Helvetia

Spacy indie rock and roll group Helvetia were formed in Seattle within the mid-2000s by Jason Albertini and Canaan Dove Amber. Both got previously played jointly within the San Jose-based experimental group Duster, and their early initiatives with Helvetia appeared a logical advancement of this band’s boundary-pushing ideals. They produced their debut in 2006 using the Clever North Blowing wind on previous Duster member Clay Parton’s Static Cult label. They implemented it up using the Acrobats (2008) and Headless Machine from the Center (2009), further changing into even more psych-influenced designs and unusual tune structures. Because the band’s inception, Albertini provides continued to hire a rotating ensemble of bandmembers and collaborators, including Created to Spill’s Jim Roth and Scott Plouf. Following a handful of extra produces for Static Cult (full-length albums Helvetia’s Rubbish Store and On the Lam, in addition to rarities compilation Gladness [2001-2006]), Albertini relocated to Portland, Oregon and agreed upon with Joyful Sound Records release a 2012’s Nothing at all in Rambling. A season later, Albertini became a member of Created to Spill on bass and both bands continued to talk about people and tour jointly, in addition to collaborating to get a limited-edition flexi-disc one called “Spooky Actions on the Sufferbus.” Dromomania, Helvetia’s 8th LP and second for Joyful Sound, was slated for discharge in Oct 2015.