Gardener

Gardener

New Dawning Time (Sub Pop)

Seaweed's Aaron Stauffer and his Screaming Tree pal Van Conner came
together as friends after the two bands toured with each other back
in the days of the Great Grunge explosion.
The outcome of that friendship is Gardener.
The sound is definitely derivative of their respective bands - it's chock full of Seaweed hooks and sludgy Tree-like gothic rock - but it's delivered in a lo-fi, shackrock fashion.
New Dawning Time is a damn fine record.
While the new Seaweed record rehashes the post-punk/pre-emo template, Gardener delves into a milder world (sonically speaking) yet is as introspective and insightful here as on their previously recorded material.
As farmers of good ol' American rock & roll, these lads have lived up to their name.
This is one fine musical harvest. - Greg Barbera

WITH

VAN CONNER

April

8 Blue Room. Chico, CA
9 Bottom Of The Hill. San Francisco, CA (w/ Alien Crime Syndicate)
10 Roxy. Los Angeles, CA (w/ Built To Spill)
11 Casbah. San Diego, CA
12 Boston's. Tempe, AZ (w/ Built To Spill)
13 Launch Pad. Albequerque, NM (w/ Built To Spill)
15 Reverb Lounge. San Antonio, TX (w/ Vehicle Birth)
16 Emo's. Austin, TX (w/ Lazy Cowgirls)
17 Wreck Room. Fort Worth, TX (w/ Lazy Cowgirls)
20 The Smell. Los Angeles, CA
21 TBA. Santa Cruz, CA
23 TBA. Portland, OR
24 Breakroom. Seattle, WA
25 Velvet Elvis. Seattle, WA (All Ages w/ Pedro The Lion, Aden)