Rural Electric
very rural. very electric
graffiti in a Portland, Maine, club
We are a guitar wielding fuzz folk combo from the backwoods of Maine – and we mean backwoods. Andy (guitar, drums, vocals) is a park ranger in one of the largest wilderness areas in the east. Alan (guitar, bass, banjo, piano, vocals) lives in a tiny town and was off the grid (had to run a generator to use his amp) until not long ago. Andrew (baritone, bass) also lives in a wee town and works in soils. Tate (drummer) is the only urban one among us, living in the Brunswick metro area (pop. 20,000), but he used to teach at an enviro ed camp. Add us up and you have Rural Electric.
Andy comes from a punk rock background, having played in the Cambridge Mass. noise supergroup PuddingMaker and in the whacked noise duo PowerBoy. He also plays in Anon E. Mouse, a fauxlk rock duo of loops and samples. Someone once said that he's probably the only Registered Maine Guide who prefers Bowie's glam period.
Alan hails from the folk world, having played solo previously and studied with some of the midcoast area's better folk players. But he did rock with Jon Spencer in college, before he ever Exploded, and he wields a wicked SG. If he's not running a triathlon, hanging at Portland's coolest club, or doing a radio spot, he might be skiing the wilds of the arctic or exploring remote Mexican villages.
Andrew proudly boasts an acid rock/jazz upbringing, and he spent years playing the blues in his bedroom all by himself. (He could probably figure out "Freebird" in, like, a second.) He's a genuine soil scientist and does his best not to drown in the waters of Belfast, Maine. He's set to launch his own song cycle soon, with a trilogy dedicated to rotting organic wastes.
Tate has played in umpteen cover bands. That's right, umpteen, and he still likes to bash out a Stones song. He teaches at an alternative high school by day and plays drums by night and has his own CD in the works, to be released by the secretive Losers/Weepers.
The band's first, self titled, record garnered a lot of airplay in the northeast and ended up on some "Best Of" lists, including the Best of Area Code 207, a show on WCLZ, one of Portland's biggest and best radio stations. One producer called Rural Electric "a very, very fine record," another called the song you're about to hear "Your Life Was Too Good," "the best song I've ever heard by an unsigned band."
Rural Electric are currently in Ranger Station Studios in Appleton, Maine, tracking their next record, and they plan on releasing a three song teaser in late summer. The record should be ready early next year. Boston producer/engineer Pete Weiss will be mixing.
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