Biography
Formed in the Midwestern haze of Dayton, Ohio, Dishwater Psychics is a home recording project of schizophrenic proportions. The band records on everything from 4-track tape machines to 32-channel boards. Reflections of folk, and indie rock coat their understated jangle, which ranges from melodic, acoustic pop to hard edged distorted noise. Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Pink Floyd, Flaming Lips, you name it.
Dishwater's first release, the home-recorded " Industrial Prophet" EP (1999), gained moderate radio airplay and favorable reviews in the local press. The under-the-radar disc "Blueprint of a God" (2000) ratcheted down the sound quality several notches in service of 4-track experimentation. Their next full-length "Candlewax Horizon" (2001) also followed the lo-fi path, but with weirder songwriting and a grainier sonic palate. "The Signal Will Fade" EP (2001) went hi-fi and gathered scattered international radioplay and press.
Dishwater Psychics took a long hiatus starting in 2001 but returned in 2006 with "If I Ever Disintegrate," an album written and recorded by principals John and Chris over a couple weekends. Employing a drum machine and lots of distortion, it returned to the roots of 2000's "Blueprint" by busting out a dozen chunky nuggets in the members' spare time, to pleasing results. The band recently released the follow-up, " Dry Night Riverbed," which features the return of original member Dan Miller in addition to John W. and Chris Jones.
Significantly, the band has existed without ever having played live, or performed in the same room. All their songs were recorded at home, for geographic reasons. Each member layers his parts to an existing track and sends it along to the next. A revolving cast of drummers (Rocky Twarek, Mike Behrenahausen, etc.) has contributed to the varied sonic texture of the releases, which have an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to songwriting. The band – consisting of John W., Chris Jones and Dan Miller – stretchs from Dayton, Ohio to Denver, Colorado, and in 2001 went on to form Upstate with the addition of Razorbaby's James Focht and drummer Jamie Heaps.
John W. - guitar, vocals, keyboard
Chris Jones - bass guitar, backing vocals
Dan Miller - guitar, backing vocals, keyboard
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