Testface, the brainchild of David Snider, hails from central Oregon, via years of winters in the cold woods of New Hampshire. Almost a decade of woodsheding and selectively chiseling out songs in the shadows produced this years “doctor won’t you get us to dawn”.  For this release he has harbored an arsenal of trusted friends made up of local indie accomplices and academic monsters to create a surprisingly different kind of album. Parts psychfolk parts experimental Americana, the songs are spacious and lonesome with a deep yearning for solace. Testface is poignant, wounded, and endlessly searching.
From an early age he was exposed to grave hymnal stanzas on Sunday mornings, the quirky accordion playing of his eccentric Swedish mother and the solemn dark madrigals of his German composer father. His first full-length, excluding years of mailed cassettes to colleagues, was titled “What To Cut” . Self-released in 1998, this bare bones haunting treasure has slowly received underground acclaim. A Tascam sketchbook of sunlight captured in various bedrooms, it paints fragile acoustic heartbreak with the tiniest of pop-hooks and the expanse of a national forest.
The live shows are sometimes quiet ghostly guitars with naked nerves exposed, while lately the full band shows have been wide sweeping walls of sound with his powerful yet unpredictable ensemble. This prolific artist is a gasp of cold fresh air and his deeply affecting music will leave you with a feeling of hope in your gut.
PRESS
- Press Kit
- High Resolution Photograph One
- High Resolution Photograph Two
- Doctor Won't You Get Us To Dawn
High Resolution Album Art
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Testface Tour |
May 5 - Sam Bond's Garage
w/ DoublePlusGood & Leo London
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