Rochester, NY, native
Greg Weeks' records sound like lost chamber folk treasures of the late-'60s psychedelic era. Combining finger-picked guitar, Moog, Mellotron, harmonium, and string arrangements, he creates dense, thoughtful songs reminiscent of
Nick Drake,
Leonard Cohen, and
Tim Buckley.
Weeks' first album, Fire in the Arms of the Sun, was released on New Jersey's Ba Da Bing! Records in 1999. His hushed and mysterious 2000 follow-up,
Bleecker Station, put out by Keyhole Records, was an improvement on his debut. In 2001,
Greg Weeks released Awake Like Sleep on Ba Da Bing!. The dark and dreamy album evokes the haunting work of
Nico and even pays homage to her sublime version of
Jackson Browne's "These Days" with an opening song with the same title. ~ Charles Spano