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Dave Stovall
Associated Acts: Freshmen 15 (2001-2007), Wavorly (2007-2012, 2016-present), Audio Adrenaline (2015-2017), Solo work (2018-present)
Vocal Range: E♭2-B5 (3 octaves, 8 notes)
Vocal Type: Fearless Twenty Twenty Tenor Pedestrian

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Hailing from Alabama, Dave Stovall has had a unique career being the front man and guitarist of the indie madmen, Wavorly. The band has had one of the most critically acclaimed Christian indie rock albums and then almost disappeared with very little action behind the scenes. Nevertheless, for what little the band did, Stovall still had other projects to demonstrate his talents. Vocally, Stovall is a very emotion driven tenor with a folk and emo twang to his voice sounding both dreary like with folk and vehement like with emo. Early in his career, Stovall played punk music where he had the veracity of the genre singing fast and even doing a couple of screams as well. Once he started Wavorly, Stovall for the most part stayed in the middle range never going beyond the fifth or to below the second octave. However, he did go lower in the background and more recently does the same with his falsetto in recent songs, which for me can be a bit disappointing but still he does manage to do what he can with his singing. While he doesn’t have much in his catalog it is still fascinating to see a guy who did one great project still manage to have the recognition and still do much in terms of projects all for praise and adoration of the One True God.

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Solo work
Genre: Indie pop rock
EPs
Dave Stovall EP (2018) E♭2-B2-B♭4-B4-F♯5

Freshmen 15
Genre: Pop punk
Studio albums
Hi-5 Pedestrian (2004) C♯3-B♭4-C♯5-E♭5

Wavorly
Genre: Alternative rock/hard rock/indie rock/pop rock
EPs
The EP (2011) A2-C3-A4-B4
Movement One EP (2017) G2-E3-C5-B5
Studio albums
Conquering The Fear Of Flight (2007) G2-B♭2-B♭4-B4
Something Like Fiction (2013) E♭2-G♯2-B♭4-B4

Audio Adrenaline
Genre: Alternative rock/hard rock/pop rock
Studio albums
Sound Of The Saints (2015) G♯2-E♭3-G4-C5

Significant High Notes:

B5 ("Pressure")
G♯5 ("Pressure")
F♯5 ("Keep Singing")
E♭5 ("Tiger Dancer")
C♯5 ("Social Humiliation")
C5 ("Pressure", "So Can I")
B4 ("Caves", "God Of Change", "Nothing Left But You", "One More Try", "Still Standing", "Strangers In Love", "Twenty Twenty", "We Believe" [Newsboys cover], "World Changers")
B♭4 ("A To B", "Alone", "Broken Locks", "Chasing After Love", "Endless Day", "Hold On", "How Have We Come This Far?", "In The Light" [DC Talk cover], "Never Left My Side", "Nothing Left But You", "Praise And Adore (Some Live Without It)", "Rejoice", "Saved My Soul", "Sleeper", "Social Humiliation", "Sound Of The Saints", "Still Standing", "Storms", "This Summer", "Time I Understood", "Tiger Dancer", "Well, You've Got My Attention")
A4 ("A Summer's Song", "Alone", "Barely Breathe", "Because Of You", "Big House" (live), "Carry You", "Caves", "Confirmation Brings Sleep", "Forgive And Forget", "God Of Change", "Hold On", "If Only You Were Mine", "Love Was Stronger", "Keep Singing", "Let Go" by Manafest, "Miracle", "One More Try", "Out Of The Fire", "Pressure", "Revolution", "Show Me A Sign", "Strangers In Love", "Tiger Dancer", "Under God", "We Believe" [Newsboys cover])
G♯4 ("Broken Locks", "Caught In The Middle", "Chasing After Love", "Dear Toby (Ode Du Trey)", "Endless Day", "Forevermore", "Forgive And Forget", "How Have We Come This Far?", "If Only You Were Mine", "God's Not Dead" [Newsboys cover], "In The Light" [DC Talk cover], "Madmen", "Miracles", "Never Left My Side", "Never Meant A Word", "Nothing Left But You", "Part One", "Part That Won't Let Go", "Rumours Of War", "Social Humiliation", "Stay With Me", "Still Standing", "Storms", "Tale Of The Dragon's Defeat", "This Summer", "Time I Understood", "Time Won't Turn Back", "Twenty Twenty")
G4 ("A Summer's Song", "A To B", "Barely Breathe", "Carry You", "Confirmation Brings Sleep", "For His Glory", "God Of Change", "Keep Singing", "Miracle", "Move", "One More Try", "Praise And Adore (Some Live Without It)", "Show Me A Sign", "Well, You've Got My Attention", "Worlds")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Carry You", "Caught In The Middle", "Keep Singing", "Still Standing", "Strangers In Love", "Twenty Twenty")
E♭3 ("A To B", "Madmen", "Never Left My Side", "Never Meant A Word", "Nothing Left But You", "Praise And Adore (Some Live Without It)", "Rumours Of War", "So Can I", "Stay With Me", "Storms", "Time Won't Turn Back")
D3 ("Closer", "For His Glory", "God Of Change", "Hold On", "Miracle", "One More Try", "Out Of The Fire")
C♯3 ("Caught In The Middle", "Caves", "Forgive And Forget", "If Only You Were Mine", "Storms", "Under God")
C3 ("Broken Locks", "Move", "Part That Won't Let Go", "Praise And Adore (Some Live Without It)", "Strangers In Love", "Tale Of The Dragon's Defeat", "Time Won't Turn Back")
B2 ("Barely Breathe", "Keep Singing", "Miracles", "Revolution", "Stay With Me")
B♭2 ("Forevermore", "Hold On", "Part That Won't Let Go", "Saved My Soul", "Storms", "Time I Understood", "Well, You've Got My Attention")
A2 ("Keep Singing","One More Try" "Rejoice")
G♯2 ("Alone", "Barely Breathe", "Caves", "Chasing After Love", "If Only You Were Mine", "Love Was Stronger", "Praise And Adore (Some Live Without It)", "Show Me A Sign")
G2 ("A Summer's Song", "Miracle", "Pressure")
F♯2 ("Still Standing")
E♭2 ("Nothing Left But You", "Rumours Of War")

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