Artist description With glittering waves of distorted guitars, Breather creates a sound that hangs briefly in the air with a shimmering spaciousness before dissipating. Open your ears to the dreamy melodies and feathery vocals that will snag the heartstrings of all shoegazers. For fans of the Cranes and Kloey.

Music Style beautiful:music:usa:il:chicago

Musical Influences suede, slowdive, depeche mode, curve, orgy

Similar Artists slowdive, cocteau twins, cranberries, curve

Artist History Started by jessica cook (vocals), and alicia skala (vocals&guitar) in the mid 90's, then adding second guitarist scott gockerman a year later, breather's core has been recording and performing aroung the Chicago area for last few years, creating a stir in the clubs as well as on college radio stations aroung the country.

Group Members all music, words, melodies, and otherwise; written, recorded, produced, and performed by: breather - jessica cook, alicia skala, & scott gockerman

Instruments guitars, keyboards, live/programed drums, bass, vocals, and anything that can be looped, sampled, screwed around with, or recorded

Albums a slow red whisper of rain...(EP - 1999); cry for me (EP - 2001); stitched with a kiss (LP - 2003)

Additional Info cicatrix - the ritual scaring (divanation records); blind admiration (seraph records); blair witch 2 'WitchMix' (Artisian Entertainment), The Smoking Section - free sampler; best of WSVN compilation

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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