Caleb Heinrich:
percussion | piano | glockenspiel | vocals
Garrett Hobba:
guitar | vocals | piano
Brittan Drake:
rhodes piano | guitar | bass | harp
Brett Massa:
guitar | bass | vocals
Influences
Mojave 3, The Album Leaf, Grizzly Bear, Jeremy Enigk, Sparklehorse, Karl Blau, The Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, Rachel's, Erik Satie, Sigur Rós, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, Broken Social Scene, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Belle & Sebastian, Vashti Bunyan, Mogwai, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Do Make Say Think, The Beatles, My Morning Jacket, The Sea & Cake, Ross Beamish, Band of Horses, Iron & Wine, Crosby Stills & Nash, Henry Miller, Alan Watts, D.H. Lawrence... and chrysanthemums
"Think of them as Seattle's chilled-out answer to The Shins" ~Indie-Music.com
The Soft Hills are the musical adventure of singer/songwriter Garrett Hobba, guitarist/bassist Drew Dresman, drummer/pianist Caleb Heinrich, bassist/guitarist Brett Massa, and keyboardist/harpist Brittan Drake. A Seattle-based band with as much affinity for sweet melodies as experimentation, their songs draw from a wide range of influences from folk to indie rock to psychedelic, drawing on literary and philosophical themes as well as music, and incorporating experiences from dreams and the extraterrestrial. Listeners often compare them to The Flaming Lips because of their simple heartfelt melodies which spiral into psychedelic space. They strive to sound something like Neil Young playing with Sigur Rós while Brian Wilson lurks quietly in the background working out the arrangements.
The Soft Hills' Painted World EP is available at Everday Music in Seattle and at CD Baby!
very nice. digging the video and the new tunes. i was listening to you last night and wondering if you had been recording. been out of town for a couple months but looking forward to catching up when i get back!
Hi Garrett, its been a while. Lately I don't read I just daydream, but I've decided to write again and the opportunity calls for a movie script. I'm not sure how is that going to turn up anyhow. I do keep chasing after new music each day and my plans to conquer the world are going just fine, they grab onto the old mix of art + technology.
Very nice, very original and pleasant/subtle work, sort of a dreamlike quality to your work.
I hope the Knitting Factory show went well, or is about to, as it's just after midnight here on the East Coast, so you must be about to go on any minute...yeah, right, like us musicians do anything on time, you know we like to let you normal, non-musician types wait around 'till your ultra sleepy and then force you to stay up, because we can't ever sleep!
Seriously nice work and amazingly creative, I hope it gets you somewhere nice that you want to be. -Sheriden
yay! well if you guys need a place to crash while you're here you're more than welcome to stay at my house. i've got a couple sofas and a futon. ha. i had a great time visiting Seattle, i miss it. it was wonderful meeting you! have an awesome time at Burning Man! can't wait to see you guys play! take care and stay in touch :-)
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