Heyward Howkins "The Hale & Hearty"

MrJhowks

Heyward Howkins - Sugar Sand Stitched Lip (Official Video)
featured on the forthcoming debut full-length "The Hale and the Hearty".
Directed by Tyler Costill and Alex Curro.


"Like a patchwork suit, it’s equal parts British tweed (see Nick Drake, John Cale, The Smiths) and dusty American flannel (see Bon Iver, M. Ward, Damien Jurado)."

"The Hale and the Hearty" is the debut release from Heyward Howkins, former lead guitarist for The Trouble with Sweeney from Philadelphia. The album was recorded with his fellow musicians in Philadelphia including the members of Jens Lekman band, The War on Drugs, Nightlands, such as Charlie Hall and Severin Tucker, also B.C. Camplight and Philadelphia's veteran steel guitarist Mike Slo-mo Brenner, and drummer Richard Stuverud formerly of The Fastbacks from Seattle.



Due out on June 26th, pre-oreder is available his bandcamp.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Chet Delcampo at Hong Kong Stingray Studios / Additional recording by Adam D. Gold (Shannon McArdle’s vocals) at oh real yum / Arranged by Heyward Howkins and Chet Delcampo

makmachinery

The Silver Ages - Tonight You Belong To Me / イチゴの片想い

Howkins is also a founding member of The Silver Ages, the critically acclaimed choral group featuring singers from a wide array of Philadelphia-based bands, including David Hartley (Nightlands, The War on Drugs, Buried Beds, BC Camplight), Charlie Hall (Jens Lekman, The War on Drugs, The Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society), Gianmarco Cilli (National Eye), Shai Halperin (The Capitol Years, Sweet Lights), Todd Starlin (Like Moving Insects), Brandon Beaver (Buried Beds, Nightlands), Brian Christinzio (BC Camplight), Rick Flom (National Eye, Mitch Fiction), Dave Wayne Daniels (The Capitol Years), Josh Newman (Mitch Fiction), Zach Miller (Dr. Dog) and Dan Matz (Windsor for the Derby, Birdwatcher).