Song Sparrow Research

“…often-gorgeous set of folk-tinged, chamber pop…” -KEXP Radio “…hushed rock, evolutionary folk…orchestral tunes spiked with jazz.”-The Stranger “Loose, dreamy pop and lush, sweeping melodies.” -Seattle Weekly “Wonderfully tuneful, rhythmically visionary, and lyrically thrilling.”-KZAM.net “…this album soars the whole way through.” –The Stranger Dynamic chamber pop quintet creates moody, dense pieces reminiscent of Grizzly Bear and Beirut. Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

“…often-gorgeous set of folk-tinged, chamber pop…” -KEXP Radio “…hushed rock, evolutionary folk…orchestral tunes spiked with jazz.”-The Stranger “Loose, dreamy pop and lush, sweeping melodies.” -Seattle Weekly “Wonderfully tuneful, rhythmically visionary, and lyrically thrilling.”-KZAM.net “…this album soars the whole way through.” –The Stranger Dynamic chamber pop quintet creates moody, dense pieces reminiscent of Grizzly Bear and Beirut. The band builds songs that are both curious and melancholy out of complex interlocking parts - plucked cello, close harmonies, constantly shifting drums, double bass, chiming bells and guitars. In their self-produced recording sessions they’ve utilized unconventional spaces to achieve specific natural sounds, ranging from enormous metal-working shops for spatial echo to local wood-lined cafes for a warm intimate feel. Many of the members met at Garfield High School while playing music together in various forms. Continuing to collaborate in later years, they formed Song Sparrow Research in 2006. The band takes its name from a research project that lead singer and guitarist Hamilton Boyce was involved in while studying for his degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Washington. Song Sparrow Research has self-produced and independently released two full-length albums and one EP. 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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…shrink me down again