Rooted in folk-rock and woodsy Americana, the Moondoggies take influences from such vocally inclined groups as the Byrds, the Band, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Although hailing from Seattle, seeds for the band's formation were planted in nearby Everett, Washington, where they formed a teenaged band while attending Cascade High School. The students discovered their talent for three-part vocal harmonies, and when Murphy returned from a summer-long stay in Alaska in 2005, the four friends reconvened in Seattle to form the Moondoggies. Taking up residence at a local dive bar named the Blue Moon Tavern, the Moondoggies honed their craft and soon netted a contract with Hardly Art, an imprint of Seattle's own Sub Pop Records. Don't Be a Stranger, the band's woozy debut, appeared in 2008, with the mature Tidelands following in October 2010. Third album Adios I'm a Ghost, released in 2013 and aided by the addition of multi-instrumentalist Jon Pontrello to the band, fell somewhere between the two in sound and tone.

New Jersey native, Seattle staple, and on and off again New Yorker, Kevin Large has been making music under the WIDOWER moniker for over a decade. Large’s lyrically driven songwriting can be categorized in the all-encompassing camp of indie/folk rock, which he more accurately describes as ‘sad dad rock’ for those whose only “children” are memories of the friends, loves, and lives we spent our youth both chasing and running from. WIDOWER’s latest release ‘Baby We Were’ was recorded over a couple of years beginning February of 2017 at a cabin on the edge of Lake Cle Elum in central Washington. Large continued working on it in various places around the country including New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Seattle. He eventually found some semblance of sense that rarely comes from seemingly endless sessions, with help from producer and collaborator Sam Miller. The album features dozens of dear friends from said cities including members of The Head and The Heart, as well as musicians that perform with Katy Perry, Mark Lanegan and more. ‘Baby We Were’, with it’s Frankenstein-esque origin really came to life when it was exquisitely mixed by Yuuki Matthews of The Shins. Large’s reverence for Springsteen and 80's English rock is self-evident throughout the entire album. ‘Baby We Were’ is the sonic embodiment of warm, sullen summer nights and distant shore memories of a seventeen year old ‘Garden State Steinbeck’ wanna-be bringing dates to a cemetery in the 1990s.

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