Catch Prichard and the hallucinogenic dark cajole of "Beauty Drone"

 

"allure of the unknown and embraces the concept of impermanence..."


The bending keys of "Beauty Drone" by Catch Prichard, the intriguing moniker of Oakland, California sideways songwriter, musician Sawyer Gebauer, will undoubtedly unlock heretofore unknown places in your head, the dark melodies like anesthesia slowing and shaping your dreams. The sound at times like slurred speech, like a vision in a David Lynch film, like a horrifying realization in repose, encircle your senses. 

The spatial production might make you feel as if percussive strikes are running around you and Sawyer's upfront vocal countenance sometimes feels like a dull punch, a beautiful one but a punch just the same. As part of this trippy fog, his words (at least for me) are hard to capture and I wouldn't even try to do so because I think the sounds here in their entirety tell the story. One that each listener feels, hears differently because we all, after all, have different responses to hallucinogens, don't we. 

-Robb Donker Curtius 

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://soundcloud.com/catchprichard

https://www.facebook.com/CatchPrichard/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4fGnksIEapOHDbvWOYPCW5

https://www.instagram.com/catchprichard/

https://www.catchprichard.com/


"The Oakland band’s darkly psychedelic country-folk suggests things on the verge of collapse...appealingly overwrought, its sweetness curdling into menace like Twin Peaks gone spaghetti western..."

- PITCHFORK


"...Haunting."

- NOISEY


“...Mesmerizing, burnt-out vocals and stately brass."

- UPROXX


“...You're left in awe...it seems to transcend era and time.”

- LADYGUNN


"...slow, slightly twangy, and every bit of it is beautiful."

- IMPOSE MAGAZINE


"Gebauer sings, his shredded, husky voice like someone dragging the needle on a Nick Cave record."

- CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

Catch Prichard, alt pop, avant rock, psychedelic, freak folk, singer songwriter, experimental pop, post punk, electronica, noir wave, noir, Oakland California, dream soundscapes, "Beauty Drone",