James Hilborne & The Painkillers - Galaxy 500

James Hilborne & The Painkillers performance at Seattle's Fremont Neighborhood Pub, The Dubliner - Friday February 13th

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About JAMES HILBORNE & THE PAINKILLERS
[GHOST COUNTRY] Seattles Painkillers play psychedelia-tinged country that alternates between cute and macabre. Id wager it happened mostly by accident, but the band has a sound I have absolutely never heard before. Shoegaze country? Druggy-tonk? In any case, the songs in which the Painkillers give their uniquely haunting instrumentation some room to breathe—when flanged-out echo effects blow across the soundscape like tumbleweed—this band is pretty damn compelling. Willamette weekley (Portland Oregon)
Take the pain away 10 p.m. at Theater on the Square — The Painkillers will begin to weave a web of sound that is equal parts psychedelia, honky-tonk and Ed Wood. Seriously, its weird in the most unbelievably awesome way. Maybe its the Culture-inspired echo-flange fades, or the lengths to which The Painkillers go to make their music creep under your skin, but this is perfect music for strobe-lit, back-room, choking-on-smoke, David Lynch-style flesh mingling. I dont know. Maybe its just me. Weekly Volcano (Tacoma WA.) {}

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