DoomFolk StarterKit

DoomFolk StarterKit is the songwriting project of Nashville, TN based David Swick. When DoomFolk StarterKit began, Swick would write and record a song on iphone garageband in one hour and then release it on Bandcamp, no matter what the end result, as an exercise in trusting instincts and eliminating self-editing tendencies.

In the spring of 2020, DoomFolk StarterKit released SleepyGhost, a 5 song ep written and recorded in a 24hr period on the themes of conflict avoidance and confronting apathy. Since then, Swick has teamed up with Nashville’s Like You Mean It Records and released a series of singles and covers of <a href="spotify:artist:2H5elA2mJKrHmqkN9GSfkz" data-name="Gillian Welch">Gillian Welch</a>&#39;s &#34;Look At Miss Ohio&#34; and <a href="spotify:artist:4YIMPSc3zZLRwe4Ujaxjce" data-name="Advance Base">Advance Base</a>&#39;s &#34;Christmas in Nightmare City.&#34;

In 2021, DoomFolk StarterKit released SunFaded, a 7-song instrumental tribute to the Autumnal Equinox along with accompanying poems. Continuing the tributary series, Swick&#39;s new instrumental album &#34;Sundown&#34; celebrates the Winter Solstice with an emphasis on winter and holiday traditions. The album prominently features mandolin performances by Brian Macdonald (<a href="spotify:artist:6uV2cOu6PbLzYNQyxPo9iu" data-name="Victor Mucho">Victor Mucho</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3wWtfT7S2uVJJ3hGZlOLkZ" data-name="Judah &amp; the Lion">Judah &amp; the Lion</a>).