Roger Eason's music is a leap into minimalist melancholia, where dreamy freak folk bedroom pop sounds meld with lyrics in the style of intimately whimsical streams-of-consciousness.
Roger's songwriting often reflects on the images of his past, living off a red dirt road in a rural town called Eclectic, AL.
After developing his skills as a songwriter and musician playing in bands with friends, Eason moved to Birmingham, AL to take the next step in his musical career.
The iron city introduced Eason to talented acts around town that eventually blossomed into friendships and collaborations.
One of Eason's most notable collaborations is with Bekah Fox, a singer/songwriter that performs in The Great Book of John. Bekah and Roger recorded a one-hour, one-take album on analog tape called On the Way to Earth.
Eason began experiencing and studying Caribbean music, specifically Haitian and Jamaican music like Kompa and Reggae, which influenced the nature of Eason's sound over the years.
Eason went from being an angry neo-folk musician dealing with growing up in the conservative Southern US to someone more peaceful and balanced, still searching for more.
The plan was to move to Haiti and develop a rural recording studio while supporting an agriculture development project (vanilla beans)
which eventually would be named De La Sol (not to be confused with the band De La Soul).
Things took a dark turn when a major earthquake decimated Haiti's infrastructure and upended Eason's life plans.
In the years that followed, Roger struggled with PTSD and became a bit of a shut-in.
Eventually, Eason moved in with longtime friend and drummer Ben Bugna in Nashville, TN, and they developed an experimental sound similar to that of Animal Collective.
They recorded hours and hours of material they adored, but a hard drive crash lost significant amounts of their recordings together.
Eason spent the next few years pursuing minimalist solo projects, recording on cheap gear, and honing in on his authentically rustic sound, including the album Dungeon Monster Door.
Now, Eason lives in Chattanooga and is pushing himself to break away from the shackles of social anxiety, to prove that his music has a place in this world.
Reviews: “Wishywashhhy magical happy…vocals they're emotive… ascending dulalllleeeeeeish type of happy go lucky tones (fairybells)”
Musical Influences: Modest Mouse, Lee Scratch Perry, Kid Cudi, James Taylor, and Arthur Russell