Gowns is tagged as: freak folk, experimental, psychedelic, indie, noise-folk GOWNS began in late 2004, in Los Angeles, as a duo of Erika Anderson (a South Dakota native) and Ezra Buchla (a California native), both of whom were then quite active in various LA-based music projects. Ezra sang for Mae Shi on their first four records, and Erika was a guitarist for Amps For Christ and co-fronted the band blue silk sutures with Tara Tavi, another AFC member. Gowns combined folk/grunge songwriting with noise-territory production values and radical, digitally-assisted improvisation, with generally eerie and delicate results. In 2005 they released a limited-edition CDR on Folktale entitled “Dangers of Intimacy” (re-released in 2009 on single-sided 12” vinyl.) Carla Bozulich (Evangelista, Geraldine Fibbers) contributed vocals to one song. From 2005 to 2006 they composed and produced the full-length album “Red State,” released on Cardboard Records to widespread critical acclaim. Corey Fogel contributed percussion to several songs, subsequently joining the band live. In 2009 they released the limited-edition live album “Broken Bones” on Southern, as part of that label’s “Latitudes” series. Jacob Heule played percussion and Daniel Brummel played bass. As of December 2009, the live lineup of Gow... Read More About Gowns Biography...  Send Gowns ringtones to your cell
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