Greg Weeks
Rochester, NY, native Greg Weeks' records sound like lost chamber folk treasures of the late-'60s psychedelic era. Combining finger-picked guitar, Moog, Mellotron, harmonium, and string arrangements, he creates dense, thoughtful songs reminiscent of Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, and Tim Buckley.
Weeks' first album, Fire in the Arms of the Sun, was released on New Jersey's Ba Da Bing! Records in 1999. His hushed and mysterious 2000 follow-up, Bleecker Station, put out by Keyhole Records, was an improvement on his debut. In 2001, Greg Weeks release...[more]
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RESTOCK. After his stunning debut, Fire in The Arms of the Sun (Ba Da Bing!) and the follow-up EP, Bleecker Station (Keyhole), Greg Weeks has amassed a fervent following within the folk psych world. Awake Like Sleep is like the lost sixties chamber folk record you've always hoped to discover, filled with vintage instrumentation and old-timey strange song goodness. One must go to McDonald And Giles' self-titled one-off or Comus' First Utterance for something comparable, but Leonard Cohen or Nico's work might [ read more ]
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Produced and recorded by himself over the summer of 2004, Blood is Trouble marks the investigation of new songwriting territory for Weeks. More focused melodically, with richer harmonies, and a bolder folk/rock presentation, the album radiates an honesty of personal expression that comes naturally to Weeks. It is, in fact, the only means by which he operates. His momentum was stifled by crippling tendonitis and carpal tunnel inflammations, leaving Blood is Trouble on the back burner for nearly a year. While [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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After his stunning debut, Fire in The Arms of the Sun (Ba Da Bing!) and the follow-up EP, Bleecker Station (Keyhole), Greg Weeks has amassed a fervent following within the folk psych world. Awake Like Sleep is like the lost sixties chamber folk record you've always hoped to discover, filled with vintage instrumentation and old-timey strange song goodness. One must go to McDonald And Giles' self-titled one-off or Comus' First Utterance for something comparable, but Leonard Cohen or Nico's work might not be f [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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Produced and recorded by himself over the summer of 2004, Blood is Trouble marks the investigation of new songwriting territory for Weeks. More focused melodically, with richer harmonies, and a bolder folk/rock presentation, the album radiates an honesty of personal expression that comes naturally to Weeks. It is, in fact, the only means by which he operates. His momentum was stifled by crippling tendonitis and carpal tunnel inflammations, leaving Blood is Trouble on the back burner for nearly a year. While [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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