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Cock and Swan are Johnny and Ola. They are the chief members of Dandelion Gold, a group of musicians who are also featured in Cock and Swan’s music. They live in Bothell, Washington.
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Unrecognize exhibits considerable range—it vacillates between bucolic folksiness and urbane electronica without ever compromising its consistently spooky splendor. The record also includes pointed allusions to some of Cock and Swan’s primary influences. "Holding On" opens with a slick, respectfully rendered riff on classic Boards of Canada, and tenders some ethereal backing vox which strongly recall the icy Rumraket band Cacoy. As the album progresses, certain elements begin to take precedent; fastidiously chopped vocals, boom-thwak percussion, and breakbeats all figure largely.
-Jason Baxter
Seattle Weekly
Cock and Swan's heavy electronics and keyboard/bass grooves reference Tortoise,
Portishead and Brian Eno. Ranging from the core duo of Ola Hungerford and
Johnny Goss, the band sometimes swells from two to five pieces, working in
pedal steel, guitar and multiple percussionists. Cock and Swan's songs are
packed full of samples and loops, but retain a sense of direction often lost
in electronic outfits. It's a detail that means the difference between an
interesting composition and electronic textures that get lost in the squishy
world of "sound scapes." But to really know Cock and Swan you also must know the music collective Dandelion Gold. While the term "collective" can mean just about anything, Dandelion Gold is a veritable cottage industry of like-minded musicians who actively release their own albums, play in each others' bands and put on their own shows.
-Erik Neumann
Willamette Weekly
Few things are as potentially gruesome as married lo-fi electronica shoegazers
with an affinity for the twee (they named their band Cock & Swan; they named
their label Dandelion Gold), but Bothell's Johnny and Ola's newest release,
sigh, Marshmallow Sunset, sounds absolutely gorgeous. Sultry vocals less bored
than swooning twirl about intricate—though never showy—textures evocative and
measured and impossibly heartfelt.
-Jay Horton
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