Produced by Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky), album
adds fevered fuzz to sound UNCUT calls “a mark of excellence in modern
Americana.”
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Margaret
Chavez (Marcus William Striplin) as photographed by Marcus William Striplin.
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“Strange Buoy’s” by Margaret Chavez is the “Song
of The Day” at Austin’s NPR-affiliate KUTX, 98.9.
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[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dJNCzHSkcQ
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Margaret Chavez – Live
1/26/2018: Fort Worth, TX @ Twilite Lounge
1/27/2018: Denton, TX @ Dan's Silverleaf
1/28/2018: Deep Ellum, TX @ Twilite Lounge
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“Surrounding you in a dirt devil of a
sound that lies somewhere on the spectrum between Americana and psychedelia.” –
KUTX 98.9, Austin
“A
Loupe,” the upcoming solo debut
of Pleasant Grove co-founder Marcus William Striplin (performing
under the name Margaret Chavez in
memorial tribute to his mother), is everything a fan of Striplin’s songwriting and arrangement ideas (here realized by producer,
Erik Wofford [Explosions In The Sky, The
Black Angels]) would expect and more.
Striplin’s name is familiar to anyone who has followed the
indie rock scene that emerged out of Texas in the early 2000’s, specifically
Dallas, where Striplin co-founded
the band named after the suburb Pleasant
Grove in 1999.
In its relatively brief half-decade-or-so initial run,
Pleasant Grove earned praise for the
“simmering psychedelia” (KUTX 98.9)
of its “songs of broken hearts and broken voices” (Dallas Observer) that, according to MOJO, mixed the “down and out ache of Texas country as well as the
sonic outbursts of Neil Young.” In a
four-star review, UNCUT dubbed Pleasant Grove a “mark of excellence
in modern Americana.”
Consequence of Sound called Pleasant
Grove’s return “triumphant,” the glossy Dallas-based monthly D Magazine proclaimed The
Heart Contortionists “beautiful,” describing songs with “an intensity
that sneaks up on you and a heat that never goes away,” and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram summed things
up with a nod to Striplin
specifically, saying Pleasant Grove’s
“melancholy folk-rock, blessed with shadows, brass and Striplin’s plaintive voice — are breathtaking.”
Striplin, now based in Austin, has made a record that
surpasses his best work. “A Loupe” by Margaret Chavez (Marcus
William Striplin) arrives on Jan. 19th,
2018 via Goliad Media Group. Striplin is available for interviews.
Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Margaret Chavez
“A
Loupe”
(Goliad Media Group)
Jan. 19th, 2018
Track Listing:
01. Boy Mumble
02. American Fashion
03. Gone Gone Gone
04. Call For Cull (YOUTUBE |
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| SOUNDCLOUD
| MP3)
05. A Loupe
06. Grackles and Crows
07. Strange Buoy’s (YOUTUBE |
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08. Black Ambulance
09. Two Talons
10. Missing People
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Margaret Chavez Links
ASSETS : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : BANDCAMP : GOLIAD MEDIA GROUP
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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