"clouds and rain dissipate, sunshine's happy for a day..."
Portland, Oregon's artful alt rockers "Gwythaints" have a way to take your hand and gently lead you into their grand panoramic storytelling. The orchestrated rock with tinges of 90's psych grunge and large waves of art rock walls, the pushed strings, driving lead guitar work and anchoring bass and drums combined provide a stirring landscape for lead singer Adam Sweeney’s vocal aesthetic. Quivering passion a sort of wide outstretched hand performance that knocks on fantasy rock doors, there is an enchanting quality and even though the lyrics maybe be painted with raw, direct desire, “you my love / were like a drug / coursing through my very veins / high as fuck / intangible / only an illusion in my brain”, the feeling is romantic, maybe darkly so, but romantic just the same.
The linear production with a gorgeous commanding lead guitar solo that feels like an extension of Adam's vocal poetry is the cherry on top of the eclipsing track that has cross generational elements. Touches of 70's psychedelic rock, 80's goth pop dark beauty, 90's post grunge undertones and 2000's art rock grandeur.
"Calm Before the Storm" was produced and engineered by Patrick Tetreault (Laura Gibson, The Features), mixed by Grammy award-winner Craig Alvin (Kacey Musgraves, Kathleen Edwards) and mastered by Grammy award-nominee Pete Lyman (Weezer, Brandi Carslile, Panic! At the Disco.) The music video was directed, filmed and edited by Skye Warden (Abney Park, DK-Zero.)
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/gwythaints
https://twitter.com/gwythaintsband
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEXpjIH3fvtI6lWWJf3HnA
https://www.instagram.com/gwythaints/
https://gwythaints.com/
When you’re a sheltered prairie kid, nothing is cooler than your best friend’s biker dad’s pagan girlfriend reading aloud to you from epic fantasy books based on Welsh mythology over extended camping trips under the stars on the rocky shores of Puget Sound. That’s where Adam Sweeney first heard about the Gwythaints—fearsome birds that served as the all-seeing eyes of the dark lord in Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain. When he found his band emerging from the ashes of the pandemic with a new record and a cinematic alt rock sound, the name just fit.
Leading into 2020 Sweeney’s old band The Breaking had been at the height of its powers. They were sharing stages with bands like Rubblebucket, The Sherlocks, Avi Buffalo, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Floater, Lemolo and The Stone Foxes. They had just made a record with a production team of Grammy award winners and nominees—including producer Patrick Tetrault (Laura Gibson, The Features) mix engineer Craig Alvin (Kacey Musgraves, Kathleen Edwards) and mastering engineer Pete Lyman (Weezer, Brandi Carlile, Panic! At the Disco)—that launched them into new sonic territory. But then Covid-19 happened, tours were canceled and their record never saw the light of day.
That band has evolved. They are now Gwythaints! Wall-of-guitar alt-rock power meets cinematic pop production, lyrically dense with poetic angst.
The new music finally emerges in Spring 2022. Gwythaints are based out of Portland, Oregon.
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We get by with a little help from our friends
Gwythaints, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, gothic rock, post punk, dream rock, dream theater, "Calm Before the Storm", post grunge, Portland, Oregon,
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/gwythaints
https://twitter.com/gwythaintsband
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEXpjIH3fvtI6lWWJf3HnA
https://www.instagram.com/gwythaints/
https://gwythaints.com/
When you’re a sheltered prairie kid, nothing is cooler than your best friend’s biker dad’s pagan girlfriend reading aloud to you from epic fantasy books based on Welsh mythology over extended camping trips under the stars on the rocky shores of Puget Sound. That’s where Adam Sweeney first heard about the Gwythaints—fearsome birds that served as the all-seeing eyes of the dark lord in Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain. When he found his band emerging from the ashes of the pandemic with a new record and a cinematic alt rock sound, the name just fit.
Leading into 2020 Sweeney’s old band The Breaking had been at the height of its powers. They were sharing stages with bands like Rubblebucket, The Sherlocks, Avi Buffalo, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Floater, Lemolo and The Stone Foxes. They had just made a record with a production team of Grammy award winners and nominees—including producer Patrick Tetrault (Laura Gibson, The Features) mix engineer Craig Alvin (Kacey Musgraves, Kathleen Edwards) and mastering engineer Pete Lyman (Weezer, Brandi Carlile, Panic! At the Disco)—that launched them into new sonic territory. But then Covid-19 happened, tours were canceled and their record never saw the light of day.
That band has evolved. They are now Gwythaints! Wall-of-guitar alt-rock power meets cinematic pop production, lyrically dense with poetic angst.
The new music finally emerges in Spring 2022. Gwythaints are based out of Portland, Oregon.
* * *
We get by with a little help from our friends
Gwythaints, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, gothic rock, post punk, dream rock, dream theater, "Calm Before the Storm", post grunge, Portland, Oregon,
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