Teenage Bliss

With bursts of snarling 12 string electric guitars, soaring harmonies and lush horn textures, these songs are hard-hitting rock anthems for those desperately holding on to the fading years of youth, and are the band’s first material since their 2016 ‘Wild Suburbia’ EP. 

‘Thursday’, a tribute to the fallen dive bar where Meadowhawks first took the stage, depicts the chaotic destruction of their old stomping grounds and the memories of their youth alongside it. ‘This Isolated Boy’, with its steamroller ending driven by a wall of exploding woodwinds, is a musical coming-out for the band, a triumphant journey into new and unexplored musical terrain.

Both songs were recorded in Boston at Soundscape Studios by Grammy-nominated engineer Mike Moss and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Joe Palmaccio. Guitarist/Drummer/Songwriter Ryan MacLean and bassist/vocalist Dan Vernam are joined by their newest member, multi-instrumentalist Nick Cusworth, adding new sonic dimensions of woodwinds and keyboard to the band’s mountainous musical soundscape.

This Isolated Boy

With a resounding roar as grand as the Hudson River Valley, Meadowhawks have come to bring Wilderness Rock to all creatures big and small. What is Wilderness Rock you ask? Just picture a landscape as remote as the high peaks of the Catskill Mountains engulfed in a storm of overdriven 12-string guitars, thundering drums and reverberant vocal harmonies.

Ryan MacLean and Dan Vernam planted the seeds for this musical forest by combining their love for catchy indie/garage rock with jazz harmony. The result was their 2014 self-titled EP, featuring four sonically adventurous songs and earning the accolades of numerous critics. Music blog Neat Beet summed up the EP as “A four song offering that bursts with energy.”

Meadowhawks' creative momentum continued with the release of the 'Wild Suburbia' EP in 2016. Recorded in a converted church in Woodstock, NY, the songs on ‘Wild Suburbia’ reflect many troubling subjects on the minds of a generation of 20-somethings, ranging from Student Loan debt (“Social Network Apocalypse”) to a murky environmental future (“Black Horse”).

Now with the addition of videographer/multi-instrumentalist Nick Cusworth, fans can expect not only new music that continues these themes, but new videos that will add a visual element of nature to the Wilderness Rock sound.

The natural world is a constant inspiration to Meadowhawks’ both in the studio and on-stage. One day you can expect a raucous show at a city club followed by a set at a local wildlife refuge the next day. No matter what stage this band of roaming musical rangers may grace, each Meadowhawks show is a new adventure.  We hope you join us out in the wild.

This Isolated Boy

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