Years active 2007-present Website CHURCHWOOD | Labels Saustex Media Record label Saustex Media | |
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Associated acts The Meat Purveyors, The LeRoi Brothers, Poison 13, The Crack Pipes, The Invincible Czars, Brown Whörnet, Cat Scientist, Hand of Glory, Ballad Shambles, Chablis Albums 3: Trickgnosis, 2, Hex City, Churchwood Similar Hickoids, The LeRoi Brothers, Amplified Heat, The Meat Purveyors, Borchi | ||
Churchwood is an avant-blues quintet from Austin, Texas known for its poetry-driven lyrics, high-energy performances, and eccentric approach to making blues-based rock and roll. The lineup consists of Bill Anderson (guitar), Joe Doerr (vocals, harmonica), Adam Kahan (bass), Billysteve Korpi (guitar), and Julien Peterson (drums).
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Musical and Lyrical Style & Influence
Churchwood's musical influences are wide-ranging. The band's self-proclaimed "dystopic blues" style belies its reverence for the likes of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, and other blues masters; however, many critics suggest that musical risk-takers like Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave are of equal importance to Churchwood's sound. Much like his published poetry, Doerr's lyrics reflect an interest in French Symbolism, Literary Modernism, Surrealism, and Beat Poetry. His themes are largely existentialist in scope; absurdity, anxiety, alienation, passion, individuality, and authenticity are his primary concerns.
Band History
Churchwood formed in 2007 in Austin, Texas and signed with Saustex Media in 2010. Churchwood has released four records on the Saustex Media label: the eponymous LP Churchwood (2011), an EP Just the Two of Us (2012), the band's sophomore LP Churchwood 2 (2013), and most recently "3: Trickgnosis" (2014).
In 2011, Churchwood placed "Rimbaud Diddley" on Season 4, Episode 4 ("Una Venta") of AMC's "Sons of Anarchy."
Discography
Songs
I Have A Devil In Me2 · 2013
Rimbaud DiddleyChurchwood · 2011
Melungeon in the DungeonChurchwood · 2011