Herman Jolly is a popular indie/folk solo artist in the Pacific Northwest. His former band Sunset Valley was a seminal Portland group and his solo records are always well received. Known for his skill with wordplay, Jolly is relentlessly good at it and will always leave you with a gem to think about long after you heard the song. Bunker Life is an interesting record in that Jolly can"t keep the New Wave element out of his music - early Elvis Costello, The Pixies - but as a "bedroom" record those influences are coming through in a sort of lo-fi way, a distorted microphone, a dirty guitar, but direct pop songs coming through just fine anyway.