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From the Blue Pie website:
Check out this podcast from the Marty Reimer Show featuring one half of ‘Pillowfighter’. Margaret stayed at home with the dogs in Brooklyn, whilst Joe headed to Seattle to perform for Marty Reimer, Kate Stewart and all of their lucky listeners. Listen here!
Joe Seely brought out his guitar and his incredible sense of humour to discuss various topics from the whereabouts of John Waite to a discussion of what to do in an Earthquake.
Joe then performed his beautiful song 'Love Runs Lazy' from Pillowfighters’ album “Grow Slow With Me”. Joe’s seemingly effortless performance struck all the right notes, further rendering 'Pillowfighter' as an alternative-folk force that is not to be reckoned with.
After a call from a lady stuck in a love triangle tossing up the positives and negatives of dating an older man, Joe pulled out his guitar again to perform his song 'Frozen Sparrows', a song that has become a favourite in the Blue Pie office. As the first line states “oh, icicles, the moon’s a scythe, to sheave pieces of day" it is clear that the lyrics of ‘Frozen Sparrows' resemble elegant poetry that can only be described as gorgeous. Couple those lyrics with the tender plucking of an acoustic guitar and it is not so difficult to understand why 'Pillowfighter' are so endearing.
From the Alternate Root website:
There is a dreamy tone that fills the spaces in pillowfighter’s recent release, ‘Grow Slow With Me’. The sound comes in as if filtered through a gauzy light; it is warm fields and butterflies gentle flapping. The duo, Joe Seely and Margaret White, turn their Brooklyn environment back to a habitat with lots more nature involved. How green is that?
Joe Seely creates soft, romantic folk music. The easy flow of sound and the interlocking voices allow the songs to float by. “The Nest” moves through like a cloud, “Tobacconist’s Daughter” contains powerful movement as the rails of a freight train rumble underneath the voices and warm note patterns, the tracks never clattering above the precious textures pillowfighter form with their songs. Even the slightly blues/folk electric twang of album opener “Love Runs Lazy” moves lightly into the room, the rush of instruments moving over the arrangement in a hush. The beauty of pillowfighter’s music is that it is always within reach. Under the guidance of producer Craig Chin, the recording creates an ambience that accepts the diverse background of Margaret (classically trained violinist and Winston-Salem Indie Rock veteran) and Joe (guitar and keyboard training honed in the Seattle music underground). ‘Grow Slow With Me’ is futuristic folk music that sticks to the use of acoustic beauty as a medium.