HISTORY
“Behold: the story of Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers, complete with photographs in high resolution, contact information in standard resolution, and a small serving of praise…”
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| (l-r: Sam Collins, Nathan Wade, Brian Alter) |
Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers are Seattle’s purveyors of apocalyptic Americana, honing their rootsy, fire & brimstone-laden tunes deep inside an abandoned fall-out shelter. Sometimes you have to consider the worst-case-scenario to fully appreciate all you could lose in this world; whether it’s religious rapture or environmental disaster that Nathan Wade’s lyrics foretell, it’s with dark humor and a strong sense of song craft that the band elevates their music above the doom & gloom and into the light.
For The Gospel Of Rust, the band once again teamed up with Chroma Session EP producer Brad Zeffren (Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs, Kristen Ward, Hurricane Chaser), who also recorded and mixed the album. The diverse, technicolor wasteland hinted at on their debut EP comes to explosive fruition here, so full of shades and moods that the album clips along like an apocalyptic mix tape.
In the lost gospel according to Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers, Cormac McCarthy, Mad Max, and Led Zeppelin scarcely make for strange bedfellows; their hymns are filled to the treacherous brim with lacerating blues pounders like “Lake Of Fire” and “I Am The Rust,” the cinematic country-noir of “This World (Already Over)” and “Weeds Grow Around,” and driving, doomsday rockers like “Gotta Get Right” and “Golgotha Drone.” If Armageddon requires a soundtrack such as this, we’re in for one hell of a finale.
Recommended if you like: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Chris Whitley, Night Of The Hunter, gasoline fumes, Cormac McCarthy novels, Led Zeppelin III, dark alleys, the Book of Revelation.
Read the Biblical version of the band’s genesis here.
Booking / Contact Information
booking[at]nathanwademusic[dot]com
phone: 206.854.9815
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Promotional Images by Patrick Wright
Remnants and Kind Regards…
“Americana…hard boiled, blues drenched and served with grits on the side.”
-Americana UK
“An accomplished guitarist and an extraordinary songwriter…Nathan Wade defies categorization.”
-Washington Blues Society
“Wade’s music could properly be described as dark. And not just dark, but profoundly, poetically, Biblically dark.”
- Cascadia Weekly
“Nathan Wade is a strong and engaging singer, continually showing he has one more layer to reveal.”
-The Muse’s Muse