Pickwick is an American indie rock, garage rock, R&B band from Seattle, Washington.

Pickwick
Pickwick playing an outdoor show in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, 2019
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Indie rock, garage rock, R&B
Years active	2008 (2008)–present[1]
Labels	Small Press, Dine Alone
Members	Galen Disston Garret Parker Michael Parker Kory Kruckenberg Cassady Lillstrom Alex Westcoat
Website	pickwickmusic.com

The group initially started out as a folk band, but after a 2008 tour in California the group discarded its material and changed their sound.[2] The band's name stems from Pickwick Records, where Lou Reed was employed as a songwriter in the 1960s.[3]

The group released a series of three 7" singles, also issued digitally, in 2011, and compiled them on a CD-EP entitled Myths. This was one of the best-selling albums in local Seattle stores in 2012.[2] On the strength of their early single releases, they began selling out local shows in Seattle at venues such as the Neptune and the Showbox at the Market.[4]

The band's debut full-length, Can't Talk Medicine, was released independently in the United States and on Dine Alone Records in Canada on March 12, 2013.[5] Bandmember Kory Kruckenberg, who won a Grammy in 2010 for Best Engineered Classical Album, produced the album with the band.[6] The group recruited Sharon Van Etten to sing on Can't Talk Medicine.[7] She sings on the track "Lady Luck",[8] a Richard Swift cover.[9] Swift also collaborated on the album.[10]

Reviews of Can't Talk Medicine likened the band to The Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, and Sam Cooke.[11][12][13]

Members

Pickwick began as a folk band with Galen Disston and Matthew Emmett; in 2008, the band grew to five members, adding Cassady Lillstrom, Garrett Parker and Michael Parker.[1] They subsequently added "producer, engineer, percussionist and mentor (aka 'father figure') Kory Kruckenberg."[1]

• Galen Disston - vocals
• Garrett Parker - bass
• Michael Parker - guitar
• Kory Kruckenberg - vibraphone
• Cassady Lillstrom - keyboard
• Alex Westcoat - drums

Discography

• Demo 2008 (self-released, 2008)
• Myths EP (self-released, 2011)
• Covers EP (self-released, 2013)
• Can't Talk Medicine (Small Press/Dine Alone, 2013)
• LoveJoys (2017)
• Myths & Rarities (2019)

References

External links

• Official website