David Swick has undertaken a work-in-progress / work-in-public endeavor he calls DoomFolk StarterKit. The gist of the project is as such:
DoomFolk StarterKit is an on going sketchbook series where I write and record a song on my iPhone in (about) one hour and then post it in whatever form it has taken on band camp. It’s a discipline of displaying publicly and frequently the unfinished and rough versions of myself.
In the wrong hands, this kind of experimentation could lead to unlistenable drivel. Fortunately, Swick’s hands are the right hands and the results are legitimately listenable and, more importantly, interesting. On the whole, there’s a vibe akin to The Microphones – soft vocals paired with minimal guitar and light additional instrumentation floating through. It’s calming and a bit melancholy but sometimes that’s just the right medicine to get through the day. Not too shabby for an hour long experiment.
Bonus, this edition of the Sketchbook includes a cover of “Knotty Pine, a Dirty Projects / David Bryne collaboration from the Dark Was The Night compilation record from 2009.