Peter Baldrachi
Peter Baldrachi (born February 12, 1967) is an American Boston-based singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. His style and sound has been compared to the likes of Paul Westerberg, The Posies, Velvet Crush, Teenage Fanclub, and Big Star. His classic pop songwriting mixes in bits and pieces of Matthew Sweet, late-era Replacements, Goats Head Soup -era Rolling Stones, and on the more obscure side, The Beatifics and The Gladhands. He is a respected songwriter in the Power pop community, and has performed at David Bash's International Pop Overthrow, an American-originated music festival devoted to power pop music and related genres.
Recording history
Solid Ground
After releasing a record in 2003 with his former band Krushr, Baldrachi began writing and recording his first solo album. Solid Ground was recorded at Kissy Pig Studios (The Upper Crust, State Radio, The Real Kids, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars) and released on Prodigal Son Records in December 2006. The album's guitar-driven power pop highlights Baldrachi's classic pop songwriting style. Several Boston musicians including guitarist Gary Rand, vocalist Alice Austin (Zola Turn, Queen Tangerine), bassists Steve Buonomo and Dave Leitch, guitarist Richard Mirsky (The Mirskys, The Devotions) and keyboardists Lester Goodwine and David Horak played on the recordings.Solid Ground was mixed by Pete Peloquin (The Pixies, Oasis, Mission Of Burma).
Podcasts:
Peter Baldrachi
ALBUMS
- International Pop Overthrow, Volume 11 released: 2008
International Pop Overthrow, Volume 11
Released 2008- Go!
- Shiner
- Lost Without You
- Extraordinary Sensations
- American Affluenza
- Hoping for an Astronaut
- That Feeling Inside
- Coming Through You
- Disconnect
- Unpaid Holiday
- Hope It Doesn't Come My Way
- Did You Have to Change
- To Fill the Void
- Everyone Makes Mistakes
- My Little Red Book
- Gravity
- She's Under My Skin
- Man of the Year
- Sunset and Groove
- Throwaway
- Getting Old Goes With Getting Fat
- It's Summer Time
