“…it’s easy to see this band and it’s players making big names for themselves.”
-Clint Brownlee, Seattle Sound Magazine, July 2009

The music of Hurricane Chaser feels a lot like déjà vu. The band’s 2009 debut— The Map Is Not The Territory—lives between memory and dreams, with it’s feet grounded in the rich tradition of American music and it’s head looking somewhere out in space.

A recurring theme of the record is this idea that a memory is the only thing a person ever truly owns. Yet, the thing we miss is what we’re still looking for. From “Barricades”:

I never can surrender from the chase
So I’m running down tomorrow
While today just passed me by

Hurricane Chaser frames these reflective lyrics with music that is both hypnotic and rustic. The song writing is inspired by lyricists like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello, while the sound of the band fuses rock guitar and ethereal sonic experimentation with rhythmic elements from old-school Latin and 60’s era soul music. Hurricane Chaser’s current musical contemporaries include Calexico, My Morning Jacket, Daniel Lanois, Los Lobos, and Wilco.

The band is fronted by singer, songwriter and producer Brad Zeffren, whose production credits include Star Anna (The Only Thing That Matters), Kristen Ward (Drive Away and Roll Me On) and Nathan Wade (The Gospel of Rust and The Chroma Session).

“Maybe its Brad Zeffren’s slightly nasaly, early Dylan-esque voice. Maybe it’s Zeffren and Derek Pulvino’s moody, twangy guitar licks. Ben Obee’s looping basslines or Moises Padilla’s steady rhythmic percussion. Nathan Spicer’s shimmering keys… Nailing down the quality that makes Hurricane Chaser’s debut sound so immediately and comfortably familiar is a tough task.”
-Seattle Sound Magazine

Hurricane Chaser is:
Brad Zeffren – Vocals, Guitars,
Derek Pulvino – Guitars
Ben Obee – Bass, Backing Vocals
Moises Padilla – Drums