Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains’ (Twin Lakes Records) broad influences and instrumentation work their way into a uniquely unified sound that runs the spectrum from distorted garage rock to orchestral quiet folk. Founded in the winter of 2007 by Jon Schlesinger (banjo, guitar, lap steel, vocals) and John Gage (drums, vibraphones, marimba, percussion), the began recording half written songs and capturing ideas at Jon's garage studio. Citing influences from The Who Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Closely Watched Trains’ (Twin Lakes Records) broad influences and instrumentation work their way into a uniquely unified sound that runs the spectrum from distorted garage rock to orchestral quiet folk. Founded in the winter of 2007 by Jon Schlesinger (banjo, guitar, lap steel, vocals) and John Gage (drums, vibraphones, marimba, percussion), the began recording half written songs and capturing ideas at Jon's garage studio. Citing influences from The Who, Ramones, Dylan, Sonic Youth, Television, Wilco, Velvet Underground, Miles Davis, Minutemen, and on & on, the two set off to create music that would cite their influences but be a sound all it's own. Seeking to fill out the band for shows, they asked friends John Leonard (bass, vocals) and Taralyn Bulyk (violin) to jam. Soon, the band took hold as a quartet, with both J and T being integral contributors. With this line-up, CWT cemented their sound. Leonard, having his own studio and an incredible ear for detail, was soon anointed engineer and mixer. He gathered up all the recordings and brought them to his Sonic-Bot Studios where he re-mixed them in their entirety, taking CWT’s sound and production to new heights. The result was a sound familiar yet impossible to define with genre tags alone…an aural landscape--pastoral and surreal--that beckons and is easy to get lost in. Free tracks can be downloaded at their offical website, www.twinlakesrecords.com/store/. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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