Keaghan Townsend
Posted by: submission in Acoustic, Ambient, Indie Folk, Indie Music, tags: folk, home grown, Indie Folk, up and coming, youngKeaghan Towndsend recently gave us a little submission. This 17-yr old lo-fi musician plays guitar-centric tracks with a meandering sound I would expect to accompany me on an epic journey to find the zombie hand of Nick Drake.
His tracks are multi-layered often with a second guitar part, the more pop-tronic sounding synth xylophone or a harmonica. His lo-fi sound is surprisingly well matured and mixed for a self-recorded album. Check out his submission:
Hi there,
My name is Keaghan Townsend, and I’m a 17 year old, lo-fi musician. I play what most would call “indie/folk” music, with numerous comparisons to Iron & Wine, Nick Drake, Jose Gonzalez, Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst, Jack Johnson etc. I record everything solo, and typically play solo shows, but I am currently forming a backing band for a few upcoming local shows and a possible multi-state tour. This summer I will be releasing a full length concept album, “Sparrow/Oak,” that tells a story of an anthropomorphized tree, birds possessing humans, humans on par with dirty dogs, mother nature’s womb etc etc. I put a LOT of effort and thought into my lyrics and my music in general. Thus, I honestly think this album has the potential to be really, really good, and go somewhere and so I’m really trying to get the word out about it. I think that once you sit down and listen to my music, you’ll like it.
I’ve always been a sucker for concept albums and this kid’s got some potential. Check out his tracks after the bump:
Attached are a few songs from upcoming album.
“Sparrow/Oak”
“(The Scent of) Jasmine”
: http://www.myspace.com/keaghant
: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B2E06F77B7F8D097
07 Sparrow_Oak (Album).mp3 (2 MB)
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June 17th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
It’s amazing how someone so young can have so much maturity. It goes to show that you don’t need to be in a fancy studio with an amazing producer to make great songs. I wish the best of luck to Keaghan, and to any other artists out there who put the time and effort into making great music.
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I think this artist really brings more to the table than meets the eye, I would compare him strongly to nick drake.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:47 am
I must give a big thank to all of you for reviewing my music. Thank you for the encouraging words. Especially for the mixing part - I’m over 1/3rd deaf in my left air, so I’m always worried that my mixes are left-centric. It’s nice to hear that my mixing isnt problematic or anything.
also: everything is recorded on my laptop, in garageband, using the built in webcam.
I’ve been working on the album non-stop for the past few days. Check back in a day or two and you should see another song, and then shortly, another song after that.
Once again, thanks. I’ll drop you guys a line when the album comes out. :)
October 14th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Beautiful music, thank you!