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Drew Fitchette
None, Too Many
Catalog Numbers: FH-080
Release Date: May 20, 2022
Genre: American Primitive Guitar / Folk Neoclassical
Radio Friendly: Yes
Type: EP
Purchase: Bandcamp
Links: Discogs Info | Spotify
pressing information
Digital: Worldwide
Cassette Tape: Furious Hooves
1st Press (2022): 100
Solid black cassette with full-color A-side label, full-color O-Card slipcase featuring art by Ryan Lamb. Hand-numbered.
Tracklisting
1. Bishop – 02:46
2. Potrimpos – 03:33
3. Shepherd – 04:29
4. Upstream – 03:01
5. Witness Marks – 03:18
Total Run Time: 17:07
Side Split: A/B 1-5
Lyrics: None
Credits
All songs written by Drew Fitchette.
Single guitar, single-take performances directly into a Studer 24-track tape machine.
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Trevor Michael Spencer at Way Out Studios in Woodinville, WA.
Artwork: Ryan Lamb.
Design & Layout: Ryan McCardle.
Release 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.
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)