Kelley Stoltz: Circular Sounds

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Jeffrey Petrin wrote in Play: "The City by the Bay has a long and rich history of musical genius — artists such as Sly & The Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and of course, the Grateful Dead all got their start there. … Another artist from Frisco creating quite a buzz these days is Kelley Stoltz. Stoltz's latest album for Sub Pop, Circular Sounds, finds the troubadour at his artistic finest. … In what has become the norm for Stoltz, another record means another new sound. 'This one has more straightforward guitar jams,' Stoltz explains in a press release. … Abandoning his bedroom for the first time in favor of a studio, the album is a lot crisper and more driving. It also incorporates more styles, as the work on his latest seems to be, in part, an homage to the Detroit Garage Rock scene (Perhaps it's no coincidence — Stoltz was born and grew up in Michigan.) A chameleon of sorts, Stoltz's ever-changing sound does have one thing that remains fluid throughout his body of work — the man has simply never put out anything other than great records" ("Listen: Kelley Stoltz," 4/2/08, p. 15).