anyone. The only reason anyone ever played with Hendrix was to advance their career. Seventh, Vroman's musical interest knows no bounds. Quite possibly the originator of Seattle's Urban Roots sound that is just now catching fire, Vroman is not stuck in some flashy rut like that dead guy. Eighth, Vroman has a talented female named Jake in the band. Hendrix thought women were only good for one thing, beating them with telephones. Ninth, Vroman has better hair than Hendrix ever had. And tenth, Nick is one of the nicest guys that you'd ever want to meet. Unlike that velvet pants wearing idiot that so man misguided people idolize.

                                                                                                         David Kulczyk Pop Culture Press (Austin)

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