James Wolpert

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The former "The Voice" contestant and Strasburg resident is still working on his first album, "The Entire City,"  which was funded by Kickstarter in June. But now, fans have something to tide them over until its release - his first single, "Bats."
"It's a very self-deprecating song," Wolpert told PennLive. "It's about personal missteps that I've made to push people in my life away. It's just a little facet of the whole album, which is essentially a self portrait."

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"[Wolpert] is a mad scientist," said Russell Wolff, the producer for "Bats." "He goes into this world of his own devising. He creates these worlds, these musical worlds, and they're related to other worlds that have been out there before, but it's his own thing."

"He creates like a mad scientist and then he comes out with these creations and we all sit around and are like 'Wow, we need this in the world.'"

 "Bats" is especially significant to Wolff - it is the first song he ever heard Wolpert perform.
"I never saw him on 'The Voice,' so I saw him onstage with an acoustic guitar playing 'Bats,'" Wolff recalled. "For me, it was like this is a huge song with this huge story."

"It's a musical experience that brings you to places," Wolff said later. "As you listen to it you feel anxiety, you feel your heart beating faster, you feel actual physical symptoms. It gives you chills."
One thing that makes "Bats," and Wolpert's entire album, unique is the fact that the vocals have not been adjusted for pitch.

"It's so rare these days, but the vocals you hear are the scratch recordings of the take we ended up going with in the studio," Wolff said. "Nothing's been done, there's no pitch correction. He didn't come back and re-record these vocals."

"If you were in the studio now and we solo-ed just the vocal track, you'll hear all this crap in the background -- you'll hear somebody coughing. You don't hear it within the context of the song, but soloed, you hear it," Wolff continued.

"That's just a testament to what a rare talent and brilliant artist [Wolpert] is."
While the single is being released on Halloween, it won't make for the perfect Halloween party dance record. "It could set some Halloween-y ambience though," Wolpert said. "It's a very gritty, rough and screaming sort of song."

"It's meant to be listened to loud, wherever you can fit that into your life," Wolpert said


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The Entire City is the name of the 12-track album that James has just finished. Why that name? “It’s based off a painting by Max Ernst that I really love, and it kind of struck a chord with me when I first saw it. It’s about being wayward and placeless. It’s the region of the entire city from plains to bridges. It’s very personal to me.” He also says that the album will be straight-up Rock, but you will find some Blues and Folk influences in there too. Fans will also be very happy to know that a release date is coming soon!

The first single off of The Entire City is called “Bats.” It was released on Halloween, and it’s everything that James has promised. With killer vocals and guitar riffs for days, it’s a throwback to how rock music should sound. Just raw, uncut vocals and passion for one’s craft. I asked James what the recording process was like for “Bats.” He said it was “very cool, and very simple. We had four guys in the room: bass, drums, guitar, and me (also on guitar). Everything you hear, apart from over-dubs, is 100% live. If you listen to the scratch track, you can hear people walking around in the background and other instruments bleeding over into the mic. There’s no manipulation in those performances. It was very raw and organic.” Be sure to check out “Bats” and even download it on iTunes for only $0.99!

When James isn’t creating music, you will probably find him hiking, doing design work and illustrations, rocking out to “No Quarter” by Led Zeppelin, and sharing very entertaining photos/videos on his Instagram. Make sure to add him on all his social media accounts below!

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