It is a difficult task to put in words proper description of Shannonwright and the music that encompasses her. Not that her music is necessarily indescribable, but as the evolution of the "band bio" has unfolded, any apt or realistic description of an artist has been strewn aside in the prospect of trying to sell a product, image, or idea. Far too many exaggerations and unkept promises are predominantly why most of this sort of "promo" related material goes unread, laying in a trash bin with multitudes of its ilk. In all true candor, this sort of thing is complete bullshit, and it's an arduous venture to convey how passionate I feel about Shannonwright's music without sounding trite or redundant. So with the understanding of this predicament, I will proceed.

Shannonwright originally comes from the artless sprawl of the country's largest city, land mass that is, Jacksonville, FL. Luckily , opposite of it's utter lack of personality, Jacksonville throughout the mid 1980's and early nineties had a thriving all ages scene. Florida is notorious to be a state for bands to bypass, so this existence of punk and independent music was indeed a rare mecca. It is from here that Shannonwright, along with two Jacksonvile friends, formed her first band, Crowsdell. Upon releasing their debut "Dreamette" in 1995 on Big Cat records, the band became a favorite live act throughout Europe while playing with other Big Cat bands as The Dirty Three, Pavement, Blumfeld and Giant Sand. After leaving the hometown tenure of Jacksonville for New York City, and releasing several other records, an ep, "The End of Summer"{1996} and a full length "Within the Curve of an Arm"{1997, Europe only}, the band was dropped as their label merged with a major. It was in this dark clime, that would seem inappropriate to fully discuss in this forum, that Shannon was nearly broken of continuing to write music. She sold nearly everything she owned, and moved from New York to live in a vacant guest.......
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