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Garcia Peoples

Biography

Formed in New Jersey by guitarists Tom Malach and Danny Arakaki, the band took a few years to find their flying shape, solidifying into a lineup with Danny’s brother Cesar on drums and Derek Spaldo on bass by mid-2016. Ramping up their acceleration around the time of their 2018 Cosmic Cash debut on Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records, they’ve blasted through residencies and new songs and sessions and collaborations, relocating to New York, picking up two new members in keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Pat Gubler and bassist Andy Cush, and leaving a trail of live tapes in their wake. This year, they’ve delivered not one but two new albums for BBiB: the sleek and song-oriented Natural Facts and the sprawling improvisatory opus of One Step Behind. 2019 also saw the first performances by the full Garcia Peoples lineup, a six-person behemoth with Spaldo on third guitar.

With a stash of live recordings accumulating at the Live Music Archive, Garcia Peoples’ music is very much a living entity. Since the release of their previous two albums, songs have started to expand, jam suites have grown, and experiments have been undertaken. The first part of 2019 has seen Garcia Peoples back Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth (an expanded Solar Peoples Band has hit double-drummer overdrive several times now), and joined with guitarist Ryley Walker. They’ve improvised on WFMU, and jammed with the sounds of ocean waves and falling rain at strange late night happenings. Probably something else new and wonderful and weird has happened in the Garciaverse since I wrote this.

Whether or not you thought you knew Garcia Peoples’ music, One Step Behind is something new and beautiful, for new heads and old. No matter where you stand–behind, beyond, or another plane altogether–One Step Behind is ready. For those about to get on the Bus, we salute you.


Video & Press
  • The Lagniappe Sessions :: Garcia Peoples

    [Aquarium Drunkard] Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Garcia Peoples have been on the move. Since we last rendezvoused with the band they have expanded to a sextet performing live feats that are leaving audiences in puddles of their own […]

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  • Garcia Peoples Announce Live Album, Touring

    [Brooklyn Vegan] By Bill Pearis New Jersey’s Garcia Peoples have been straddling the line between indie rock and jammier territory since their inception, drawing comparisons to the Dead (which their name invites), Meat Puppets, The Feelies and Parquet Courts, and they’ve shared bills with Kikagaku Moyo, Ryley Walker, Howlin’ Rain and more. The band released the ambitious One Step […]

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  • Ryley Walker, Chris Forsyth & Garcia Peoples played a Phish aftershow @ Le Poisson Rouge

    [Brooklyn Vegan] Phish just wrapped up their four-night Madison Square Garden run on New Year’s Eve, and the fun continued each night with a number of official aftershows. We hit one of them on Monday (12/30) at Le Poisson Rouge, which featured a killer lineup of guitar greats Ryley Walker and Chris Forsyth and NJ band Garcia Peoples all playing extended jams. Things kicked off with […]

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  • Song Premiere: Garcia Peoples ‘Heart and Soul’

    [Relix] Brooklyn-based outfit Garcia Peoples are prepping for their second LP release of 2019, an expansive, exploratory collection dubbed One Step Behind that opens with a 32-minute title track. Today, we present another preview of the effort with new studio cut “Heart and Soul,” a meditative, piano-fueled number punctuated by a spacey instrumental middle section. “‘Heart and Soul’ […]

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