CINDYGOD

BIO

In August 2013 after two albums on the Dead Oceans label and what seemed like a never ending touring schedule Gauntlet Hair the Denver, Colorado band from songwriter Andy Rauworth and drummer Craig Nice broke up. What may have seemed like an abrupt ending to a group that was just getting started felt like an inevitable conclusion to Rauworth and Nice. “It wasn’t working for us in a lot of ways, creatively, financially, there were a lot of layers” says Andy.

A few years passed and in time Rauworth began to flesh out a new batch of songs which would later be collected into the Demos EP under a new moniker Cindygod. He enlisted Nice to add drums to the recordings and in a statement to Stereogum Andy said “This EP is a collection of some of the first songs that Craig and I wrote and struggled with after reuniting. They represent a rather dark time for us — an important time of figuring if we could even continue on together. Which is why I find them appropriate for our first release. I do not want to forget what we had to overcome in order to move forward.”

And move forward they did, Andy kept writing and shaping a new batch of recordings which would be compiled into EP2 enlisting Nice once again to layer in drums and percussion. The new songs take a darker & more sinister shape while retaining the hollowed-out saccharine sound of Rauworth’s recent work. Glitchy synths and balmy vocals hint at what the future of Cindygod will likely look like, elements of Dream Pop and Post-Punk melding into a smokey plume. While it’s unclear what Nice’s contributions may be in the future due to his recent move to Chicago and a pandemic looming, Rauworth continues to keep busy tracking the debut Cindygod LP, which will see release sometime in 2021. EP2 is out on Fire Talk August 14th 2020.

MUSIC

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EP2 is the second EP from Cindygod the new project from former Gauntlet Hair members Andy Rauworth and Craig Nice out July 10th 2020 on Fire Talk. Stereogum noted 2018’s EP1 filled with “new wave shimmers and hooks… a sort of ramshackle and scrappy charm.” The new EP doubles down on the hollowed-out saccharine sound of Rauworth’s recent work, while retaining glitchy agitated electronics that pierce together the best of dream pop, post-punk and indie nostalgia. Fans of Gauntlet Hair rejoice! Cindygod is an honest creative extension of some of those original ideas, a little darker & sinister around the edges.