Glowworm - Биография

Portland musicians Kevin Davis and Jesse Robert W. packed a Uhaul full of guitars, drums, a fender Rhodes, and some modest recording equipment, driving over 1000 miles to reach a secluded cabin in the desert of southern Utah. The idea was to remove themselves from any familiar reality while recording an album, letting their efforts become saturated by the surrounding atmosphere. This was not without incident (running out of gas on a long stretch of barren highway, their vehicle being pelted by droves of deer and jackrabbits in the night), but they arrived as intended and began recording nonstop over the next 9 days.

After exiting the desert with the core of the album complete, Davis then went on to mix and refine it throughout the following year at such places as Portland's Jackpot! studios, and with the help of engineering wizard and drummer Jeremy Sherrer (The Village Green, The Dandy Warhols). The result is a music that seems affected by a sort of lost time and place, infused with hints of grandeur that reflect the desert's sweeping horizons, blood red plateaus, and ancient, hollow canyons.

Glowworm's sound is that of carefully crafted orchestral and atmospheric rock, supported by minimalistic electronica. Their debut album ranges from explosive feedback-driven guitar passages to intelligent, emotive neo-classical string arrangements. It is a reverb laden struggle through uncharted territory, offering a unique take on style in a genre too often filled with copycats.

Glowworm shares current members of the shoegaze band Pacific UV (having also released a new LP on WARM records this year), and has released a split "7 on Other Electricities records. The Coachlight Woods is Glowworm's first full length LP, and was released on March 4th of 2008.