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Erik Blood

About Me

Producer and member of Seattle band The Turn-ons, "The Way We Live" is the first complete album of Erik Blood's music. Erik can't play the drums, so Will Hallauer does that for him. Sometimes, Erik needs someone to play a painfully beautiful guitar lead, so Corey Gutch does that from time to time. Once, Travis DeVries came to the studio to sing the chorus of a song, because Erik loves his voice. The songs are about everything that happens to us, whether we like it or not. The idea is to have fun.For booking info, go to www.erikblood.com "Too Early & Too Late" video by Mark Cuadrado (Slowcore Pictures)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/5/2008
Band Website: erikblood.com
Band Members: New live line-up:Will Hallauer - Drums; Andrew Gaskin - Bass; Jerry Peerson - Keys, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vox; Michael Ellsworth - Guitar; Corey Gutch - Guitar; Coulter Leslie - Backing Vox, keys Erik Blood - Vox, guitar;varied assortment of back-up singers when available, including:Ignasi Faus; Pamela Rooney: Travis DeVries
Influences: Everything I hear. You’ll hear it, too.
Sounds Like: Everything I hear.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

"The Way We Live" is now available!

You can download my debut album "The Way We Live" from iTunes, Amazon.com, eMusic, Napster, and other fine download services NOW!  Go get it!  Tuen into KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle (www.kexp.org worldwide...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Stranger feature and Show tomorrow night!

Hey all,Got a feature in The Stranger.  http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/shoegays-rock-and-the-pop -narcotic/Content?oid=1509940Also got a show tomorrow night at Chop Suey.  Hope anyone in the Seattl...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 11:21:00 GMT

some words and punctuation marks

First of all, hello.Next, I got some nice things written about my album that is available May 12th.http://www.earcandybeat.com/?q=node/75andhttp://thenewg ay.net/2009/04/4309.htmlIn other news, I'm pla...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:05:00 GMT

keep up with me!

So, if you haven't noticed, I got added to the Noise for the Needy kick off party, which is quite a big deal to me.  This organization is amazing and I'm honored to be a part of this.  It's Saturday A...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:15:00 GMT

http://www.erikblood.com is live

The website is up and running.  Everything seems cool to me.  You can go to http://www.erikblood.com and read my blog, listen to my music, listen to music I've produced, and find out where and when I'...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:16:00 GMT

updates on our new reality

It's been a while since I've written, so I thought I'd say hello and tell anyone who's reading this what's going on with EB,The album release has had to be pushed back because of some financial issues...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:38:00 GMT

such kind words

Some very kind words from a very good blog.http://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/blood-and-bu llets-at-the-comet/
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:34:00 GMT

Buy my album + new member!

I am so happy to announce the addition of Coulter Leslie to my live line-up.  Coulter has been making lovely music on his own and with friends for years now, and I've somehow managed to snag his talen...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:26:00 GMT

checking in

The album has arrived. I'll have more info about where and when you can buy it soon, but in the meantime, you can come to my show at the Comet Tavern on Jan. 22nd and pick up a copy there.I'm going t...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:29:00 GMT

Kind words on a grey day

My baby just sent me this.  Maybe it will sway some of you to check out my upcoming shows!http://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/erik-blood- and-notes-to-myself-at-the-comet/What a sweetheart.True,...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:12:00 GMT