My Current Favorite Voyces Song: "It Never Just Goes"

"It Never Just Goes" is one of the incredible new songs on the incredible new CD from The Voyces, "Let Me Die In Southern California."

Majestic. The tune distracted my brain for many listens and it was not for a long time that I paid much attention to the lyrics, which I think are the album's most poetic and gripping.

On a CD awash with alliteration, far more than any previous Voyces effort, "It Never Just Goes" melts the ears like a resplendent aural painting.

The only thing prettier than its melody are its words used, and the only thing prettier than the words used is its actual underlying message.
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LISTEN: The Voyces - "It Never Just Goes"



IT NEVER JUST GOES                             (B. Wurschum)

I know that you’ve been good to me
Let’s get back to where we want to be
The unknown can shine enchantingly
A lover can be a mystery

Hold on, all I am trying to say
Is I know what spun us out that day
It’s alright, oh God, I hope you’ll stay
It’s alright, oh please, oh please, don’t slip away

Love, it never just goes
Like leaves that land and get blown
Down streets
And never are shown
And wash away all alone
No, love, it never just goes
Love, it never just goes
Can’t hide or fight it, it flows
Real love, it never just goes
No, love, it never just goes

Distance – the kind of distance that stings
Missing – the kind of missing kissing brings
Madness – the kind that clips beautiful wings
Madness – the kind that breaks the prettiest things

But love, it never just goes
Like leaves that land and get blown
Down streets
And never are shown
And wash away all alone
No, love, it never just goes
Love, it never just goes
Can’t hide or fight it, it flows
Real love, it never just goes
No, love, it never just goes

(Copyright 2009, B.W.W. Music)

A Beautiful New Song From The Voyces

Jude Kastle sings lead. Enjoy...
http://www.thevoyces.net/audio/01_Bye_Bye_hifi.mp3

"Let Me Die In Southern California" Lyrics

Let Me Die in Southern California (B. Wurschum)

I’ve packed my bags, I’m gonna leave the city

The story leading up to this is long

But those big bright lights that sometimes seem so pretty

Lose every bit of allure when you,

You feel the weight of the world

Desert winds, please blow all that behind me

We know it in our hearts when we are home

Jasmine, take me to a place I’ll find me

Where the ocean catches the sun sinking

And taking all the undone

Ending where it begun

Let me die in Southern California

Big blue sky, you’re golden in the sun

As we fly through Southern California

Down the 101

A winding highway spilling through the canyon

A mission-style tavern packed with fools

Who laugh and raise their glasses up to heaven

As sunlight flickers off the tops of pools

It’s kind of like the sound of spirits thrashing

These waves that kiss this highway up and down

And calming is the calling of their crashing

And all you’ve loved, it just swirls in you

Yes, everything that you’ve loved

Yes, everyone that you’ve loved

Let me die in Southern California

Big blue sky, you’re golden in the sun

As we fly through Southern California

Down the 101

(lyrics written by Brian Wurschum; Copyright 2009 B.W.W. Music. )

"Let Me Die In Southern California" #5 on Hype Machine

http://hypem.com/track/891736/The+Voyces+-+Let+Me+Die+In+Southern+California

The Voyces - "Let Me Die In Southern California" Review

The Voyces’ second album released by Planting Seeds Records, “Let Me Die In Southern California”, is a magnificently crafted concept album filled with radio-ready singles, and serves as a tasty, riff-heavy ode to Southern California. Songwriter Brian Wurschum creates the group’s most memorable collection of songs, many of which could be compared to dreamy reflections by the likes of both The Eagles and Pink Floyd. Here, they have elegantly shaken their folk roots, sprinkling them into what can only be described as a classic rock and roll album, complete with searing and bombastic harmonies.




The brief intro “Gold Wine” sets the stage with its whimsy, dream-like, hum-along melody, only to be smashed to bits by the album’s instantly catchy and majestic title track. “King of Castle” follows, with Jude Kastle singing lead and bringing profound longing and yearning to an already captivating adventure. “If I Am Not Your Everything, Baby, I’m Not Anything” is, quite simply, one of the nicest love songs ever written, by The Voyces, or anyone else for that matter. “Finest Hour” barrels along next, a satanic-funk groove instantly embraced by the body of the listener. It is, remember, a concept album, and the next song, “La Lomita”, a quiet little instrumental, pastes the songs together effortlessly.



Then comes “You Can Never Know”, a chorus-heavy heartbreaker very much in the in the vein of Fleetwood Mac. “The Speed of Fear” is flat out heavy metal if it is not for the lush, Steve Miller-style vocal onslaught resting on top. The instantly classic and timeless, “It Never Just Goes” comes next, with another unforgettable hook, a plush, rich sound, and military-style drumming. “And The Trickling Sun”, a one minute instrumental puts the listener in a trance so that “It Whispers”, the album’s final piece, arrives like a epic, Floydian dream, summarizing the record’s journey with poetic greatness, violins, and a guitar solo that will make you want to start the whole album over again.


http://www.thevoyces.net/audio/02_Let_Me_Die_In_Southern_California_hifi.m3u

http://www.thevoyces.net/audio/07_You_Can_Never_Know1_hifi.m3u

http://www.thevoyces.net/audio/THE_VOYCES-KING_OF_CASTLE.m3u

http://www.thevoyces.net/audio/THE_VOYCES-IT_NEVER_JUST.m3u

http://www.thevoyces.net/audio/THE_VOYCES-IT_WHISPERS_hifi.m3u

Powerpopulist: Guided by The Voyces

Powerpopulist: Guided by The Voyces

All Is Quiet On The Western Front

With the release of the long awaited "Let Me Die In Southern California" from The Voyces just around the corner (September 28th, 2009), I asked singer/songwriter Brian Wurschum to talk about both the new album and what is going on with The Voyces.

DK: The Voyces have been silent! What's the scoop?

Brian Wurschum: A lot going on behind the scenes. Business. All business.


DK: Do you enjoy the business aspect of being a musician?

BW: I care deeply about what we present creatively. There is no way to avoid the business stuff. I would if I could. But it's my love for the creative aspect of it all that keeps me involved.


DK: Are you guys hitting the road anytime soon?

BW: No dates have been set, no.


DK: I love the new record more and more each time I hear it. I can't get the riff to "Let Me Die In Southern California" out of my brain. It drives me nuts.

BW: Thanks, and sorry.



DK: It's a good thing!

BW: We're really proud of that song.


DK: Tell me why.

BW: Well, it is very rare in that it came out just like I heard it in my head. That is rewarding to no end. It's honest. And I got a lot off my chest by writing those words. That stuff's been inside of me my whole life.


DK: The lyrics are very visual. ("A mission-style tavern packed with fools/ who laugh and raise their glasses up to heaven/ as sunlight flickers off the tops of pools") Are these words personal? Is there a story?

BW: The story leading up to that is long.


DK: Ha!! That's also in the song.

BW: Everything is in that song.


DK: When can people buy this cd?

BW: They can order it now! From our website. With or without a real fancy color photo.


DK: The photo is of The Voyces?

BW: Well, the photo is of Dabney Coleman. It's nice. It's from 9 to 5.


DK: Hahaha

BW: Everything we do is for the kids. We're listening.


DK: Anything else today?

BW: Hmmmmmm. I mean, I think people should just get a copy of the CD. When we were making it, we had people listening to it in mind. It's like, we've done our part of that.


DK: Right. It's up to us now.

BW: Yeah, it is. Do your part, Dan.


DK: Hahaha. I am. I will.