Before launching his solo career, Gerald Slevin made a name for himself as the songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and producer of Brooklyn’s psychedelic, vocal harmony-driven artpop outfit, The Color Bars. The band’s layered vocal arrangements and acrobatic instrument-swapping performances quickly gained the attention of the NYC music press, and they were soon sharing bills with artists like The National and Metric at famed NYC venues like the Mercury Lounge and Knitting Factory. Their bombastic stage show, along with their kaleidoscopic records (on which Slevin was the primary producer, instrumentalist, and vocalist), would eventually take Slevin around the world, after a particularly explosive SXSW set with The Brian Jonestown Massacre resulted in a deal with Tokyo-based label, 5D. Performing in Japan sparked a flurry of creative output for Slevin, which led to 4 albums, several tours, and a string of singles.
Slevin retreated from his native NYC to Upstate NY to immerse himself more fully in his current solo project in 2020. His forthcoming album entitled Quantum Jitters, is his most compelling work yet. A classically-trained painter and visual artist who has exhibited and worked with the likes of Jeff Koons, Slevin does all of his own artwork, incorporating surrealistic imagery as a counterpoint to his music. Born out of a desire to create aural experiences as colorful and varied as his visual art, the result is a textured blend of Beatles-esque melodies and harmonies with a modern sonic-palette, much in the same vein of Tame Impala, Beck, Vampire Weekend, and HAIM.
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