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Artist
Seafarer
12+ albums
chillstep
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"Patrick Grzelewski's weary voice lies at the helm of Seafarer, whose spooky folk-pop twists and turns with ambient textures. But it's not all atmospheric mumbo jumbo—there's a distinct Midwest crunch to its catchy and occasionally quirky indie-rock detours." -Timeout Chicago For Seafarer, music’s always been an unremitting cycle of altering parts; that is, until most recently. The fact that their self-released EP, Hiding Places, is now being re- released to a larger audience is testament to the band’s hard-working state of mind. A mentality and strategy that has kept them grounded since their inception two years ago, Seafarer have fully embraced the craft of being dissimilar and still, engrossingly gripping. As for the album, front man, Patrick Grzelewski, states, “It taught us so much about ourselves and the music we were creating, and allowed us to step outside of it in a way we never had before.” Pieces change and shift with the passing wind and for all of the golden nuggets that Seafarer have hidden throughout this charming EP, the pay-off will surely be worth it. Working in previous bands is definitely something band members, Grzelewski, Matt Spies (drums) and Eric Sneider (bass) feel has aided their efforts to new outcomes. Even past failures can carry a great deal of magnitude and in working with engineer Jake Westermann, the band was given full capacity in exploring the walls of the studio. “Creative input from the engineer was both a new experience for us, and o
