DAVID SHAWN BOSLER - classical, electric, acoustic, lead guitars, vox, percussion SONDRA OW SUN-ODEON - vox, keys, saz, rhythm/slide guitar, mandolin, percussion LAURA ORTMAN (violin, guitar) ALEXANDRA DREWCHIN (backing vox, mandolin, guitar, bass) CHRIS CARLONE (drums, percussion) AHRAM KIM (cello, backing vox, bass)
Live shows in the past have also included:
Elias Reitz, Otto Hauser, Ben McConnell, Mary Lattimore, Daniel Schubmehl, Gillian Chadwick, Margie Wienk, Mike Zanghi
Influences
folk musics of the world, forces of nature, thanatology & biology, inner Voices, everyday magic
Sounds Like
What some folks have to say about us:
LONGVIEWS/NAICA BLOGCAST Their music calls to mind Mazzy Star mixed with L.A.’s War Paint as all three combine an ethereal vocal affect with dissonant string instrumentation. The exception is that Silver Summit isn’t as droning as Mazzy, less hipster than War Paint, and more musically skilled than either one of those bands. In fact, one thing is for sure, the musicians in Silver Summit are actually, you know, musicians rather than ingénues with high profile musician boyfriends. Still, there is a common thread in regards to their sound, style, and vocal affect. They really are a great live band, not to mention, the hot chick quotient is pretty high. So if you dig actual talent in a female form this band is for you. Oh yeah, there are two dudes in the band as well, but they don’t look as good in skirts, dresses and sparkly wear.
RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES A concoction of hushed tones and boiled mysticism from this second Brooklyn entry into the ranks at Language of Stone. The duo have storied pasts, most seemingly out of tune with the bewitched folk they produce but their backgrounds in noise, composition and classical melt nicely into the formula that comes out as Silver Summit. The ethereal voice of Sandra Sun-Odeon adds yet another siren to LOS's ranks, her enchanting croon swimming eerily above a din of middle-eastern strings, burnt cedar guitars and watery pianos. And adding nicely to this mix are the heat strangled fingerplucked melodies of Shawn Bolser; running the length of your spine in tandem with Sondra's voice.
NATURALISMO Fresh off the presses from Greg Weeks’ Language of Stone imprint, Silver Summit’s self-titled debut LP drips with funereal prog/metal atmospherics. Hazy, smoky, and macabre, the record’s mellifluous vocal harmonies and meandering multi-ethnic instrumentation paint mental portraits of foggy Victorian streets, gypsy caravans, and Baghdad bazaars with effortless execution.
TIME OUT NY:
Brooklyn outfit Silver Summit just dropped its self-titled debut on psych-folk imprint Language of Stone, and its revenant, deep sound is right at home there. Sondra Ow Sun-Odeon sings as if reading ancient chants straight out of the Cosmonomicon, while Shawn Bosler's array of guitars wrap her in darkly patterned blankets.
FLAVORPILL:Sondra Ow Sun-Odeon's trembling voice calls to mind Karen Dalton and Grace Slick, though it's the duo's hazy arrangements for mandolin, bell chimes, hand drums, and droning electric guitars that make Silver Summit a must for fans of Fairport Convention and the second side of Led Zeppelin III.
SEATTLE SUBSONIC:
Silver Summit’s self - titled debut is the stuff made of grim and unsettling nightmares. You know, the kind where you feel like you’re drowning in a murky pool, clawing for air just feet below the surface.
Violent, yet oddly transcendent, their sound is a puzzle stacked of opposites. Moody vocals shrouded over bright, prickly guitars. Dense, unmoored drifts of sound dissipate into hand claps and mandolins. It’s a peculiar and often rewarding blend of textures...
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HEADDRESS :: LUNES in stores Tuesday June 9th
LUNES is the second album by the Texas psychedelic duo HEADDRESS.
Written in the desert but recorded during an endless New York City winter, the album is a dark
meditation on Americana. Guitarist Caleb Coy and organist Ethan Cook sculpt a cold, expansive
sound made ripe for these turbulent times. It’s the blues shaped by the avant-compositions of La
Monte Young and Dylan Carlson. It's drone rooted deep in the American tradition.
hell yes...thanks a lot for the add...mindblowing tunes..thank you...and wow..what a genious voice..i love youuuuu!!! much love and peace from germany:-) andrea aka gomera
I dont know if you remember me, but I was at the Va/Dc show last fall. I just moved to sanfran and am pissed that i missed the show. Your music continues to give me chills (not and easy thing to do) I want you to email me personally next time you are here. Best wishes, Carina
Hey Shawn! Thanks for being so cool to my friend Anthony and I. Also, thanks for the cd! You guys were great that night in Fresno! Keep up the excellent work and good luck with everything! Oh, check out Communication(Anthony, Jack and I) and Sandcastle on my top friend's page! Thanks!
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