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When Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, he was slaughtered. The minimalists hated it. An angry fan in London called him \u201cJudas.\u201d People thought the new, plugged-in take on the acoustic music that brought him his initial acclaim would be his ultimate downfall.<\/p>\n

Funny how that turned out.<\/p>\n

Up-and-coming Michigan native Joe Hertler has pulled off the fabled \u201cDylan\u201d transition by recruiting backing band The Rainbow Seekers to release their first album as a group, On Being<\/em>. Unlike Dylan however, us fans aren\u2019t mad because he went electric. We\u2019re mad because he\u2019s been hiding this from us for so long. <\/p>\n

Hertler\u2019s first album The Hard Times<\/em> was a compilation of acoustic songs completely self-produced that he recorded as an underclassman studying at Central Michigan University. His modern-indie-folk still dominates the production of On Being<\/em>, but now with the addition of The Rainbow Seekers (Kevin Pritchard \u2013 bass, Ryan Hoger \u2013 guitar, Rick Hale \u2013 percussion) the freedom of having more instruments allows an extra dimension for the songs to take off on lives of their own. As well as the guitars and drums, extra layering like brass, strings and banjo show up on many of the tracks. Songs \u201cCarbon C14\u201d and \u201cGood Time\u201d both have unexpectedly massive ending jams. \u201cWhat It Feels Like To Drown\u201d is probably the bravest song out on the album due to the four-on-the-floor dance beat and disco bass. Think what would happen if LCD sound system got stuck in a remote cabin for the winter, and you pretty much have it.<\/p>\n

Hertler has said that the album\u2019s lyrics \u201cdeal with existence and what it means to be human.\u201d The lyrics have always been one of the shining spots on his growing r\u00e9sum\u00e9. Many songs here show him walking the tightrope between existentialism and religion. There\u2019s the apocalyptic romance of \u201cWe are Everything,\u201d the question-all pleas of \u201cCarbon C14,\u201d and the hilarious \u201cDevil, Don\u2019t You Steal My Bicycle,\u201d a simple and quirky jamboree about how Beelzebub tries to make sure Hertler doesn\u2019t make it to the club that night.<\/p>\n

At live shows, it\u2019s pretty commonplace to see several Michigan state flags hanging over the stage or draped around Joe\u2019s neck like a bordered Superman. Maybe it\u2019s just my home state bias, but On Being<\/em> is full of songs that feel wonderfully Michigander. \u201cJ.L. Hudson,\u201d Hertler sings of the spirits flying through the Au Sable River and a ghost taking him through the basements of old Detroit. In my short time, it seemed like all the songs we heard always talked about bigger and better places in California or New York. What Hertler and other local acts are doing is really special. They\u2019re giving Michigan the props it deserves. On Being<\/em> is one of those albums that you name-check as being made right at home in the mitten.<\/p>\n

I had a chance to meet Joe and Ryan at their album release show at Mac\u2019s Bar in East Lansing a few weeks ago, and they were real quality gentlemen. Up-and-comers are all too often cocky pricks when they get the slightest sniff of good publicity. Not these guys. Keep an eye out for them, you\u2019re going to be proud of yourselves when you see them waving our beautiful blue home flag on the big stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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