“I think we tried too hard to be as masculine as possible.”
When Pickwick vocalist Galen Disston is on the microphone, he’s a spark away from flame. Onstage, just like fire, you never know which way he’ll go. Will he be engulfed? Or will he aim the flamethrower’s nozzle your way? At any given moment, the band’s vintage soul and rock ‘n’ roll elements can set him off screaming like a hungry wolf. His voice contains equal parts Dan Auerbach, Charles Bradley, Freddie Mercury, and Buddy Holly.
As of late, Pickwick have been writing and recording the follow-up to their 2013 release, Can’t Talk Medicine. For this interview, Disston took me for a ride in the band’s van—a 2003 Ford Super Duty—after he finished up cleaning gutters and windows at his day job…
