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Greater Pyrenees
4+ albums
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Sean Kirkpatrick talks a lot about identity. For Kirkpatrick, who spent the better part of a decade as a guitarist in Colour Revolt before the group disbanded in 2012, that identity was squarely one thing. But along the way—as he became a husband, then a father—these roles began to expand and intersect. Now with Greater Pyrenees, he’s out to write a new future for himself, one that’s excitedly undefined and begging for exploration. Greater Pyrenees is a project years in the making. Kirkpatrick admits he was largely uncomfortable stepping outside his defined role in Colour Revolt to explore additional musical ventures, instead choosing to focus the sum of his attention on his band’s craft. “I was sort of lazy when I was in Colour Revolt,” he admits. “In a way it stunted my growth because I put myself in a box.” But in the back of his head, the guitarist was amassing a collection of songs and ideas he felt were too incompatible with Colour Revolt’s sound but too good to simply throw away. The quality of these songs is immediately evident on Greater Pyrenees’ self-titled debut album (due out TKTKT on Procrastinate! Music Traitors). These are solely Kirkpatrick’s songs, written with his voice and his interests in mind—songs from a three-year period that are innately tied to his new identity as a more experienced and wiser songwriter. Recorded from August to November 2014, the songs on Greater Pyrenees certainly mark a shift from the sound Kirkpatrick contributed to i
