The Volta Sound

Cleveland, OH’s the Volta Audio — Mike Cormier (vocals, classical guitar, tambourine), Ben Yawns (acoustic guitar, trumpet, trombone), Matt Cassidy (guitar, vocals), Todd “T.D.” Vainisi (combo organs), David Geddes (bass), and Mike Prieto (drums) — officially arrived together as an organization in middle-2000. They’re one of the bands from the regional Davenport Information label, founded by Cassidy in close by Kent, OH (near Akron and Cleveland). As well as the Volta Audio, the other organizations with this loose-knit collective talk about common members and frequently play together on a single expenses. Guitarist Ben Yawns — genuine name Ben Gmetro — is definitely an associate of another Davenport music group, the Dreadful Yawns, a country-rock/chamber pop type clothing much like L.A.’s Beachwood Sparks for the reason that they frequently set off on prolonged Red Floyd-esque space rock and roll forays. Cassidy is definitely himself an associate of both shoegazer-influenced New World Trampoline (alongside Gmetro) and indie rockers 9-Volt Haunted Home; he was previously the leader from the Phoebe Cates. In the meantime, guitarist Cormier and his close friends shaped the Volta Sound particularly to play the area rock-influenced materials that Cormier wrote for himself to sing. The Volta Sound quickly built up a significant following within the Cleveland region, opening for rings journeying through on tour like the Brian Jonestown Massacre. In 1999, the band’s 1st four-track recordings had been put together for the limited-edition launch of Everything’s Alright. As their status grew beyond your Midwest, many U.S. brands started vying to indication the band, however the earning imprint was Orange Sky Information, a new department of the Dionysus reissue label. The Volta Sound’s established debut, My All American Woman, was released in springtime 2002, just because the band started their 1st Southwestern U.S. tour.