"in the valley of the winter do I sit still / and paint a pretty picture for you until / I am a snow man / a slope man / a break from the question of where do I go, man..."
The beautifully wistful / emotional folk rock organica of "The Snowman" by Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Dylan Cox, and from his sprawling sophomore album"Gargantua", feels intimate drawn, poetically wrought and seemingly grounded by catharsis. I am loving the nimble movements, the interplay between acoustic piano and guitar, the solid bass and drums dance as a moving untied framework for Dylan's storytelling. Listening from a distance, the lyrical content floats past in mysterious ways but captures me just the same, makes me want to decipher the hidden stories between the lines like a detective. I am loving the overall presence. The song tonally moves like an animal full of life which makes sense as I find out that this album was recorded LIVE to tape with a full band at the Los Angeles studio of Luke Temple which is so, so impressive. All the songs written by Dylan who provides guitar and vocals (of course), with drums by Abe Rounds, keys courtesy of Benny Bock and bass by Alan Hampton.
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[“Gargantua” is a raw and deeply personal portrait of heartbreak and grief, written during the years Dylan moved back home to Los Angeles after spending years in France. It is a meeting of waters, a reckoning with demons and with song, an ode to the joy of the natural world, a record with the windows wide open in all of Cox’s poetic might. With control, maturity, and growling force, this is Cox expansively meeting himself, a gentle hand reaching into personal ether.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
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https://www.instagram.com/dylanjcox_
https://dylancox.bandcamp.com/album/gargantua
Dylan Cox is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. His music blends aching lyricim and room-filling melodies into deeply personal and poetic indie folk ballads. His songs are deeply personal and emotive worlds of attention- places to look at the world, at loss, joy, grief, wonder, and affection. As musician and writer, songs are unique collages of the different experiences of a life - one of poetry and literature, travel, hospitality, expressions of what it means to be a friend, a lover, a brother, a son. His first single “Animals in the Kitchen” was released in 2021, followed by the EP “A Place to Meet” in 2022, produced by Abe Rounds (drummer for Meshell Ndegeocello, Blake Mills, Joni Mitchell, Jon Batiste) and Sarah Walk. He works currently in Los Angeles with collaborators of Madison Cunningham, Andrew Bird, Nick Hakim, among others. After living in France since 2019, he’s recently returned to his origins California and a music community, releasing 2 new singles (The Painted Goose & Surprise) in 2024 along with a full length album, "Gargantua", dropping in 2026.
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The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
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https://www.instagram.com/dylanjcox_
https://dylancox.bandcamp.com/album/gargantua
Dylan Cox is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. His music blends aching lyricim and room-filling melodies into deeply personal and poetic indie folk ballads. His songs are deeply personal and emotive worlds of attention- places to look at the world, at loss, joy, grief, wonder, and affection. As musician and writer, songs are unique collages of the different experiences of a life - one of poetry and literature, travel, hospitality, expressions of what it means to be a friend, a lover, a brother, a son. His first single “Animals in the Kitchen” was released in 2021, followed by the EP “A Place to Meet” in 2022, produced by Abe Rounds (drummer for Meshell Ndegeocello, Blake Mills, Joni Mitchell, Jon Batiste) and Sarah Walk. He works currently in Los Angeles with collaborators of Madison Cunningham, Andrew Bird, Nick Hakim, among others. After living in France since 2019, he’s recently returned to his origins California and a music community, releasing 2 new singles (The Painted Goose & Surprise) in 2024 along with a full length album, "Gargantua", dropping in 2026.
Dylan Cox, singer-songwriter, composer, musician, intimage storyteller, poetic, melanchoy, folk indie, folk rock, indie rock, 2nd album "Gargantua", folk rock organica of "The Snowman", France, Los Angeles,
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