The Sweet Remains is an American folk-rock band founded by singer/songwriters Rich Price, Greg Naughton, and Brian Chartrand. Their independently released 2008 debut Laurel & Sunset (produced in collaboration with Andy Zulla) nonetheless reached a global audience when Putumayo World Music featured their single “Dance With Me” on Putumayo's popular Acoustic Cafe compilation. The band's follow up release, North & Prospect, garnered a USA TODAY “pick of the week” feature for the song “Better Ways to Spend The Day," further broadening the reach of their music and reputation for creating "lush 3-part harmonies” over strong lyrical and melodic writing.[1][2] Also in 2019, the band began releasing singles via social media, including "Music Fills the Spaces" (released Feb 1, 2019) and "Howling Wolf" (March 1, 2019) with announced plan to release one per month through 2019 before compiling them on a full-length release.[2]
In February 2018 the band starred in the film The Independents, which features the formation story and music of the band. Written and directed by Naughton, it premiered at Santa Barbara International Film Festival and won jury prize for "best feature film 2018" at Omaha Film Festival in March 2018. The band announced a distribution deal for the film with Blackbox Global in January 2019 with general release in February 2021.[3]
Prior to the formation of The Sweet Remains, all three members were deeply involved in solo careers. Price recorded his first solo album Night Opens in 2002, before he and Naughton began musically collaborating on Price's album Miles From Anywhere (recorded in 2004 while he was signed to Geffen) which included the single "I'm on my way," featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Since then, Price has recorded two additional solo albums: All These Roads (2006), and his latest release, moonlight breaks (2011).[4] Naughton, who comes from a family of actors (his father is James Naughton, wife is Kelli O’Hara and uncle David Naughton) also started as an actor and director and founded the Blue Light Theater Company in NYC, though he performs primarily as a singer-songwriter today.[5] His independently released CD Demo-gogue and the Sun Songs was co-produced by late-recording artist Phoebe Snow. Since 2003, Chartrand has released over 11 albums with various projects, including The Voce Project and Ten Dollar Outfit, along with his solo releases.[6]
Price, Naughton, and Chartrand formed The Sweet Remains in 2008, during a chance jam-session in a hotel room in Rhode Island. The three musicians began composing and recording with each other during breaks in their solo careers in a studio in Los Angeles. After releasing its debut album Laurel & Sunset in 2009, Live at the Canal Room was released next in 2012, followed by their sophomore studio album North & Prospect in 2013. In 2012, the band reported recording tracks with producer Iestyn Polson, though there is no related release to date.[7] In September 2015, the band released their third studio album "Night Songs", once again in collaboration with producer Andy Zulla.
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