Indie Dream Pop Artist Looking for Drummer

Seattle WA

Description

Hey! I have an album out under the artist name Early Internet and I'm new to the Seattle area from Los Angeles. I'm looking for a drummer who can help me play the songs on my album live in a full band setting at shows. Ideally, you are experienced playing to a click track and backing tracks with Ableton Live. You can hear my songs on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, YouTube, etc. but generally I gravitate toward indie rock, indie pop, dream pop, shoegaze genres through a lens of nostalgia and guitar pedals. I am a fan of artists / bands like Hatchie, The Cranberries, early Death Cab for Cutie, My Bloody Valentine, Hazel English, The Cure, early Jimmy Eat World, The Replacements, The Sundays, James, The National, Julien Baker, Jesus and Mary Chain, Beach House, Slowdive, Frightened Rabbit, Cocteau Twins, Johnny Marr, Pronoun, Soccer Mommy, Mitski, Elliott Smith, Echo and The Bunnymen, Gin Blossoms, Sunny Day Real Estate - I could go on endlessly. Venn diagram would be early aughts indie, 90s pop alt rock a la Empire Records soundtrack, 80s John Hughes movies, some classic emo (not mall emo) - all wrapped up in a chill, melodic Crunchwrap supreme. The album is less than a year old. It's been reviewed / played on KEXP, charted on NACC, and received some press coverage. Currently sits around 30,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. I started recording my second album this May and will be looking to play more shows to promote its release, once I start releasing singles later this year and into 2023. So far, I have played a near sold out show at The Cafe Racer in Capitol Hill and I have a tentative show in the works at Chop Suey. I historically have had a rotating cast of musicians / whoever is available / friends, etc. so there is no need to commit to any and every opportunity as I can always find another musician to fill your slot if / when you're unavailable, but would be nice to find a drummer who is down to play more consistently around Seattle where I am now based and / or regionally around the PNW and / or travel with me to top markets around the US for one-off shows. Again, not a huge deal if you can only play in Seattle - I can look for drummers in those other cities if needed. If you are in your 20s - 30s and maybe even early 40s, don't have a drug or alcohol problem, are fun to hang with and are interested in music to the extent that it stretches beyond a casual hobby for you, then I'd like to hear some of your stuff! Please send me any links for consideration. You can find links to all my music and watch my music videos on earlyinternetmusic. com. Thanks for reading!