CATCH PRICHARD
Blue Ocean
Dear Banshee
After half a decade residing in Europe as frontman for the creatively mercurial Brittsommar, Sawyer returned to the States for a new project. Once settled in Oakland, CA, he became steeped in the then thriving DIY music scene, and eventually met Travis Snyder (pedal steel), Chris Clayman (bass), and Tim Decillis (drums). Together, these musical talents forged the beginnings of Catch Prichard.
Blue Ocean: Oakland, California.
https://blueoceanmusic.bandcamp.com
San Francisco-based quintet Dear Banshee blend alternative rock with ambient and electronic elements to create lush and moody soundscapes that push the boundaries of traditional independent rock.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4O3iYfl7mH4e1hSeKqCl0s
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Change is the constant in the work of the singer, songwriter, and composer, Sawyer Gebauer. Moving to Sweden from the Midwest at 19, he formed and fronted the mercurial Brittsommar, a musical entity that took off in Europe with a rotating cast of talent.
Upon return to the States, Sawyer carved a new project, Catch Prichard, and recorded a collection of songs that exalt the narrative as much as the melody. The result? Eskota. A five-song EP carrying the name of the Texan ghost town in which the album was created.
Now, another chapter unfolds with Utter Disbelief, the first six tracks of a 16-song series that rivets and haunts. With Sawyer' weighty baritone voice, out of the box drum machines, gritty Mellotron, and gliding pad melodies, this album is an amalgam of sound that resonates to the likeness of Popol Vuh's Aguirre, Springsteen's Tunnel of Love, and Cohen's Ten New Songs.
Utter Disbelief is a mix of beauty and grit. It wrestles the vulnerability of the human condition: anxiety, doubt, self-contradiction, and choice.
Sawyer's Utter Disbelief spins stories that call to each and all of us. Those shared and those kept underground. You'll hear it. Feel it. He snares mid-stream narratives we've all overheard in a crowded bar, the silent street and smoky church - the incomplete whispers we each use to create our finish lines. These songs are memories birthed from the common thread.
Catch Prichard is currently based in Oakland. His next compilation of songs will release in the fall of 2019.