Self described as American Folk / Melodramatic Popular music, this Bellingham band, led by Jake Humming, accompanied by Steve Norman on Pedal Steele/Dobro and Trumpet, backed up by Mike Bergstrom on Bass and Derek Jackman on Drums, had no problem drifting into the ageless ballads of the West Coast folk tradition…
‘Gun’s Ammo, Jewelry Coins’ (Strange Jerome, 2009) is a life retrospective. The album carries the slightly aching and very honest melody of love realized (and not), choices revisited and ambitions rekindled.
Branden Daniel and Everybody Gets Laid, Moraine, Reptet, and RandAll Dance at Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle. Shared Medium Northwest Showcase, Summer 2009.
Shared Medium Showcase at Artopia, June 28th 2008, Georgetown. David Hillman, Pete Bush and the Hoi Polloi, The Nextdoor Neighbors, The Alligator Pears, and Seeing Blind.
Melodic and wondrous, The Attic revels in a dark lounge sound… Each instrument, each note, each line laid down on their debut self titled album lives like smoke in some dark bar unchecked by society.
Amanecer, Luna Nueva’s debut album, opens with a ruckus-like a good joke told and guitar laughter fills a crowded room-and instantly you understand why a new moon has risen.