Gary's Dream / Slake / Bridge Gamble

Gary’s Dream has spent the past few years tending to the earth on a farm in Catskill, NY, while quietly writing their sparkling and hypnotic debut record, “Pretty Blue”.

Founded by Vive Tilson (vocals, bass, violin) and Ryan Surrano (guitar), and joined by Wesley Harper (keys) and Shelby Surrano (drums), they consider the album to be a ‘draining of the wound’. It explores real experiences they had during the strange time between post-adolescence and pre-adulthood, with all of its infatuation and heartbreak.

The record tells the story of how they each sank to the bottom of it and learned to swim back out again. Their music explores dark and cavernous emotions investigating sadness and processing anger, longing and disappointment. It speaks to the listener like the current of water; its flow pushes and pulls you to attention. With influences ranging from Nina Simone and classical choral music to The Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse and Galaxy 500, their sound is a liminal hybrid grounded by strong emotion, like stars crashing into one another.

https://garysdream.bandcamp.com/

“Like a sword pulled from the sea, Slake’s front person Mary Claire has a voice and song that exists in the realm of ancient lore, forbidden love, and quenched thirst. This bay-area-based artist moves and performs along the water’s edge, creating a melodic sense of belonging in the transient nature of each story crafted.

The current iteration of their tune has grown from Mary Claire’s self-titled singer-songwriter days. After tracking their upcoming record during a hot hot summer in the Hudson Valley, Slake’s debut LP ‘Let’s Get Married’ has distilled the sonic quality of their performance to carve out and embody a genre that can only be defined as lesbian doom-folk.

The presence of their live set has transformed over the years into something more clairvoyant, something with a crunch, something soft with teeth - like a walk through fall leaves with a long-distance lover. Slake performs like how you've always dreamt that first kiss might feel.”

-Gabi Orion, BFF. FM

https://slakesounds.bandcamp.com/

Santa Cruz songwriter Bridge Gamble strikes a golden balance between Stetson-donned rancher twang, wry metamodern balladry, and scruffy, homespun dream rock.

https://bridgegamble.bandcamp.com/