The Saturday Giant

It's been a busy year for The Saturday Giant, aka Columbus, Ohio resident Philip Cogley.   He wrote, recorded and mixed his debut, You've Heard of Dragons; polished up solo arrangements of the songs; played a bunch of shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and a litany of stops in between; released a benefit double single called Freedom of Choice; performed at a TEDx conference in Columbus and this year's SXSW Festival in Austin; and began writing and recording a follow-up EP.
Though he embraces a do-it-yourself ethos, Cogley's solo performances are surprisingly complete: he performs as a one-man band, employing looping technology to build lush arrangements comprised of beatboxing, guitar soundscapes, keyboards and vocals. Though this approach tends to captivate audiences, it's Cogley's instinct towards restraint that makes a Saturday Giant show truly memorable--songs are constructed and disassembled with economy, without resort to virtuosic displays that lead many looping artists into more tedious territory (as compiled on the bands website)

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