PAST LIVES
PAST LIVES
When the Blood Brothers disbanded in 2007, Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato moved to Portland, OR and formed Jaguar Love with members of Pretty Girls Make Graves, while the rest of the band -- vocalist Jordan Blilie, drummer Mark Gajadhar, and keyboardist/baritone guitarist Morgan Henderson -- stayed in Seattle and teamed up with former Shoplifting guitarist Devin Welch (who had also been in an early Blood Brothers lineup) and became Past Lives. The band entered the studio in late 2007, working with engineer Dann Gallucci. The results were the Strange Symmetry EP, which was released digitally in summer 2008 and in physical formats that November via Suicide Squeeze. Past Lives also contributed to a 2008 edition of the audio magazine The Journal of Popular Noise. The band worked with producer Steve Fisk on their debut album, 2010's Tapestry of Webs.
BRUTE HEART
Brute Heart's astounding second album exemplifies what's exciting in our local experimental music scene. Trio Crystal Myslajek, Crystal Brinkman, and Jackie Beckey's intricate, darkly mysterious, and unearthly sonic territories delight the mind and heart. Brinkman's pulsing primal percussion and tambourines create hypnotic rhythms, as Beckey's viola intertwines sonorous melodies with her signature plucked strings and jagged percussive strokes.
