Growing
By user • Nov 1st, 2008 • Category: Band BiosDespite Growing’s prolific catalog — 13 albums in five years — everything about the fuzzy electronic duo reeks of minimalism. Whether it’s Kevin Doria and Joe Denardo losing the band’s third member before relocating to Brooklyn from Olympia, Washington or their tendency for cassette-only releases, the pair’s sludgy instrumentals are rife with DIY aesthetic. Given the vast nature of their music, including this year’s Lateral EP and subsequent full-length All The Way, such a proclivity towards self-recording seems strange. But even during Growing’s spaciest tunes, like the ones that let their distorted blips breathe for a moment on top of swooning digital bleeps, there remains a sparse undercurrent. It seems almost inappropriate that the band has made its home in both the Pacific Northwest and now New York City when their music so perfectly embodies the Midwest: big but barren. This month Growing makes their second Chicago appearance in less than six weeks.
Chicago Innerview Magazine, November 2008
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