Description
Rooted in alternative rock, dipped in coffee-shop acoustic, a dash of grunge with a smooth melodic finish, Wojo’s music explores progressive new territory of his songwriting, incorporating elements of dance music, pop, metal, and psychedelia. Drawing from over a decade of life experience, his introspective lyrics cover topics ranging from failed relationships and co-dependence to personal and artistic growth under constraints of corporate/popular culture. Despite the abundance of heavy subject matter, an optimistic Wojo playfully pokes fun at his peers for taking themselves too seriously, proving always to be the jester.
Biography
While visiting his hometown of Mars, Pennsylvania in Spring 2009, Wojo and former band mate Nathan Baldwin got together for an acoustic jam and chill session. Convening on Baldwin’s back porch, the two caught up, talked a bit about where they were in life, and played some guitar together for the first time in a while. Having played music together in high school, but then separated geographically during college and after, the two had only occasionally united musically. Wojo, having spent most of his time since college graduation in New York City doing the daily corporate grind, hadn’t been playing out much, largely due to the responsibilities of Corporate America. He had, however, a stash of original material written over the better part of the past decade, and played a few for his former band mate Baldwin, who had been honing his self-taught recording skills and building his studio setup over a similar span of time, suggested at some point that they get together for Wojo to lay down “a couple of tracks” for an acoustic guitar and vocal demo of some of his material.
Wojo – Music/Lyrics/Guitar/Vocals
Nathan Baldwin – Lead Guitars/Djembe/Dulcimer/Synth/Sequencing
Isaac Martell – Bass
Nathan Cook – Drums and Percussion