Live Art Rock Music | SF

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The story begins in 2008 with King Kongress: an ambitious, yet failed 6-person ensemble from Santa Cruz. Upon a move north to San Francisco in 2009, the group pares down to power trio form & dubs themselves ladyfinger. Their debut recording (“Burnt Sienna Brown”) is released in 2010 & recorded in the hills of Oregon by ex bandmate-turned-producer Ben Schaaff.

After a glowing reception to its release, the band relocates to the Whiteaker District in Eugene & rechristens themselves Growwler. The subsequent single “How can you be so Sure” earned them a finalist spot in Eugene Weekly’s “Next Big Thing” and artistic sponsorship via Ninkasi Brewery. A remix collaboration with Brooklyn-based Vinegar Hill Studios will follow in 2011.

They permanently relocated their songcraft & musical errantry back to San Fran Bay in 2012: releasing an EP (“Shooter’s Hill”) and explosive music video debut to accompany (awarded “Audience Favorite” at MVR ’13). Not content with “verse-chorus-verse” or a pop scene saturated with rubber artists singing fake plastic songs, Growwler is unpardonably happy making beautiful things, even if nobody cares.

“San Francisco’s GROWWLER creates art rock sounds that combine ebullient power pop harmonies with sophisticated weirdo music arrangements. Their new LP ‘Even Tenor’, after all, sounds like an army of talented musicians and producers descended upon the project to create a refreshingly rich and unique soundscape, incorporating everything from psychedelic head trips to bluesy rockers to folk-tinged melodies and countless sub-genres in between. It’s a big, ambitious album in an age when most indie bands are scaling back due to either financial limitations or purposeful creative choice.” – The Bay Bridged

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