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Sweater Weather
12+ albums
emoindieindie rockmidwest emoNorth Carolina
about
There is more than one band with this name. (1) Sweater Weather is a musical ensemble hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. With six members and an array of instruments at their disposal, these fresh-faced youths are making their own way through the indie rock territory that was marked out by the Shins, Sufjan Stevens, and others just after the turn of the millennium. Casey Trela is the primary songwriter and the voice of Sweater Weather. His acoustic guitar and soft tenor can lull you into relaxation, at which point he carries you into a psycho-strummed stomp fest just to show you that he can. Hell yell at you, melodically. This sort of thing was once a solo act, but when Casey moved from the suburban town of Matthews to the more bohemian triangle area, he assembled a band made up of former Charlotte/Matthews residents with similar musical inclinations. Curt White brought his guitar and some of his well-crafted songs along for the ride. Hell sing one at a show if youre lucky, and it will conjure up overtones of some famous Omaha folkies. Tim Phillips started as the bands melodica player, but his innate multi-instrumentalism was uncontrollable. He now adds all kinds of textures to the music with his trumpet, glockenspiel, keyboards, and percussion. Lindsay Ellerbe is responsible for the sweeping cello lines, as well as some rhythmic pizzicato. The groups sound coalesces on top of Adam Scaffernoths djembe beats. After a year, the group decided it was time to move into new
