Posts Tagged ‘Aaron Sinclair’

A SINCLAIR – ” Cars / Just Remind Me “

Posted: September 15, 2017 in MUSIC
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Every song that Aaron Sinclair writes has a certain underlying feeling, his music “tension-driven” with “tight, rough riffs and sharp post-punk lines.”

It’s surprising then, that in person, Sinclair is a quiet guy – reserved, humble, and even-keeled. Not one for self-promotion, he often shies away from putting himself in the spotlight, he “lets the music speak for itself.”

“Constant rejection, months on the road, lineup changes, various flirtations with some idea of ‘success’ – none of these things seem to affect his output as a songwriter,” says bassist Brendan Bond, describing the motivation behind his bandleader’s prolific creativity. “The guy is writing straight from the gut. He’s such a great storyteller that sometimes you don’t realize that he’s actually distilling something straight out of his own life into the music. I always trust that he’s got a vision that’s artistically valid and true to what and who he is.”

Once he takes the stage with his band, though, Sinclair holds nothing back, thrashing and slurring through a musical catalogue consisting of dozens (if not hundreds) of songs he’s written over his years in the DIY rock trenches, beginning in Boston as a teenager before moving to Austin several years ago. It’s that straightforward, working class style, along with a penchant for writing extremely smart pop hooks that has earned his band a loyal following around the country.

Now a first-time father, Sinclair’s life has changed a bit. Having quit his other musical projects, he’s spending less time in dive bars and more time at home. But his songwriting remains constant. “My songwriting process is late at night. I write when my wife and baby are asleep. They are beautiful aspects in my life that I treasure,” he says. “But when I write, it’s mostly about denial and failure.”

Those themes are prevalent through Get Out Of The City, a reference to Sinclair’s desire to “get out of the Austin music bubble.” Another theme to his music, though, is perseverance. “I write songs because I enjoy it, whether anyone hears them or not. I have kind of built my life around it.”

Now signed to Dangerbird Records (the label that launched artists like Sea Wolf, Silversun Pickups and Fitz and the Tantrums), and working with producer Danny Reisch (Shearwater, Okkervil River, White Denim), Sinclair finally had the support and focus to make the kind of record he has always wanted to with Get Out Of The City.

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AARON SINCLAIR – ” Shiny Things “

Posted: March 5, 2015 in MUSIC
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A stalwart of Austin indie rock and one of the city’s most highly regarded songwriters, Aaron Sinclair has teamed up with Dangerbird Records for the national release of the new album “Pretty Girls” under the moniker of      A. Sinclair. His recent releases have drawn the attention of press around the country, intrigued by a sound that the Austin Chronicle described as “tension-driven” with “tight, rough riffs and sharp post-punk lines.” the underlying feeling of “twitchy paranoia” that permeates Sinclair’s songwriting, and a “strung-out urgency.

Aaron Sinclair’s rock passport has a number of notable stamps: First Houston, his hometown, where he initially picked up a guitar with friends and considered it to be a reasonable enough vehicle by which to leave. Then it was on to Boston, where Sinclair established himself in the mid-aughts as a member of The Lot Six, the widely-beloved band that grew out of that city’s fertile Tarantulas punk scene, and with whom Sinclair crisscrossed the country for 4 years, building a steady following on the East Coast until it was over in 2006.

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Sinclair made a name for himself with his own band Frank Smith, the vehicle through which he explored a rootsier sound while touring, recording, and collaborating with friends like Juliana Hatfield, who released two of the band’s albums on her own label. Later that year, Sinclair made the decision to relocate to Austin in his home state of Texas and rebuild first his band and ultimately, himself. With a fresh start, a new band name and a collection of songs that more than validate the impressive display of resolve, A. Sinclair’s ‘Pretty Girls’ is the sound of an artist crashing ahead, with the ability “let the music speak for itself” with a sound that can only be described as “full-on rock,” with a combination of “massive guitars” and “boozy vocals,” with “swagger, melody and timeless drive.”