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| Gregory and the Hawk | |
|---|---|
 Meredith Godreau in summer 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | New York Metropolis, U.s.a. |
| Genres | Audio-visual, indie pop, indie folk[1] |
| Years agile | 2003–2019 |
| Labels | FatCat Records, Pearly Gates! |
| Website | http://www.gregoryandthehawk.com/ |
Meredith Godreau is an American singer-songwriter performing nether the pseudonym Gregory and the Hawk. Active since 2003, Godreau initially enjoyed independent success with two EPs and a full-length album selling a total of 15,000 copies.
Early life [edit]
Originally from Medfield, Massachusetts, Godreau moved to Potsdam, New York, when she was twelve. This was where she learned a number of instruments, including pianoforte, clarinet, oboe, violin and viola before settling on her "$70 Christmas souvenir": the guitar.
Career [edit]
Godreau then took on the pseudonym Gregory and the Hawk in 2003 to avoid being pigeonholed as a singer-songwriter, despite citing her influences as Nick Drake, Liz Phair and PJ Harvey. The name was derived from her brother, Gregory, and his imaginary babyhood militarist.
Demo EP [edit]
She released her demo EP, including early versions of "Boats and Birds" and "Isabelle".[2] When asked about going past her real name, Godreau responded, "There is no reason for it. But, I'd walk by places and it'd say 'Playing Tonight – Joe Jones' and I think that was super-dull and I'd never want to go to that show."[ citation needed ]
Godreau began playing solo shows in small venues around New England until 2005 when she met Mike McGuire in New York. They played alive shows together for several months before the bass guitarist Jeff Ratner and drummer Adam Christgau (both of the New York band Paper And Sand) joined the band. The 4 of them recorded the Boats and Birds EP.[3]
Boats and Birds EP [edit]
In 2006, Gregory and the Hawk self-released the Boats and Birds EP as a domicile-studio project containing the songs "Isabelle" and "Boats and Birds". Both songs received a great amount of attention on the MySpace social networking website, increasing Gregory and the Hawk'due south popularity. Before long later the release, the four friends moved autonomously, and so Godreau began playing live with merely Ratner on upright bass, and herself on acoustic guitar and vocals.[ commendation needed ]
FatCat records [edit]
In Your Dreams, Gregory and the Hawk's first full-length album, was self-released the following year with Mike McGuire and Susan Ambrose as the just other players. The album received many positive reviews but it was not until a testify in Brooklyn that FatCat Records discovered her. Before Gregory and the Militarist was signed, Godreau had already sold xv,000 copies of her demos and full-length album, had 18 pages of cover versions on YouTube, and had several solo shows. Every bit stated by FatCat Records, "[we] discovered our newest signing, Gregory and the Militarist, entirely by accident, whilst out i night at a bar in Brooklyn. An unknown band came on stage and Meredith Godreau began to sing, instantly stunning everyone in the room." A calendar month later, she was in the studio recording her first FatCat single, "Ghost", and kickoff album, Moenie and Kitchi, which were released in September and October 2008, respectively.[ commendation needed ]
In an interview with AU mag, Godreau was asked about her work with FatCat Records and responded, "I wasn't really aiming to exist on a record characterization, but now that I am, at that place have been then many corking people that I've met in the last couple of years because of information technology that I would never, ever say that I wouldn't desire to have that. I'yard very glad virtually the people I've met, and not necessarily the technicalities of being on a label."[four]
Moenie and Kitchi [edit]
In the recording of Moenie and Kitchi, many of the instruments were played past the album's producer, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade), with about vocals and guitars recorded simultaneously in merely one take. Gregory and the Hawk took a 3-continent bout for this album, taking in support slots for múm, The Album Leaf, Mice Parade, Frightened Rabbit, Asian Kung Fu Generation and other bands.[v] "Moenie and Kitchi was not produced by me... and I really like[d] it, simply it wasn't very personal to me. I wrote the songs but I felt like it was not something I could accept made on my ain," Godreau told AU. Godreau decided to create her next album back in her own garage and studio.[ citation needed ]
Leche [edit]
Godreau worked on Leche in winter 2009, writing and self-recording, so taking her music to a team of friends, engineers and collaborators including Pierce, as well as Jeremy Backofen (Felice Brothers) and Rob Laakso (Amazing Baby, Diamond Nights, Mice Parade, Swirlies). Godreau wrote, "It turned out the idea behind the album was about traveling all around—both physically and psychologically—and observing many unlike places, people, and behaviors but always from a detached perspective, never straight involved. Traveling was a major influence on the album, as was personal change and growth." The album was released in Canada and the United States on November ix, 2010, and in the UK and Europe on November 15, 2010.[6]
Come, Now [edit]
Godreau'south album Come, Now, was released on June 5, 2012. Before its release, three songs were posted on her website, "First Flying V" in Nov 2011 and "Crusade It's Cold" and "Been Too Long" in January 2012 while.
Stone EP [edit]
The 6-track Stone EP, was released on Nov twenty, 2012. Information technology contains a heavy use of synthesized sounds, too as tracks that did not make information technology on to Come, At present.[ citation needed ]
On The Orange Mountain [edit]
Starting in from August 2016, Godreau released a collection of new work. The project, titled "On The Orangish Mountain" is a series of recordings captured in the field, from various locations around the Pacific Northwest. Godreau is funding the project through the crowdsourcing website Patreon. To date, eight of ten tracks have been released.[7]
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
- Self-titled Demos (2005)[8]
- In Your Dreams (2007)[8]
- Moenie and Kitchi (2008)[8]
- Leche (2010)[viii]
- Come, Now (2012)[8]
- On The Orangish Mountain (2016–17), Digital Only[viii]
- Texas Collectious (2018–nineteen) Digital Only
EPs [edit]
- Gregory and the Militarist (Demo) EP (2005)
- Boats and Birds EP (2006)[8]
- Huckleberry Ruddy and Boules EP (2010)
- Stone EP (2012)[8]
- VDay EP (2017) Digital Just
- Three Weeks No Songs (2020) Digital Only
Singles [edit]
- "Ghost" (2008)
- "Olly Olly Oxen Free" (2010)
Compilations [edit]
- The Lonesome Phone call of the... WHPRWHIL, Whprwhil Records (2006)
- Pickathon, Pickathon Roots Music Festival (2006)
- Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009, Ki/oon Records (2009)[8]
- We Volition Ascension Again, Far Cry 5 Presents: Into The Flames (OST), Ubisoft (2018)
References [edit]
- ^ "Drowned In Sound // Releases / Gregory & The Hawk – Moenie & Kitchi". Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved November i, 2008.
- ^ "Wide as the Bounding main :: Releases :: Gregory and the Hawk EP". Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
- ^ FatCat Records – artist biography
- ^ "Q&A Gregory and the Hawk", AU magazine
- ^ FatCat Records – Releases – Moenie and Kitchi
- ^ FatCat Records – Releases – Leche
- ^ "Patreon".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "G A T H – Discography". Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
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