Seeking drummer for alt-country / surly americana band

Capitola CA

Description

Hey! We’re a married couple that’s been playing music together for more than a decade. We’ve toured, recorded and built out a sprinter van to be hella-comfy on the road. I sing and play guitar and they play bass/harmonica. To get an idea what were shooting for, we dig Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, Shovels and Rope, Shakey Graves, Justin Townes Earl, 16 Horsepower, Fred Eaglesmith, Nick Shoulders, Magnolia Electric Company, Gillian Welch, Colter Wall, etc. We’re looking for a kind femme/queer/queer friendly drummer with a shitpost-y sense of humor, wanderlust and a love of dive bars and new food. You don’t need to be a virtuoso - just have a good work ethic for learning existing songs, writing new songs and doing all the other stuff that gets bands gigs and an audience. The desire and followthrough to tour periodically with plenty of advance notice is a necessity though. I built a custom suitcase drum kit for this band so we can rehearse and perform in places where a normal band would be too loud. The kick has an internal mic and the whole thing sounds really balanced and good acoustically or mic’d up. Your full load-in is 2 suitcases. We’ve got 3+ hours of 95% original music that gets us repeat bookings in breweries and brewpubs for money and dive bars for fun/fans. Obviously this is complicated with Covid right now, but we are both fully vaccinated. We have a new album that’s nearly finished, but you can hear our older album here: https://coalfiredbicycle.bandcamp.com/ If you dig what were doing and you’re interested in seeing if we mesh musically, hit us up and tell us a bit about yourself.