For the past 6 years, Daniel Bennion and Adam Akers have continuously tried to get bands together. Music is their life. You may have seen them at shows here and there as they made their way through new music and random venues, they have been known as Dirt Brown Earth and So Long You Crane.
Each of these bands used the talents of Lance Jennings (shout out). Since those times, however, he has moved on with his life and is making it big out there in Oregon at veterinarian school. Along with Lance, an often used bass player to join the band is Chris Smith. He is an amazing bass player and is also out there doing something with his life, he's currently attending dental school.
Not to make this sound like Dan and Adam aren't doing anything with their lives, but they are at it again. They have decided to take another stab at it and they are going to make it big just as the two of them and they are settling on a slightly different style of music. They are labeling there music as Indie Folk.
So, what really is Indie Folk? Really, I can't describe it any better than Wikipedia...
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community showing heavy influences from folk music scenes of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, country music, and indie rock.
A few early artists included Lou Barlow, Beck, Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith. The genre is commonly related to: freak folk, psych folk,Baroque pop and New Weird America.[1] The genre saw a significant growth from the early 2000s to present, beginning with bands such asBright Eyes, Iron & Wine, Beirut, The Avett Brothers, Arthur & Yu, The Decemberists, Okkervil River, Manel, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons, and others.
Excellent shout out! (Though I can't claim any credit for Dirt Brown Earth, since I was on my mission). And we all know that the DBE's Tree Song is AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteI am still contemplating whether moving away and splitting up the band was worth it. I mean, who needs a steady job anyways?