the Luckless Pedestrian
Indie / Pop / Dutch pop
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"progressive orchestral jazz-influenced lounge pop?"
Toronto, ON // Amsterdam, Noord-Holland // Seattle, Washington
United States
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| Member Since | 7/2/2004 | | Band Website | email: thelucklesspedestrian@gmail.com | | Band Members | the Luckless Pedstrian and the LPOrchestrette: all lyrics and songs written by, and all pieces composed and orchestrated/arranged by Gwen Thomas.
Musicians on the March 2007 EP "Sweeping, Soaring":
Gwen Thomas- piano, bass, cello, glockenspiel, flute, slide whistle, lead vocals, writer, arranger, and producer
Lacey Brown (Woodward)- drums
Josh Ottum- acoustic and electric guitars
Matt Bollinger- vocals
Beth Clemons- vocals
TW Walsh- drums, bass
Oliver Orion- cuatro, vocals
Kristian Swearingen- violin
| | Influences | Steely Dan.
Stephen Sondheim.
The Free Design.
Walter Becker. Donald Fagen. Chris Dedrick. Berend Dubbe. Ken Maiuri. Travis Morrison. I'm not just being nice, these are the names of people who's music influences mine the most.
the brightly-coloured crocheted blanket we bought together.
SAILS.
Disco strings.
ships ships ships ships paintings of ships, model ships, real ships, shipping and receiving, ships, sails on ships | | Sounds Like |
Find out for yourself!
The Luckless Pedestrian's debut EP, "Sweeping, Soaring," arrived on March 2nd, 2007! Six songs for $7 if you buy it directly from me, plus s&h if applicable.
The Luckless Pedestrian t-shirts are also now for sale for only $12!
See them here.
Or- make an order for one in your size if you don't see any that work for you. Send Gwen a myspace message for more details!
| | Record Label | Sliver Productions ** | | Type of Label | Indie |
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| About the Luckless Pedestrian |
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In the Spring of 2007, the Pedestrian released her first album, a 6-song EP entitled Sweeping, Soaring which, until further notice, is still available for purchase through email contact (TheLucklessPedestrian@gmail.com - just let her know you want one!) - $7. For details on this album, and/or to join in a conversation about it, click here.
Some time in 2008 will bring the release of a 2nd EP, four sweetly orchestrated pop songs which are swimming with more of the jazz influence that is slowly becoming a trademark of Gwen's writing. This album is even more heavily 70's in sound, as- even though she is only 26 years old, Gwen has become increasingly skilled at arranging her songs to have a feel that is more in-line with her musical-center, which is somewhere certainly set in the late 60's/early 70's, as is suggested by her primary influences- Steely Dan, The Free Design, and Stephen Sondheim. For further details about this album (its arrival-date, names of people involved, stories of the recording process, etc), watch this space.
Gwen continues her pursuits of preparing clear, intellectual, and compelling orchestral pop, and this latest recording was a huge step in her development of her arranging and producing skills.
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What is on the horizon for Gwen?
Gwen has connected with a Dutch musician by the name of Berend Dubbe (of Amsterdam's Bauer, and former drummer of the Dutch band Bettie Serveert). Berend's involvement on the latest Luckless Pedestrian recording was invaluable and there are more new project ideas being developed between the two of them than can even begun to be listed now. But stay tuned for all the details of their exciting new adventures in song together!!
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For a brief History of the Luckless Pedestrian, click here.
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Buy Gwen's handmade purses, shadowboxes, and shadowbox starter kits at her Etsy shop by clicking here:
** sliver n
a thin fragment or slice that has been shaved from something.
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