Brandtson

Brandtson was an indie rock band that formed in 1996 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally a side project for Myk Porter, the vocalist of the Christian hardcore band, Six Feet Deep. Porter recruited his friend Jared Jolley to play drums in the band. Soon thereafter, Six Feet Deep broke up and Brandtson became a full-time band with the addition of Matt Traxler (also of Six Feet Deep) on guitar and John Sayre on bass. Their first release was on Traxler's indie label, Steadfast Records, and was entitled, Letterbox. A year later it was re-released by Deep Elm Records. The band went on to release the Let's Call It A Day seven inch on Velvet Blue Music and also had a song on Volume Two of the Emo Diaries compilation. In 1999 Deep Elm put out Fallen Star Collection and it was followed by the Trying to Figure Each Other Out EP in 2000. More releases followed and a switch was made to The Militia Group for the 2004 release of Send Us a Signal. During this time, the band toured North America, Europe, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Sayre left the band in 2005 and was replaced by Furnace St.'s Adam Boose, who also added electronic manipulation of the band's sound. Their latest release, Hello, Control, was released in May 2006. In 2007 Myk shared new music from his solo project entitled May This House Be Safe From Tigers on MySpace.
It has been confirmed that Brandtson has broken up. Members of the disbanded Brandtson, including former Brandtson bassist John Sayre but excluding Jared Jolley, are in a band called Swarm of Bats. Swarm of Bats has a much different sound than Brandtson, claiming to "lay waste to preconceptions of what garage-punk is and what it should never be".
Movie References
A lot of their song titles come from Wes Anderson movies. The ones identified
Bottle Rocket
*Potential Getaway Driver
*Ain't No Trip To Cleveland
*Grace Thinks I'm a Failure
Rushmore
*Sic Transit Gloria...
Discography
Full Length albums
* Letterbox (1997 · Steadfast Records; rereleased 1998 · Deep Elm Records)
* Fallen Star Collection (1999 · Deep Elm Records)
* Dial In Sounds (2002 · Deep Elm Records)
* Send Us A Signal (2004 · The Militia Group)
* Hello, Control (2006 · The Militia Group)
Singles & EPs
* Let's Call It A Day (1997 · Velvet Blue Music)
* Trying to Figure Each Other Out (2000 · Deep Elm Records)
* Death & Taxes (2003 · Deep Elm Records)
Splits
* Brandtson/Camber/Seven Storey (2003 · Deep Elm Records)
Compilations
* A Million Miles Away: Emo Diaries, Vol. 2 (1998 · Deep Elm Records)
* Unreleased, Vol. 1 (2002 · Deep Elm Records)
* A Santa Cause - It's A Punk Rock Christmas (2003 · Immortal Records)
* Policia! A Tribute to the Police (2005 · The Militia Group)

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu