Vandaveer 'Divide and Conquer' album

Vandaveer announces US tour dates (including the west coast) for November 2009 supporting the new album, Divide & Conquer released through Supply and Demand Music on August 25, 2009. Hailing from Washington DC, Vandaveer is the alt-folk project put forth by Mark Charles Heidinger and is accompanied by Rose Guerin on vocals. You may recognize Heidinger's name as he is a part-time member of These United Sates.

After releasing Divide & Conquer, Vandaveer toured the east coast and midwest and is just returning from Europe, which included dates with Joseph Arthur in France.

Vandaveer “revives the earnestness of the pre-psychedelic 60’s,” according to the Washington Post and XM Cafe describing him as “this generation’s Nick Drake.” The new album has received praise from Paste, Filter, Readymade, Blurt, AOL/Spinner, Popmatters, Large Hearted Boy, My Old Kentucky Blog, Prefix, You Ain’t No Picasso, regional papers and local Washington, DC press.

Vandaveer will release Divide & Conquer through Supply and Demand Music on August 25, 2009. VANDAVEER is the alt-folk song-singing/record making/globetrotting project penned and put forth by DC-by-way-of-Kentucky tunesmith Mark Charles Heidinger. The son of a preacher whose father was a gambler whose father was both judge and US congressman, Mark Charles one day found himself in possession of a golden pocket watch owned, wound, and regularly counseled by each in this paternal line. On the backside of said watch was a family name engraved, passed down for a century or more like the timepiece that followed. That name was Vandaveer.

Vandaveer’s debut album, Grace & Speed, a mostly live, stripped down affair, swiftly entered this great big dusty world in the spring of 2007. The press responded heartily, with The Washington Post saying Vandaveer “revives the earnestness of the pre-psychedelic 60’s,” and XM Cafe calling him “this generation’s Nick Drake.”

Vandaveer’s sophomore effort, Divide & Conquer, touches upon similar themes found in its elder sibling, winding timeworn themes of love & death, malice & goodwill, sin & perseverance into (mostly) four-minute vignettes. To see D&C through, Vandaveer enlisted the able assistance of longtime collaborator and producer Duane Lundy, brothers-in-arms/These United States bandmates Robby Cosenza and Justin Craig, and most notably, his fair sister Rose Guerin, supplying the loveliest harmonies this side of Eden. A decidedly more produced venture, D&C offers up a flourishing chamber folk companion to its bedroomy lo-fi folk/pop predecessor.

Released in France in April 2009 on AlterK/Discograph, Divide & Conquer was hailed by Rolling Stone as “jarring new folk”. The US release of Divide & Conquer is August 25th, 2009, on Supply And Demand Music.

Vandaveer tour dates
11/05 Los Angeles, CA - Echo Curio

11/07 Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place

11/09 San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord

11/12 Portland, OR - The Woods

11/14 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern

11/15 Spokane, WA - Empyrean Coffeehouse

11/16 Pendleton, OR - The Great Pacific

11/17 Boise, ID - The Reef

11/18 Moscow, ID – One World Cafe

11/19 Logan, UT - Why Sound

11/20 Denver, CO - Walnut Room

11/22 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown

11/23 Chicago, IL - Schubas

11/24 Bloomington, IN - Bishop Bar

11/25 Newport, KY - Southgate House

11/27 Lexington, KY - Natasha's

11/28 Nashville, TN – The Basement

Vandaveer biography
Vandaveer is the alt-folk song singing/record making/globetrotting project penned and put forth by DC-by-way-of-Kentucky tunesmith Mark Charles Heidinger. The son of a preacher, whose father was a gambler, whose father was both judge and US Congressman, Heidinger one day found himself in possession of a golden pocket watch owned, wound, and regularly counseled by each in this paternal line. On the backside of the watch was a family name engraved, passed down for more than a century likes the timepiece that followed. That name was Vandaveer.

Released in 2007, Vandaveer’s debut album, Grace & Speed, was a stark, intimate, stripped down affair. The press responded heartily, with The Washington Post saying Vandaveer “revives the earnestness of the pre-psychedelic 60’s,” and XM Cafe describing him as “this generation’s Nick Drake.”

Touring continually and building fanbases on both sides of the Atlantic ever since, Vandaveer has played 250+ shows, sharing stages with a host of humbling artists including Bon Iver, Vetiver, Alela Diane, Alejandro Escovedo, Vashti Bunyan, Bill Callahan, Fleet Foxes, Evan Dando, Scout Niblett, and the like. Mark Charles Heidinger is also known to fraternize and conspire with other music-making hooligans, primarily as a bassist for fellow DCers These United States.

Vandaveer’s sophomore effort, Divide & Conquer, touches upon similar themes found in Grace & Speed, winding timeworn themes of love & death, malice & goodwill, despair & perseverance into (mostly) four-minute vignettes. To see D&C through, Vandaveer enlisted the assistance of longtime collaborator and producer Duane Lundy, These United States bandmates Robby Cosenza and Justin Craig, and most notably, his fair sister Rose Guerin, supplying the loveliest harmonies this side of Eden. A decidedly more produced venture, D&C offers up a flourishing chamber folk companion to Vandaveer’s bedroomy lo-fi folk/pop debut.

Released in France in April 2009 on Alter-K Records/Discograph, Divide & Conquer was hailed by the French Rolling Stone as “jarring new folk.” Rock and Folk Magazine added, “It is impossible not to be touched by the beauty of these haunting pieces.”

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