GregoRy and the hawK
Gregory and the Hawk is an indie music project. Its founder and primary member, Meredith Godreau, sings and plays guitar along with other collaborators. Meredith has been using her music as a vehicle for her romantic poetry since she picked up a guitar and taught herself at age 14.
Releases
Gregory and the Hawk Demo
A self-titled demonstration CD was released in 2005. It was eight tracks in length, and included demo versions of three songs later released on the Boats & Birds EP. It is currently out-of-print, but it can be downloaded via iTunes. The album was released while Godreau was a studio composition student at Purchase College.
Track List |
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1 boats & birds demo |
2 the bolder thing to do demo |
3 in fact demo |
4 bravo charlie |
5 i'm your puppet |
6 the point sometimes |
7 isabelle demo |
8 instrumental |
The Boats & Birds EP
The Boats & Birds EP was released in 2006. It is a brief set of six tracks, under 20 minutes in total length. Michael McGuire, Jeff Ratner, and Adam Christgau accompany Godreau on the EP, playing Rhodes piano and guitar, bass, and drums, respectively.
Track List |
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1 boats & birds |
2 avalanche! oh, avalanche! |
3 in fact (the carousel remix) |
4 a wish |
5 isabelle |
6 fin song 8 (orange river remix) |
In Your Dreams
Gregory and the Hawk's debut album, In Your Dreams, was released by Short Stories' infant indie label Pearly Gates on May 29, 2007. It is now sold on iTunes.
Track List |
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1 kill the turkey |
2 neither freer |
3 memory and honesty |
4 oats we sow |
5 sets |
6 stone wall, stone fence |
7 bad habit |
8 sweet winter hello |
9 the bolder thing to do |
1o blame-qui |
11 the people who raised me |
12 season poem |
13 wild west |
Collaborations
The following is said on the band's official website of collaborators:
"Collaborations, recordings, and shows have been shared with good friends Chris Garneau, Short Stories, Toby Goodshank, Arms & Legs, Jenny Owen Youngs, The Baby Skins, Kyle Gilbride, Paper & Sand, Cara Satalino, Rachel and Robin Browne, Dan Romer of Fire Flies, Saul Simon-MacWilliams, MikeyDie, Jonathan Jetter, and William Canzoneri of The Joey Machine."
External links
- gregoryandthehawk.com â official website.
- www.myspace.com/gregoryandthehawk â official myspace.