Think about Bob Dylan’s “The
Basement Tapes” if Jerry Garcia had dropped by. Hear
debut “Drive By Feel” single now via For
Folk’s Sake.
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Reforester (L-R): Steve
Hefter, Chris Laun, Austin Stahl. Courtesy of Reforester.
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Hear “Drive
By Feel,” the debut single from Reforester at For
Folk’s Sake or at the links above or below.
“Steven Hefter,
Austin Stahl, and Chris Laun are Reforester. The latest brainchild of three artists who share their
fair share of accolades apart from their newest band, Reforester features three singer-songwriters and three-part
harmonies. It’s subtle indie rock with folk influences that run into
unsuspecting moments of sweeping layers of musicality, making for listens that
are as accessible and lovely as they are impressively composed.” – Jonathan Frahm, For Folk’s Sake
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[LYRIC VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSqbSXd5A1s
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Reforester
“Perpetuity” EP
Aug. 14th, 2020
(S/R)
Track
Listing:
01. Deaf Stethoscope
02. Drive by Feel (STREAM
| LYRIC VIDEO)
03. Flying South
04. Break with the Day
05. End of the Day
06. No Mouth
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About | Reforester
Steven
Hefter’s 2011 album, released under
the clever moniker of St. Even, was
called a masterpiece twice, once by the Baltimore
City Paper (“a masterpiece of dark pop songwriting”) and again by Portland,
Oregon’s Willamette Week (“Spirit
Animal is a masterpiece.”)
So, that’s it. That’s the bio. You should listen to Hefter’s latest songs with his latest
band Reforester because he’s that
good.
Need more convincing? Okay, let’s get into that.
Hefter left Portland in 2017 and returned to Baltimore and
his good friend and collaborator, Austin
Stahl, who he has previously played with as the rhythm section of
long-running Baltimore-based band Small
Sur – a band that has released three albums to date and shared stages with Angel Olsen, Damien Jurado, Vetiver, Strand of Oaks, Phosphorescent, and others.
With Reforester,
Hefter and Stahl (who is also the recipient of some not-faint praise, being
named “Baltimore’s Best Singer-Songwriter” by the Baltimore City Paper) have rounded out the trio with Hefter’s former Challenge Club bandmate Chris
Laun, who may have been mistakenly overlooked by the local press, but did
have his tribute song to the Baltimore
Orioles played at Camden Yards
on opening day, which frankly, may be the win out of these three.
In summation, Reforester
is a whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts scenario, because masterful
songwriters flock together.
Three writers, three singers, three-part harmonies.
That’s what you’ll hear on “Perpetuity,”
the debut EP from Reforester, out Aug. 14th, preceded by the
singles “Drive By Feel,” out now, and “Deaf Stethoscope” on Aug. 7th.
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Reforester | Links
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic
Promotion | Contact
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