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Automatic Drawing

About Me



The Captain and the Sea EP is available now for just $6! Send us a message or an email to obtain a copy.

For booking and other inquiries, drop us a line at [email protected]


Tracklist:
1. Appalachia
2. The Captain and the Sea
3. We're Not From This Town
4. If You Leave
5. The War

Appalachia - Live @ The Airliner 11/23/08

Sea Urchin song - Live @ The Airliner 11/23/08

The Winter Scientist, pt. 2 - Live @ The Airliner 11/23/08

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/07/2007
Band Website: you are here
Band Members: Rachel Koukal - vocals, keys, ukulele
Diana Salier - guitar
Sarah Hithe - bass
Jon Efe - drums

Former members:
Drew Kirkpatrick - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Maria Martin - vocals/keys
Influences: rilo kiley, death cab, interpol, modest mouse, arcade fire, bob dylan, feist, math and physics club, belle and sebastian, the helio sequence, any other random bands
Sounds Like: "Helping to draw attention to Automatic Drawing is their self released EP, The Captain and the Sea, which surfaced earlier this fall.  Their songs are sweet, and sound like what winter would sound like if winter had a sound." - LA.com

"It’s a shame we hadn’t heard of Automatic Drawing before, because their sound is light, reminiscent of a relaxed Belle & Sebastian, and definitely not lacking in musicianship. They’ve played numerous shows in LA, but have yet to play a show on the popular Eastside. When they do, there is no doubt that they will easily win music lovers over." - BeatCrave

"It’s a rare case when you find a band just immediately fucking likable… where multiple songs grab you right away and you wonder why or how the hell you’ve never heard of them before." - Radio Free Silver Lake

"In many ways, Automatic Drawing represents what the Isgoodmusic project is all about. The music is good, the people are good, and the elements fit together for a band that's simply easy to support. Their instrumentation is clean and innovative at the same time, and vocalist Drew Kirkpatrick employs a smooth story-teller style somewhere between UK band Athlete and David Bowie. The Captain and the Sea plays more like an album than an EP, the kind of thing you could listen to on a long drive up the coast. "Appalachia" in particular is a track best recommended for listening to while taking a new lease on life." - Jon Hershfield, Isgoodmusic.com

"The best thing Automatic Drawing seem to have going for them is their seamless group dynamic (most noteably the male-female vocals)... 'The Captain and the Sea' is the titular track....without qualification their strongest song, and the live show did it justice, punching-up every movement in the song while still keeping measured and consistent..." - Classical Geek Theatre

"With a nice combination of instruments and some sweet harmonizing, Automatic Drawing play pretty, infectious indie-rock of the solid variety...lead singer Drew Kirkpatrick has a strong vocal style of his own... Intelligent lyrics, nice melodies, and a touch of sadness.." - Feed Your Head

"The LA 5-piece have a rambling, almost shambolic approach to indie rock -- but that gives them the edge over your standard alternative assembly....the music is loose limbed and inventive....there's a bundle of energy stored between the grooves." - mp3hugger

"endearing in its underestimated simplicity...enough to make an indelible impression"- LA CityZine

"An LA band that bubbled up courtesy of mp3hugger and about whom I can find little information, but there is a certain slightly shambolic nature ... there is a definite Californian air about them..." - Music Always Gives Me A Lift

"The Captain and the Sea leaves you with that rare, but vital, everything-will-be-okay feeling..."- Impressionable Youth

"laid back and a tad bit melancholy...catchy and with a poppy, dramatic flair"- Guilt Free Pleasures

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Recent press (updated 12/18/08)

Here's what some folks have said about Automatic Drawing and The Captain and the Sea EP!Classical Geek Theatre - end-of-2008 music roundupBeatCrave.com concert preview - Spaceland 12/11Feed Your Head ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:40:00 GMT

Classical Geek Theatre's Top 5 Bands-to-watch-out-for !

Today, Mouse over at the Classical Geek Theatre blog published his end-of-year music lists for the local LA scene and was kind enough to list us as one of his Top 5 Bands to Get Into In 2009! Check ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:37:00 GMT

WIN TICKETS for Spaceland !!

Radio Free Silver Lake has a few pairs of tickets to the show at Spaceland tomorrow night -- if you want to enter to win, just send a Myspace message to Joe at www.myspa ce. com/ radio frees ilver lak...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:43:00 GMT

SPACELAND this Thursday nite - last show of 2008!

We've just lined up a last-minute show at Spaceland this Thursday 12/11 with Collisions! This is our first time playing on the Eastside and our FINAL show until 2009 so it's gonna be great... detail...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:09:00 GMT

Isgoodradio interview & live acoustic set

Just before Thanksgiving last week, we were DJ Jon Hershfield's guest on Isgoodradio - the Internet radio channel connected with LA indie music site Isgoodmusic.com. You can listen to the interview a...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:43:00 GMT

BeatCrave.com - Know Your LA Bands interview!

We recently did an interview with BeatCrave.com for their Know Your LA Bands segment, which has recently featured other local acts like The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra and Death To Anders.... we talk...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Isgoodradio w/ Jon Hershfield TONIGHT!

If you're near a computer at 8 pm PST tonight, tune into www.isgoodradio.com  for our interview and live acoustic set with DJ Jon Hershfield of Isgoodmusic!  We'll be playing a few songs, in...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:21:00 GMT

FREE SHOW - Lets Independent tonight!

Come out to our FREE SHOW tonig ht to help us cap off 2 years of Let' s Indep enden t showc ases! It's the last one ever and we inten d to go out in style . AND IT'S FREE!!21 & over. . . . show sta...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:48:00 GMT

Sea Urchin song!

If you haven't already, make sure you check out our new track "Sea Urchin song!" The original title was "I Want To Be Attached Like A Sea Urchin On the Ocean's Floor," until a friend kindly reminded...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:08:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who came out last night!

Just wante d to say thank s to every one who came to Motio nLA last night , and to Colli sions and Last Pop Natio n for a reall y fun show. We had some techn ical diffi culti es but in the end ever...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:45:00 GMT