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Churchwood for the past four years or so has been playing what has been variously described as "dystopic blues," "fragmented blues-rock," and "Dada swamp." All veterans of the Austin scene, Joe Doerr provides the surreal poetry and growl, Bill Anderson and Billysteve Korpi playing dueling and duetting guitars, with more riffs and fills than chords, and Julien Peterson and Adam Kahan on drums and bass provide a quirky, beguiling foundation, alternately groovy, swampy, aggressive, and unexpected. The band has released two albums and a 7" of original songs and is making plans to record at least a third....