The Perreze Farm hails from an area of the country not exactly known for its output of musicians but Joe Perreze, who spearheads his bands namesake, is ready to turn that on its head. A lifelong resident of Anaconda, Montana -an early 1900's boomtown better known for its copper- 23 year-old Perreze has an easy head start and rare insight into weird, old America and the underbelly of murk and dearth it has become.
Perreze's own history traces back through a few local punk and alternative country bands, a showbill and CD cover graphic designer, as well as a professional tattoo artist until recently when he began sitting in as a backup multi-instrumentalist for artists including J.B. Beverly, Graham Lindsey, Slackeye Slim, Sean Reefer and Rachel Brooke.
Songs For The Birds is The Perreze Farm’s debut offering, a six song EP released May 26, 2009. For it, Perreze gathered the backup of musicians Graham Lindsey and Joe Frankland of Slackeye Slim. Tinged with everything from clawhammer banjo, fiddle and Telecaster to three part harmonies, foot stomps and lead pipes, the songs were spaded out over a few weekends and recorded by Perreze himself in an old mansion in his hometown of Anaconda.
The Perreze Farm is currently writing/recording their first full-length album through December of 09, slated to be released spring of 2010. The new album features all of the friends of the Farm and elaborates on the dark nuances of songs like "Great White" and "Care Away," while intensifiying the floor-stomping, howl-alongs of "Funeral Home" and "Mind The Corn." A demo of "Black Snake" from the new offering is available for preview at www . theperrezefarm . com
Additionally, J.Perreze is the guitarist for Slackeye Slim and Them Dead Oreslingers and drummer for Graham Lindsey.
1. Funeral Home............
2. Mind The Corn............
3. Care Away................
4. Call Old Gospel Mill.....
5. Ballad Of H. Plummer.
6. Great White..............
hey, any news on a release date of the new album? do you have any old demo material you would be willing to send, via mp3 or something? i would love to hear more.
Joe: That was one heck of a show you and the Perezze Farm put on for us at Butte, Montana's Blue Luna Coffee Shop and "The Last Cowboy" festival -- two full days of Montana music, noon to midnight --- and didn't the Perezze Farm blow the house away...
I sure do hope you got my postcard, it was very lovingly stamped. I mean, I didn't even have to lick it, but still. Stamps take a whole two seconds to apply. I don't have that sort of time these days.
we did not think there really was a montana. we thought it was made up for movies so cowboys could say someplace mythical they was born. we did not look it up on a map because we like to be surprised.
after hearing your songs we don't think it would be very safe and comfortable.
naw, that might backfire and make a bloodthirsty type such as yourself happy. you're probably still after the severed hand necklace i promised... next man i catch cheating at hold'em, wait until then, friend.
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