Petracovich
Indie / Pop / Folk
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"In the Field, in the Factory"
Santa Rosa,
United States
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| Member Since | 1/18/2005 | | Band Website | petracovich.com | | Band Members | Jessica Peters - keys, bells, vocals
Max Diez on Drums
Heather Houseman on the cello
| | Influences | Sparklehorse, Juana Molina, Aimee Mann, M.Ward, Suzanne Vega, Beta Band,Leonard Cohen, Mum, Damien Jurado, Tad Wagner, Richard Buckner, Angela Correa, Elliot Smith, Tom Waits, Boards of Canada, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, Gillian Welch, Bjork, Azure Ray, Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, hymns in an old wooden church, Bruce Springstien, Tom Brosseau | | Sounds Like | A country-girl walking around the city | | Record Label | Red Buttons Records (self-released) | | Type of Label | None |
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| About Petracovich |
Petracovich is music of open spaces and a floating heart. Jessica Peters writing songs, playing the keys and singing, with Max Diez joining on drums and Heather Houseman playing cello. The music has evolved from dreamy trip-hop folktronica to a current sound with big live drums, momentous piano and melodies that weave and drive. Fluid pop influenced by americana and folk and rock.
Jessica comes from a long line of women who sang in church. Her great-grandfater, for whom Petracovich is named, wore his best suit while listening to the opera on the radio, and demanded silence and respect for the music. Her Dad played drums in a band for about 6 months. He says they were terrible, but he still drums constantly with his hands with impeccable rhythm.
She loves to live in the country and go to the city. She loves watching her Grampop play the banjo. She grew up in the redwoods, playing the piano and singing and her family was patient through these loud years. Her life changed when she borrowed a synthesizer with drum sounds. She collects things that rattle and click, shake and strike.
She and her husband have travelled across the country 4 times in a van and stationwagon, playing shows on tour. They stayed mostly in Wal-mart parking lots, with new friends they'd met that night, old friends, and $24 motels.They loved the cornfields in Iowa, the ancient sea-desert of New Mexico, the feeling of the open road and the big sky. They thank everyone who gave them food and bed at 3 in the morning, you are in their hearts.
The 3rd Petracovich album has just been recorded in Portland with John Askew, and is full of strong and dreamy sounds - banjo, bells, piano, trumpet, drums, cello, it is full and coming soon!
Recently Petracovich
sat down a chatted with the guys at The
Bay Bridged. You can listen to the interview here.
It includes some Petracovich tunes as well as an unreleased live
track of a new song recorded at KZSU
for the weekly show Eran
Mukamel.
 | Read reviews and listen to blue cotton skin here. blue cotton skin is available at petracovich.com and iTunes. 
| | Petracovich music is also available through most music download stores.Like iTunes
"Petracovichs music is a perfect balance between rhythmic beats, atmospheric backdrops, striking images and angelic vocals. The sound, which has caught the ear of influential radio programmers, is simultaneously worldly and unworldly."
- Paste Magazine
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