Just heard an advance release of their new (Feb 5, 2008) album and am trying to dig up more info on them. As reported on parasitesandsycophants.blogspot.com:
When
The Harpeth Trace sat down to put their
ambitious, vintage daydream pop to tape, singer/songwriter Josh
Kasselman was growing increasingly morose and distant. His already
unpredictable song structures were now arriving accompanied by
narcotic, ephemeral lyrics choice material for sure, but also a sign
of the spiritual collapse on the horizon. With the encouragement of
engineer/co-producer Raymond Richards (Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mojave
3, The Broken West), the band completed the recording of its debut
album,
On Disappearing, in December of 2006. Before 2007 had
arrived, though, Kasselman had boarded a plane to Bangkok, and would
spend the next half-year wandering the hills and streets of Thailand,
Laos, and Cambodia. Undeterred, Harpeth Trace drummer Rob Poynter
(Correatown, The Idaho Falls, Frankel) and bassist/guitarist Barry
Poage (Monster) got together to finish mixing the album at Richards
Red Rockets Glare studio. They eventually lured their singer back to
U.S. shores with the final product an engrossingly existential 35
minutes that seem to live outside of the realms of time and place.
Evoking shades of The Zombies, Bill Fay, Galaxie 500, The Left Banke,
Skip Spence, Dungen, and The Clientele,
On Disappearing alternates seamlessly between psychedelic immediacy and winsome melancholy. The album reaches shelves on February 5th.
the upcoming tour schedule looks like this:
January 26 @ Young Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA
January 27 @ Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA
January 29 @ Rotture Portland, OR
January 30 @ Someday Lounge Portland, OR
January 31 @ ABC House Olympia, WA
February 01 @ TBA Seattle, WA
February 02 @ The Ike Box Salem, OR
February 03 @ The Firehouse/UC Davis Davis, CA
February 05 @ Safari Sam's Los Angeles, CA
February 19 @ The Echo Los Angeles,
CA
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The Harpeth Trace
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