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“I write full songs on my acoustic bass guitar in weird tunings,” writes Sasha Syeed aka Nothingful.
“Some people have described it as experimental pop. For the majority of 3 years they have been solo performances, sometimes totally acoustic, but usually using my amp and 2 loop/delay pedals.”
Finding a sound somewhere between Joan of Arc and Keller Williams with a repertoire of over 70 songs including covers of Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, old country songs, Blur, Black Heart Procession, and Pinback, Nothingful has been performing as a band recently consisting of Andrew Bracken (of Street of Little Girls and Happy Zillion Volts) on drums, and Sean Francis Conway (of Bombshell Orchestra) on trumpet, trombone, didjeridu, alto sax etc.
“I broke my laptop a year ago which has severely hampered my music organization and recording possibilities. But my friend Jordan Andreen (Robert Recordings/Audio Design) has done numerous sessions with me over the last three years, including one with my current drummer Andrew, and another for a side project Crow Meat (Arshin on drums from Orange County). Jordan recently told me there is easily more than enough material for an album. I just wonder if it'd be cohesive enough, having been recorded under so many circumstances and over such a long period of time. Many of the tracks would need a lot of work still to finish. But my plans for recording are strong despite being too broke to be able to tackle it at every opportunity available. Ideally I will be releasing my debut album (finally!) on cd and vinyl in a year.”
Catch Nothingful on Monday, December 5 at the Soda Bar with Picastro (Polyvinyl Records) and Scout Niblett (4AD).
“I write full songs on my acoustic bass guitar in weird tunings,” writes Sasha Syeed aka Nothingful.
“Some people have described it as experimental pop. For the majority of 3 years they have been solo performances, sometimes totally acoustic, but usually using my amp and 2 loop/delay pedals.”
Finding a sound somewhere between Joan of Arc and Keller Williams with a repertoire of over 70 songs including covers of Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, old country songs, Blur, Black Heart Procession, and Pinback, Nothingful has been performing as a band recently consisting of Andrew Bracken (of Street of Little Girls and Happy Zillion Volts) on drums, and Sean Francis Conway (of Bombshell Orchestra) on trumpet, trombone, didjeridu, alto sax etc.
“I broke my laptop a year ago which has severely hampered my music organization and recording possibilities. But my friend Jordan Andreen (Robert Recordings/Audio Design) has done numerous sessions with me over the last three years, including one with my current drummer Andrew, and another for a side project Crow Meat (Arshin on drums from Orange County). Jordan recently told me there is easily more than enough material for an album. I just wonder if it'd be cohesive enough, having been recorded under so many circumstances and over such a long period of time. Many of the tracks would need a lot of work still to finish. But my plans for recording are strong despite being too broke to be able to tackle it at every opportunity available. Ideally I will be releasing my debut album (finally!) on cd and vinyl in a year.”
Catch Nothingful on Monday, December 5 at the Soda Bar with Picastro (Polyvinyl Records) and Scout Niblett (4AD).