ARTISTS

Drew Fitchette

Drew Fitchette

Genre: American Primitive Guitar / Folk Neoclassical
Home: Pacific Northwest, USA
Associated Acts: Detlef, Rainwater, Rooftops, Valley Maker
For Fans Of: Jack Rose, Marisa Andersen, John Fahey, Nathan Salzburg, James Blackshaw, Michael Auckerman, Yasmin Williams
Favorite B-Ball Player: Detlef Schrempf

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Biography

Drew Fitchette is a solo guitarist informed by random bits found throughout daily life, creating compositions as amalgams of melodic ideas and feelings that seem to fit together to paint broader pictures. Although his works may contain specific motivations - drawing inspiration from primitive guitar, classical composition, and math rock - Fitchette hopes listeners find their own conclusions within them. 

Fitchette grew up in the Pacific Northwest as a founding member of bands Rooftops and Detlef, as well as playing guitar in a variety of bands like Valley Maker and Rainwater. Though he recently relocated to Atlanta, GA, Fitchette’s music will always be tied to the place where he found his footing as a songwriter. Throughout his time collaborating with others there were always works that seemed to exist outside of the projects he was involved in. The need for these songs to have an outlet has led Fitchette to start putting together collections that represent eras of his life and the lives of those closest to him. Whether songs for the people he’s lost, or lullabies for the children of his closest friends, Fitchette will continue writing so long as life continues to give him reasons to.

‘Witness Marks’ is Fitchette’s second collection of songs following 2016’s ‘None, Too Many’. It was recorded over three days at the Way Out Studios outside of Seattle, WA with Trevor Spencer (Father John Misty, Beach House, Valley Maker). Each song was recorded in a single take directly to tape, meant to represent each composition as a living, breathing work. It was released May 20th 2022 digitally worldwide, as well as on limited edition cassette via Furious Hooves.

‘None, Too Many’ is a collection of songs composed throughout the year 2016 informed by various personal and public events. It was recorded over two days at the Unknown Studio in Anacortes, WA with Nich Wilbur (Mount Eerie, Stephen Steinkbrink, LAKE), and with the help from friends, the hope was to capture a sense of place, time, and those involved. It was then released November 17th 2017 digitally worldwide, as well as on limited edition cassette via Furious Hooves.

Press & Accolades

• “Highly Recommended” interview with Drew Fitchette for Hi54 Blog. (5/2022)

“The music conjures up images of driving slowly through hazy barren rural landscapes in soft golden sunlight, lost in a pensive reverie.”
– Fog Songs, review of ‘Witness Marks’ EP. (5/2022)

“In a way, the sound is much like the forests of the Pacific Northwest themselves, so old and familiar that they conjure a certain nostalgia even in outsiders, yet still possessing some persistent sense of mystery and intrigue, as though within their ancient midst might lie abounding newness.”
– Various Small Flames, premiere of “Bill” from ‘None, Too Many’

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