Space Photo Records: Bands
Bowery Boy Blue
Zeb Gould - Guitar/Vocals
Sam Crawford - Guitar/Lap Slide/Trumpet
Michael Trepagnier - Bass
Christian Rutledge - Drums
Begun in 2005, the New York City based Bowery Boy Blue is excited to be following up their debut EP Give the Kids What They Want with their first full length Stalk That Myth this spring. Coupled with the lyrical craft of Stalk that Myth is an exceptionally strong musical cast. Violinist Megan Gould (née Weeder; of Stereofan and the Japonize Elephants) is featured most prominently, arranging and playing three of the four pieces in the string quartet that acts as a vocal counterpoint throughout much of the record. Drummer Jason Toth (Manishevitz, Edith Frost) emits a Pixies-like pulse on “They Sleep Standing Like Cranes”, and propels the record throughout. For the first time since 2003’s Three on the Tree, Zeb’s father and fan favorite Geoff Gould makes an appearance on dobro and banjo. Zeb himself plays all the guitars on the record, with the grace of his fingerpicked solo releases and a new stabbing electric energy.
Stalk That Myth personnel: Zeb Gould (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, Wurlitzer 200A, banjo, vocals); Megan Gould (violins, viola, Wurlitzer 200A, hammered dulcimer, banjo, vocals); Jason Toth(drums); Geoff Gould (dobro, banjo); Sam Crawford(trumpets, piano, Wurlitzer 145B, lap steel); Marika Hughes (cello); Michael Trepagnier (bass); all songs written by Zeb Gould; string arrangements by Megan
Gould; recorded and mixed by Sam Crawford, assisted by Michael Trepagnier; recorded at Electrical Audio (Chicago, IL); overdubs and mixing at Looking Glass Studios (New York, NY).
Stereofan
Founded by guitarist Zeb Gould and violinist Megan Weeder as a two- piece ensemble in Bloomington, Indiana, Stereofan’s early days were full of experiments in songwriting and four-track recording. In 2004, the pair moved to New York City where Megan found success as a session violinist (performing with Donovan, Sean Lennon, and John Mellencamp), and the two recorded Stain My Heart. It was here also that Zeb began work as an archivist for classical composer Philip Glass, at whose Looking Glass Studios You Can’t Go Home Again was recorded.
In the recording of this, their first full-length, Gould and Weeder have filled out the band with two additional members: on drum kit, stellar Brooklyn percussionist Timothy Quigley (performer with One Ring Zero, Smokey Hormel, Las Rubias del Norte, Andy Statman, & Jon Birdsong); and covering the bass and piano, longtime musical collaborator and engineer Sam Crawford (performer with Gould in Three on the Tree and engineer on records and film scores by The Impossible Shapes, Bill T. Jones, & Björk).
Zeb Gould
While pursuing a degree in Bloomington, IN, Zeb immersed himself in the study of fingerstyle guitar music, learning and deconstructing the works of John Fahey, Leo Kottke, and Michael Hedges. He developed a repertoire of instrumental works for 12 and 6-string guitar. His work found devoted fans in a wide array of musical circles, and he played the opening act for an accordingly diverse group of performers, including Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Kim Ritchie, Edith Frost, and Sue Garner. He also became involved in a number of side projects with the members of a then-developing Magnolia Electric Co. (most notably the Cinnamon Girls, a Neil Young cover band that played entire records as sets, and in which Zeb played lead electric guitar with fingerpicks). Following the completion of his education, Zeb moved East to New York City with Megan Weeder (an accomplished performer in her own right, whose violin graces "Two Sisters" on this recording). Always intent on expanding his musical vocabulary, Gould took up work as an archivist for classical composer Philip Glass. It was in Glass' studio that he began work on a new set of songs, which would become All of the Morningbirds.