Pickwick - Myths
Seattle band Pickwick have been creating a bit of low flying buzz lately. State side festivals, music blogs and indie radio stations have been transformed under the good time vibes of the new soul infused Pickwick sound. Intrigued to learn about the band I shot them an email to find out about life and music in Seattle. Michael Parker answered the call taking time out to answer some questions:
It seems as though Seattle is literally bursting at the seams with great new music and talent at the moment. Is it something that you can sense and feed from as an group?
This is something that we talk about amongst ourselves quite often. We feel so fortunate to be playing music in Seattle. I honestly think that Seattle is one of the greatest music cities in the world and there are very few cities where bands have the chance to develop like you can here.
Living and playing here it’s impossible to not be inspired by the history and the other things that are currently happening all around town. There’s also a culture in Seattle within the music community of collaboration and support that I think leads to a very healthy artistic environment.
The ‘Grunge’ thing in the 90’s put Seattle on the map in terms of a global consciousness, but unfortunately that’s generally what people outside of this city still think of when they think about Seattle music. I say that’s unfortunate because Seattle has always had a very eclectic and diverse music culture. Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix both honed their chops here, there was an amazing underground Soul scene here in the 60’s and 70’s, great Punk bands, amazing Folk & Country bands, and now Seattle has one of the best underground Hip Hop scenes in America. It’s not just Grunge, it’s NEVER been just one thing. Besides, the Grunge thing was 20 years ago.
All this to say, yes, we definitely feed off of this. I think in terms of music, Seattle offers just as much as a city like New York does but at 1/10 the size. I love it here.
Pickwick have been around for a sometime, growing in size and having been through a bit of a change of sound; how did the final line up come about and how much has it influenced the change?
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