Graham Czach

Versatile Chicago based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, GRAHAM CZACH, fuses modern and progressive rock sensibilities with old school social consciousness. The Chicago Music Award winner’s live band and debut album ‘Lucid’ feature: Kris Myers (Umphrey’s McGee) - drums Matt Nelson (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) - keys Chris Siebold (Howard Levy, Kick The Cat) - guitars Graham Burris (Matthew Santos) – bass, guitar —plus brilliant artwork by album artist Jeff Jordan (The Mars Volt...

Versatile Chicago based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, GRAHAM CZACH, fuses modern and progressive rock sensibilities with old school social consciousness. The Chicago Music Award winner’s live band and debut album ‘Lucid’ feature: Kris Myers (Umphrey’s McGee) - drums Matt Nelson (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) - keys Chris Siebold (Howard Levy, Kick The Cat) - guitars Graham Burris (Matthew Santos) – bass, guitar —plus brilliant artwork by album artist Jeff Jordan (The Mars Volta) “Even at just 31, Graham Czach is already a music lifer…The album swings between polar extremes, morphing from guitar-heavy, prog-rock jams like "Hurry Up and Wait" into more tender fare like "True Love," a Paul McCartney-esque ballad bathed in lush strings.” - Andy Downing, Chicago Tribune “Lucid is Graham Czach’s solo debut CD and is a bold, wide-reaching project…” “The music shows he’s listened well to his influences and included sufficient references to them all -including Hendrix’s wah-wah pedal. Several songs include a lush feeling provided by strings and the overall production quality is right up there.” -FCEtier, Blogcritics.org "...any guy who can sound like both Thom Yorke and David Gilmour is one vocally versatile dude...I can hear a lot of Muse and Radiohead" - Peter's Power Pop (AUS) "This is one of the best new voices in music." - Evigshed Magazine “[Graham is] an incredibly skilled musician, but is also sensitive to how a gripping melody can be just as effective as an impressive guitar solo. The music is thoughtfully arranged without sacrificing or diminishing the emotion that motivates the notes to pour out of each instrument.” - Mixtape Muse “A breath of fresh air from a world of fame-hungry artists, Graham Czach will definitely leave the impact he hopes to leave on our society.” -Meghan Messana, Broken Records Magazine Currently celebrating the release of his independent debut album ‘Lucid’, featured on WXRT 93.1fm Chicago, Graham Czach (www.grahamczach.com) has also been a big part of The Windy City music scene for a number of years playing bass with Chicago Afrobeat Project and the Aaron Koppel Quartet. Graham received a nomination for The Deli Chicago’s Artist of the Month for September 2010 and his originality/versatility as both a musician and composer have earned him endorsements from two internationally recognized music equipment companies—D’Addario Strings and Eden Electronics/US Music Corp. Czach has also performed with the best in music including GRAMMY Award winners Paul Wertico and Howard Levy. He recently recorded double bass on GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco’s new album L.A.S.E.R.S. Infused with an expansive ‘60s-‘70s classic/progressive rock sensibility, yet fully grounded in the musical vibe and social realities of the 2010s, the Chicago based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s highly anticipated solo debut has a few dreamy romantic songs—most notably, the simple and ethereal, classically influenced “True Love.” Yet most of the collection’s 12 tracks are truly art for the mind and spirit, tapping into themes like caring for the planet (“Gather Round,” a tribute to John Lennon featuring references to the legendary Beatle’s chorus from “Across the Universe”), the downward spiral of harmful addictions (“Nightmare”), spiritual discovery (“Reincarnate”) and abortion (“Choice”). His eclectic album reflects his early influences when Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were practically a religion, along with icons in later years like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and The Mars Volta. Czach promises to donate a portion of the proceeds from Lucid to the non-profits he supports, including Greenpeace, Planned Parenthood, the American Cancer Society and the Art of Living Foundation. Further illuminating the emotional-social mindset behind the music on ‘Lucid’ is another key collaborator, legendary album artist Jeff Jordan, who created the provocative album art on the cover and in the CD packaging. Jordan’s work on the 2008 Mars Volta album Bedlam In Goliath was voted the #2 Best Album Cover of the Year on the Rolling Stone Readers’ Rock List; Jordan also painted the Mars Volta covers for Amputechture and Octahedron.