"Floating in the Whale"

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"In an age of digital over-compression and earpiece headphones, Otterman and his band, Over Orange Heights, create music for big speakers, speakers with woofers that can handle a full-bodied bass-drums rumble, tweeters that can handle a razor-sharp high end, and a midrange cone that can handle Otterman's soaring baritone voice."  - Arsenio Orteza, World Magazine, Aug., 2010

"Otterman makes music that doesn't get made a lot these days - grand, borderline bombastic '70's inspired rock that brings back memories of Pink Floyd, Meatloaf, or Blue Oyster Cult."  - Brent Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press, Dec. 31, 2009.

"Creative and sophisticated...Throughout the generous 65-minute album there is an intensity of delivery that holds the listener's ear while encasing the surroundings in a cloak of foreboding and drama... Otterman has unquestioningly the best voice I've heard from a Vermont singer in a long time.  - Art Edelstein, The Times Argus, April 17, 2009.

"'Floating the Whale' has a very unique sound that I wasn't expecting, not at all a 'copycat' album.  I found it to be a nod to the classic rock sounds of the late 70's, lots of heavy guitars mixed with strong vocals." - Dave Trout, Under the Radar, Jan., 2010.

"Floating in the Whale is really pretty good...The mix of styles it reflects is kind of interesting: prog-folk or something. I like the more Crazy Horse moments, whether real ("Hear My Words") or which I imagine ("Green Mountain Skies").    - Wayne Robins, Billboard Magazine, May 29, 2009.

1.       Green Mountain Skies

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitars / Organ / Strings / Electric Guitars / Percussion / Harmonica.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Dan Before – Bass Guitar / Lead Electric Guitar.

2.       Floating in the Whale

Adrian Otterman – Lead, Echo and Falsetto Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Dan Before – Bass Guitar / Lead Electric Guitar.

Amy Otterman – Piano / Harmony Vocals.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

3.       Promise Not to Cry

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings / Organ.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Dan Before – Lead Electric Guitar.

Bill Richardson – Bass Guitar.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

Amy Otterman – Piano.

4.       Last Dance

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Electric Guitars.

Tom Longfellow – Drums / Percussion.

Andy O’Conner – Lead Electric Guitar.

Josh Hayford – Bass Guitar.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

Amy Otterman – Piano.

5.       Drive

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Electric Piano / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Dan Before – Lead Electric Guitar.

Bill Richardson – Bass Guitar.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

6.       The Traveler

Adrian Otterman – Lead Vocals / Acoustic Guitar / Lead Guitar / Drums.

Amy Otterman – Piano.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

7.       I Breathe

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Electric Piano / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Bill Richardson – Bass Guitar.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

Amy Otterman – Piano.

8.       Hear My Words

Adrian Otterman – Lead Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Andy O’Conner  – Lead Electric Guitar.

Bill Richardson – Bass Guitar.

Amy Otterman – Piano / Harmony Vocals.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

9.       Onward Christian Soldiers

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Dan Before – Lead Electric Guitar.

Bill Richardson – Bass Guitar.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

10.   One Step Back

Adrian Otterman – Lead and Harmony Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Bill Richardson – Bass Guitar Chorus.

Josh Hayford – Bass Guitar Verses.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

11.   Promise

Adrian Otterman – Lead Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Strings.

Amy Otterman – Piano.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello.

12.   Deny Me

Adrian Otterman – Lead, Harmony and Falsetto Vocals / Acoustic Guitars / Percussion / Electric Guitars / Strings.

Tom Longfellow – Drums.

Dan Before – Bass Guitar / Lead Electric Guitar.

Amy Otterman – Piano.

Bruce Nyquist – Cello

13.  She's All I Know

Adrian Otterman