Trust the Waves Will Hold You

by Susan Voelz

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On Trust the Waves Will Hold You, award-winning rock violinist, singer and songwriter Susan
Voelz delivers six enchanting songs that wash through the listener’s consciousness with
surges of delight, lyrical eloquence and wisdom.
Known best as what the Austin American Statesman signals as “the soul of the sound” of Poi
Dog Pondering, she has also played with such luminaries as John Mellencamp, Alejandro Escovedo
and numerous others alongside composing and recording music for television and
theatre and album projects.
The disc is drawn from unreleased tracks Voelz recorded with Poi Dog in 2000 and polished
up during the recent pandemic lockdown, all of them luscious soundscapes graced by her
“masterful and woozy violin” ( LA Weekly) and warm singing.
“Oyster” is a full-throttle cruise across a sea of melodic splashes that brims with desire (“All I
want is the oyster or everything’). On “If You were Me” a couple trades genders to celebrate
the fullness of their love in a prancing pas de deux, while “Step off the Roof” crackles with the
challenge of a difficult decision.
She wraps it up with a delectably lilting take on the Beatles chestnut “With a Little Help from
my Friends.”
To adapt a line Voelz sings, waltz with her to this rhapsody. It’s an offer with abundant rewards.

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1.	Oyster 04:52	buy track
2.	Ain't That the Way (Let it Go) 03:15	buy track
3.	If I Were a Boy, I'd Be You 03:35	buy track
4.	Step Off the Roof 04:22	buy track
5.	Symphony 02:59	buy track
6.	With a Little Help From My Friends 02:33	buy track

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On Trust the Waves Will Hold You, award-winning rock violinist, singer and songwriter Susan
Voelz delivers six enchanting songs that wash through the listener’s consciousness with
surges of delight, lyrical eloquence and wisdom.
Known best as what the Austin American Statesman signals as “the soul of the sound” of Poi
Dog Pondering, she has also played with such luminaries as John Mellencamp, Alejandro Escovedo
and numerous others alongside composing and recording music for television and
theatre and album projects.
The disc is drawn from unreleased tracks Voelz recorded with Poi Dog in 2000 and polished
up during the recent pandemic lockdown, all of them luscious soundscapes graced by her
“masterful and woozy violin” ( LA Weekly) and warm singing.
“Oyster” is a full-throttle cruise across a sea of melodic splashes that brims with desire (“All I
want is the oyster or everything’). On “If You were Me” a couple trades genders to celebrate
the fullness of their love in a prancing pas de deux, while “Step off the Roof” crackles with the
challenge of a difficult decision.
She wraps it up with a delectably lilting take on the Beatles chestnut “With a Little Help from
my Friends.”
To adapt a line Voelz sings, waltz with her to this rhapsody. It’s an offer with abundant rewards.

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released November 4, 2022

1. Oyster
Drums: Steve Goulding
Percussion: Leddie Garcie
Bass: Eddie Carlson
Guitar: Dag Juhlin
Keyboard and Organ: Max Crawford
Flute & piccolo: Paul Mertens
Backing Vocals: Frank Orrall, Robert Cornelius, Arlene Newson, Kornel Hargrove
Violins: SMV
Mixed by Martin Stebbing
2. Ain’t that the Way (Let it Go)
Drums: Mark Stevens
Bass: Eddie Carlson
Guitar: Dag Juhlin
Trumpet and Keys: Max Crawford
Sax: Paul Von Mertens
Backing Vocals: Robert Cornelius, Arlene Newson
Mixed by Martin Stebbing
3. If I were a boy, I’d be you
Drums: Frank Orrall
Bass: Ron Hall
Guitar: John Ridenour
Backing Vocals: Frank Orrall, SMV
Violins: SMV
Viola: Shelly Weiss
Mixed by Jared Tuten
4. Step off the Roof
Drums: Mark Stevens
Bass: Ron Hall
Guitar: Ted Cho
Trumpet and Organ: Max Crawford
Backing Vocals: Caitlyn Frazee, Haley Sweeney, Violet Berz (the Myra Belles)
Violins: SMV
Mixed by Ted Cho
5. Symphony
Loop: Rick Gehrenbeck
Bass: Eddie Carlson
Guitar: Ted Cho, John Ride
Backing vocals: Caitlyn Frazee, Haley Sweeney, Violet Berz (the Myra Belles)
Violins: SMV,
Cello: Alison Chesley
Mixed by Ted Cho
6. With a Little Help from my Friends
Loop: Frank Orrall
Bass and Guitar: Ted Cho
Guitar and Keyboard: Dag Juhlin
Trumpet and Omnichord: Max Crawford
Backing Vocals: Dag Juhlin, SMV
Violins: SMV
Mixed by Ted Cho
Artwork: Kayy Arkham (Albuquerque)
Graphic Design ; Sam Silvio (Chicago)

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