Ends of August. This acoustical duo came together in 2002 to record their first album "Somewhere Between Never & Nothing". Jerrod Jones and C.W. Gagnon comprise the band, utilizing talented artists from the Athens, GA area to round out their album. The album possesses an earthy musical style that wraps hearfelt angst with straight- forward simplicities, but in the end, there stands only a resounding guitar, and a man's pain.
Okay, Jerrod Jones and C.W Gagnon who are Ends of August, have written some decent songs, sing on pitch, sing with emotion, have surrounded themselves with competent sidemen, have scored some top-notch production and have created a nice little package with their [Somewhere Between Never&Nothing] CD. So what's lacking? I'm not entirely sure anything's lacking but it does walk that line between pretty cool stuff and yeah, so? It's cool in a Neil Young sort of way and yeah, so in a ... Neil Young sort of way. It's hard to put a finger on it. The CD is a bit of a throwback really. No crime in that, for sure. But with the exception of some updated studio techniques these are songs that could have been written 30 years ago. Again, no crime in that, but there's a vague feeling of been there/done that. Of course, then you come to track 5, "Sad Girl" and it's hard not to be moved. What a beautiful song! What a beautiful sentiment!
Here's the deal: many of the songs seem to hover around repetitive, predictable harmonic patterns. Fortunately, however, the boys have a gift for melody, lyrics and vocal harmony. With a dite more interesting chord progressions Jones and Gagnon could well be on their way to being another Simon and Garfunkel.
-Face Magazine, July 2003, Volume 16, Issue 7.
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