Growing up in the isolated Finnish communities of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Jonathan Rundman has drawn comparisons to singer/songwriters Paul Westerberg and Freedy Johnston for the decidedly homespun quality of his "heartland" rock. Using the geographical isolation of his youth to his advantage, Rundman formed a musical vocabulary grounded in the budding strains of Americana/roots rock, Lutheran hymns, traditional American folk music, and '70s rock to present a uniquely eclectic variant of Midwestern rock. Rundman's 1993 debut, 28 Days in the Yellow Room, rocked with lo-fi abandon, though 1995's Wherever was equally impressive, with its geographical song-cycle providing a nice soundtrack for cross-country driving.
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