Volumen 1 :: Shane Hickey
Volumen 2 :: Doug Smith
Volumen^2 :: Bryan Hickey
bKCAWCK :: Chris Bacon
Volumen Beta :: Bob Marshall


  
Doug Smith Volumen 2
Doug Smith

If Shane is the high school Physics Club treasurer of VOLUMEN, Doug is the affable, popular guy who toes the fine line between band dork and senior class president. Cheerleaders leak the info that they want him to ask them out, but he�s always genuinely nice to the less popular girls and boys, too. In addition to writing most of what doesn�t get written by his longtime friend and musical partner, Shane (in the platonic sense, that is�at least we THINK so), Doug�s signature wikkid lyxx and fine tenor are the yin to Shane�s yang, the butter to Shane�s muffin, the hot dog in Shane�s....well, anyway, the other half of the songwriting equation. Additionally, Doug is a beacon of calm and tranquility in his other bandmates� roiling sea of adolescent squirreliness, and a fine cook to boot. The last male bonding I did with Doug was undertaken when we spent two days in the Montana wilderness picking morel mushrooms. Oh, the magic he worked with those little morsels...


  
 
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LowCut 04/10/2006
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Title: Science Faction Review
Author: Foxy

Volumen - Science Faction (W�ntage USA Records, 2006)
In the outback of Montana's mountains with it's vast geography and low population density two childhood friends - both growing up a bike ride away from hundreds of underground nuclear warheads - formed their band Volumen. Their base is experimental rock with traces of new-wave, art rock and some kind of indie, all made with a lot of creativity. The ideas are interesting and the music is intelligent. Both lyrics and compositions manage to challenge the listener on several levels. Glockenspiels blends with noisy, reverse guitar feedback and steady machine-like drums, space echo vocals, samples of war-related newsreels and computer-generated effect etc. This is music with a lot of integrity and a very personal touch, the guys have a story to tell and even though the experiments do not always succeed Volumen has my full respect.

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