Steven Zunker & The Vaticans
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Music
Press
"Culling musical stylings from a variety of traditions including bluegrass, rock, and alt-country, Steven Zunker's debut album is a surprisingly cohesive amalgamation of genres. Guitars crunch, twang and creep against a backdrop of strings and wheezing organ lines. Zunker plays all the instruments through twelve songs that are sometimes hushed, sometimes rowdy, but always melodic. It's southern rock for a Gothic cathedral, high-church Americana, the soundtrack for a Flannery O'Conner short story."
-Jon Rueger University of Kentucky Media - University of Kentucky
"His intriguingly atmospheric compositions seem like Gothic audio scenes. Currently the most unusual and "self willed" album I've had the opportunity to review in the last year. For anyone who likes the unpredictable and unusual, it's a must."
- Rootstime.be - Rootstime
Discography
Windigo
Heirloom (in production)
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Bio
Growing up in the South has given Steven Zunker the motivation and the subject matter to allow him the creative fuel to form the brand of music that is his own.
“Culling musical stylings from a variety of traditions including bluegrass, rock, and alt-country, Steven Zunker’s debut album is a surprisingly cohesive amalgamation of genres. Zunker plays all the instruments through twelve songs that are sometimes hushed, sometimes rowdy, but always melodic. It’s southern rock for a Gothic cathedral, high-church Americana, the soundtrack for a Flannery O’Conner short story.”
Jon Rueger, University of Kentucky Media, on Windigo (2007)
Zunker, a twenty seven year old from Lexington, Ky, is currently wrapping up his newest solo project with Nashville producer Pat Holt. Holt, a long time friend and producer of Johnny Cash, has compared Zunker’s songs to “early Cash.” Hints of Ryan Adams, Bonnie Prince Billy, and David Eugene
Edwards are also heard throughout Zunker’s music. Zunker is now playing and touring with The Vaticans, a group in which he has been friends with for years. Accompanying Zunker to Nashville , The Vaticans are also featured on three songs on the upcoming album.
“His intriguingly atmospheric compositions seem like gothic audio scenes. Currently the most “self willed” album I’ve had the opportunity to review in the last year. For anyone who likes the unpredictable... it’s a must.”
WWW.Rootstime.be (Belgium) on Windigo (2007)
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