"Sweitzer’s songs are cynical, cleverly written narratives." - Mountain Xpress
The only son of a postman and a teacher, Brad Sweitzer's often surreal perspective is saturated with unique reactions to over 20 years of life in monotonous, middle class America.
Though inspired by such musical anomalies as They Might Be Giants and Frank Zappa, Sweitzer shares little more than their ability to dogleg the mainstream and illuminate the mystical in the mundane.
His are anthems for the un-celebrated. Abandoning the traditional, love ballads become odes to pubic hairs; empty beer bottle breadcrumb pathways home.
While potent enough to twist the microscope on capitalism's consumption of small towns, Sweitzer's voice maintains the tenderness to coax compelling narrative from a curious house cat.
His recordings capture only a suggestion of each song. When performed live, the songs almost re-write themselves, bowing to the atmosphere for interpretation. Playing live since the age of 14, Sweitzer's onstage persona has varied from raucous spectacle to subdued storyteller while always allowing the music to be the hook and line; his body the reel.
-Kristen Foster, Baton Rouge, LA
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well, looks like you're correct. i left you a comment. and it definitely does not make sense. i'm sorry. i...don't know. but i do know it was so stinkin friggin poopin awesome to see you. and you guys. and your playing was absolutely phenominal. i'm gonna have to take me a little old ride to wherever you are...
song: Candyman Band: Bottom of the Hudson -I just heard this on my internet radio station and I thought the guy singing sounded like you if you ate mushrooms and had to take a crap...and you were singing. But i also heard you threw away my W2. THANKS MAN!
Here is my new thinking- We go on a bonafide TOUR this summer. We start in Memphis. Then Nash, Knox, Asheville, Chapel Hill, Wilmington. Then UP- Myrtle Beach, Richmond. . . what do you say? I will book the motherfuck out of this! Please, please, please!!!!!!!
I really liked your performance saturday night. Good music played by good people. I had to restrain my hands & feet from tapping along too loudly. Hope to see y'all next time.
HEY! since you and dave are sharing that sweet ass bathroom now, I have a little tip I just read about for cleaning your vinyl shower curtain: 1st scrub all that mildew shit off of it with dish soap and water then let it dry. 2nd fill the tub up with WARM water just enough to submerge the clean shower curtain and then pour a carton of iodized salt in, mix it, then let the vinyl curtain soak for a couple hours, DO NOT rinse it off, just hang it up and the mold won't grow anywhere near as fast as it once did. You should repeat this about 4 times a year. Take some initiative and get this job done. No one likes people with gross moldy shower curtains. You want people to like you, don't you Brad? I know that thing moldy as hell, it's driving me nuts just thinking about it.
Howdy Friends, Hellblinki performs on Sunday Feb 3rd. at Joli Rouge 130 College St. Asheville, NC 28801 with Zombie Bazooka Patrol (real zombies) and the South French Broads... Hope to see you there, Yours, A-
Hey, you are (still) so entertaining! I hated to leave when I did last night, but it had gotten late and my friend had to get home.....Was so nice to see you, my friend! Hope it happens again soon....
So-- We are playing February 22- that means at midnight it becomes February 23- and that means it's my birthday-- So, Sweitzer- what are you going to get me for a present? I mean- I've known you now for eleven birthdays and have never gotten a present. That doesn't really make you that much of a dirtbag, unless you consider that for 5 of those birthdays I was pretty much your girlfriend. All I am saying is you have a while to think about it and lucky for you I am not really difficult to please (i mean, obviously). I will take handcrafted love tokens, beautifully sung songs-- Wanted to give you a huge heads up.
