Gerald Slevin

Gerald Slevin made a name for himself as the songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and producer of Brooklyn’s psychedelic, vocal harmony-driven artpop outfit, <a href="spotify:artist:2A6RwyjN9IaBLX0XjBaOwe" data-name="The Color Bars">The Color Bars</a>. The band’s layered vocal arrangements and acrobatic instrument-swapping performances gained the attention of the NYC music press, and they were soon sharing bills with artists like <a href="spotify:artist:2cCUtGK9sDU2EoElnk0GNB" data-name="The National">The National</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1rCIEwPp5OnXW0ornlSsRl" data-name="Metric">Metric</a> at famed NYC venues like the Mercury Lounge and Knitting Factory. Their bombastic stage show, along with their kaleidoscopic records (on which Slevin was the primary producer, instrumentalist, and vocalist), would take Slevin around the world, after a particularly explosive SXSW set with <a href="spotify:artist:30uiS1n3uIGXJEYFR1GVDy" data-name="The Brian Jonestown Massacre">The Brian Jonestown Massacre</a> resulted in a deal with Tokyo label, 5D. Performing in Japan sparked a flurry of creative output which led to 4 albums, several tours, and a string of singles.
After The Color Bars had run its course, Slevin retreated from his native NYC to Upstate NY to immerse himself in his solo project. A classically-trained painter and visual artist who has exhibited and painted for Art World luminary Jeff Koons in his Manhattan workshop, Slevin does all of his own artwork, incorporating surrealistic imagery as a counterpoint to his music. Born out of a desire to create aural experiences as colorful and varied as his visual art, the result is a textured blend of &#64;Beatles-esque melodies and harmonies with a modern sonic-palette, much in the same vein of <a href="spotify:artist:5INjqkS1o8h1imAzPqGZBb" data-name="Tame Impala">Tame Impala</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2mVVjNmdjXZZDvhgQWiakk" data-name="Khruangbin">Khruangbin</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3vbKDsSS70ZX9D2OcvbZmS" data-name="Beck">Beck</a>.