AP Interview: Kramies Windt on his creative process and collaborations for his 2022 "Kramies" Album

 

"it was named 'shitty hotel' and then everyone was like, uummm, you probably want to take 'shitty' off because we're trying to sell this thing..."

I was first introduced to Kramies as a solo artist when I reviewed his emotionally imploding track "Hotel In L.A." back in June. I described the song having an "opaque bleakness" within it's trippy nature, it's beauty and it's stark candor. I reached out to Kramies about an interview about his eponymous album and he was kind enough to send it over for me to experience it. It is a stunning piece of work filtered through surreal, divergent filters. Kramies' songs on this album were shaped and elevated by so many talented artists like Jason Lytle of Grandaddy (produced and played), Jerry Becker of Train (produced and played), Patrick Carney of The Black Keys (produced and played), Tyler Ramsey formally of Band of Horses (played), Jim Bogios of Counting Crows (played), Todd Tobias - Guided by Voices (produced), David Goodheim (played), Allison Lorenzen (played) andJohn Panza (played). I mention that I was formulating a written review of the album and while that is in the works (yeah I am the guy who seems to be late on everything lately), here is a link to the Hotel in L.A. review: 

https://www.americanpancake.com/2022/07/kramies-and-beautiful-opaque-bleakness.html

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-Robb Donker Curtius

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https://www.facebook.com/kramies/

https://soundcloud.com/kramies

https://twitter.com/kramies

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2nJoTFq3w9UjrqtsyZVzOG

https://kramies.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kramies/

Along with his critically acclaimed EP The Wooden Heart, as well as Of All The Places Been & Everything The End produced by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Todd Tobias (Guided by Voices) Jerry Becker (Train), Kramies has worked and performed with known artists such as Grandaddy, Clexico, and Spiritualized and many others. In 2021 Kramies teamed up with Patrick Carney of The Black Keys to produce his first Top 10 radio single "Days Of". By the beginning of 2022 Kramies had two top ten songs on college radio and is slated for his first highly anticipated LP in September of 2022.

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