Pickwick is an American

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, R&B band from

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. The group initially started out as a folk band, but after a 2008 tour in California the group discarded its material and changed their sound.Pickwick Breaks Out of Seattle With ‘Can’t Talk Medicine’ Release
''Marquee'', March 1, 2013. The band's name stems from

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, where

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was employed as a songwriter in the 1960s. The group released a series of three 7" singles, also issued digitally, in 2011, and compiled them on a CD-EP entitled ''Myths''. This was one of the best-selling albums in local Seattle stores in 2012. On the strength of their early single releases, they began selling out local shows in

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at venues such as the Neptune and the

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. The band's debut full-length, ''Can't Talk Medicine'', was released independently in the United States and on

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in Canada on March 12, 2013. Bandmember

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, who won a Grammy in 2010 for Best Engineered Classical Album, produced the album with the band. The group recruited

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to sing on ''Can't Talk Medicine''. She sings on the track "Lady Luck", a Richard Swift cover. Swift also collaborated on the album. Reviews of ''Can't Talk Medicine'' likened the band to

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, and

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.Review
'' Vancouver Weekly'', March 12, 2013.

Members

Pickwick began as a folk band with Galen Disston and Matthew Emmett; in 2008, the band grew to five members, adding Cassady Lillstrom, Garrett Parker and Michael Parker. They subsequently added "producer, engineer, percussionist and mentor (aka '

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') Kory Kruckenberg." *Galen Disston - vocals *Garrett Parker - bass *Michael Parker - guitar *

- vibraphone *Cassady Lillstrom - keyboard *Alex Westcoat - drums

Discography

*''Demo 2008'' (''self-released'', 2008) *''Myths'' EP (''self-released'', 2011) *''Covers'' EP (''self-released'', 2013) *''Can't Talk Medicine'' (Small Press/

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, 2013) *''LoveJoys'' (2017) *''Myths & Rarities'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{Authority control American soul musical groups Musical groups from Seattle