Brandtson

    Brandtson

    Cleveland, Ohio21 reviews across 6 releases

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    Brandtson formed in Cleveland in 1996 as a successor to the hardcore band Six Feet Deep, with Myk Porter carrying its emphasis on personal writing into a different kind of music. The 1997 debut Letterbox combined heavy guitars with shared vocals and intimate lyrics, including "Days End," a song about a believer losing his faith. By Fallen Star Collection in 1999, the band had reduced the guitar attack in favor of greater melodic variety, slower songs, and pop-oriented arrangements, though its emotional intensity remained. Send Us A Signal marked another change: the 2004 album moved between forceful rock, indie pop, quieter passages, and electronic textures while returning to the band's recurring focus on troubled relationships.

    In July 2005, bassist John Sayre left Brandtson and Adam Boose replaced him. Boose's electronic background affected the band's next direction, leading to Hello Control in 2006, where synths and dance-oriented rhythms became more prominent than on the records that had established the group. Brandtson ended in 2008. Porter, Traxler, Boose, and Sayre later played together in the garage-rock project Swarm of Bats, while Porter and Boose also formed Golden Streets of Paradise. The band's Cleveland origins remained visible in those later projects, but Brandtson itself did not resume recording.

    6 releases reviewed