The
Douglas Fir band has "a flair for the cinematic," melding UK-style
dreaminess and the panoramic sounds
of indie music, while maintaining moody pop sensibilities.
The Boston based
band has garnered critical praise and outstanding national and international
reviews in
publications such as CMJ, Magnet Magazine, Amplifier Magazine,
The Big Takeover, The Boston Globe,
and the All Music Guide. The Douglas Fir album, "When
This Wears Off", was recently named
a "Top Ten" album of 2004 in New York City's Village
Voice Best of Pop and Jazz Poll,
and the band was previously also recognized as the Best New Act in the
Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll.
In June of 2004, Seattle
radio station KEXP invited The Douglas Fir to perform
live on air as KEXP broadcasted from
The Museum of TV and Radio on 52nd Street in Manhattan. Other on air guests
included The Wrens,
Ambulance LTD, Ben Lee, Clem Snide, Robbers on High Street, and Asobi
Seksu.
Several of the Fir's
songs were recently licensed and used by MTV in their Real World/Road
Rules series of shows.
Additionally, ASCAP recognized the Fir's songwriting by presenting the
band with a 2004 ASCAP Popular Music award.
The Douglas Fir has toured / shared the stage live with such stellar folks
as The Wrens,
Metric, The Pernice Brothers, The Church (Australia), Pinback, Cobra Verde,
Her Space Holiday,
The South (U.K.), Wheat, Calla, The French Kicks and more...
The band's debut
full length "When This Wears Off" (Dark Years Records) was mixed
by Matthew Ellard,
who has worked with Elliott Smith, Tayna Donnelly, Billy Bragg / Wilco,
and Jesse Malin.
Come and see The Douglas Fir live:
Pete Caldes
- Drums
Patrick Cooley - Bass
Albert Gualtieri - Guitar
Jay Walsh - Vocals / Guitars
A monumental debut album with vivid lyrical narratives and spectacular
songwriting.
The Fir may share similar influences to NYC early 80's revivalists Interpol,
Longwave and The Walkmen.
But they beat those bands to the punch... Don't miss out on this one!
-The Big Takeover
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The Douglas Fir
fill an entire disc with gorgeous claustrophobic melancholy pop.
The band recreates the somber ennui of those old Smiths, Cure and Nick
Cave albums,
while giving them a slightly more lucious sonic bed to lounge in, complete
with
astonishing power and moody atmospherics.
-Amplifier Magazine
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The Fir have a distinct
flair for the melodramatic. The band shows particular promise...
-Magnet Magazine
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The Douglas Fir have a flair for the cinematic. They make music that
has the chiming
grandeur and air of mystery that surround highly literate, lyrically
romantic bands
such as the Smiths, Aztec Camera, and the Go-Betweens.
-The Boston Globe
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Boston's Douglas Fir are very promising...
The band shows off edgy pop muscle without covering up its melodies...
-CMJ New Music Report