contact
for booking:
atticusmd [@] maine.rr.com
for general inquiries:
info [@]
harpswellsound.com
207.332.3511
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mike dank : drums, organ, vocals
kris day : bass, vocals
ron harrity : guitar, vocals
trey hughes : guitar, vocals
About us
Harpswell Sound formed in the fall of 2002 when guitarists
Ron Harrity and Trey Hughes met and began swapping material they’d
been recording. Mike Dank joined on drums soon after, followed
by Jonathan Takami on bass. While everyone’s musical tastes
varied widely, common influences included The Band, Neil Young,
The Velvet Underground, Richard Buckner and Fairport Convention.
Garage and indie rock, motown, reggae, and punk were broader genres
we also drew upon in those formative months.
Our first release was an ep titled “Port”, which was
basically recorded while the songs were being arranged. It’s
clean, stark sound represented exactly where we were at the end
of that winter — getting started as a band, arranging songs
and finding common ground without the benefit of years spent hanging
out, drinking beer and playing music twice a week in a basement.
The next album, Skylight, was recorded in March 2004 and contained
a bunch of new songs we’d been playing for a while. There
were some faster, more rocking songs, some poppy ones and some
that were slow and stretched out. We were comfortable with the
material, with each other and with what we were trying to say,
which might have been equally, “do not forsake me, oh my
darling”, and “kick out the jams, motherfucker”.
In 2005 Jonathan left the band, and longtime fan Kris Day became
our new bass player. We had lots of new songs to record, and we
eventually holed up in a nearby school’s orchestral room
for a long weekend. We figured we’d be happy if the drums
came out alright, and we could get four or five songs out of the
session.
Much to our surprise, we were able to record the entire album that
weekend; drums, vocals, guitars, and bass — all live. These
were songs that were still somewhat new and fresh to us, and we
were excited to be able to record them in such a direct and unlabored
manner.
In March 2006 we were approached by Kramer, of Shimmy Disc Records,
who offered to mix and master our new record. It will be titled "Let's
go anyway" and will be released May 30th, 2006
Discography
Let's Go Anyway (full length, June 2006)
Skylight (full length, December 2004)
Greetings from Area Code 207 Compilation, vol 5 (2004)
Port EP (5 songs, 2003)
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