Charlotte band Harvest talks touring, recording a new album, and parting ways
09. Feb, 2012 
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Charlotte area band Harvest released their first album April of last year. In the months following the completion of the album, the band has played local shows as band leader Garrett Glaus worked on writing new material.
Now Harvest faces big changes as longtime members Gabriella and Julia Hunt are amicably leaving the band to pursue other interests. At the same time, Harvest – now effectively just Glaus – is preparing to record a new album and tour the southeast then west coast.
Glaus has always been the outspoken leader of Harvest, but he has also worked to surround himself with talented musicians whose own contributions add layers of sound and depth. As Glaus embarks on tour he will have a full band backing him thanks to The Business People.
The Hunt sisters will perform one final show with Harvest on Saturday, February 18th at the Wavehouse – a relatively new indie music venue located at Area Fifteen. Glaus, who helps run the Wavehouse, says, “We’ve focused a lot of our attention on the atmosphere, the lighting, just making sure that every band that plays there would have a very personalized crowd experience. I’m really excited. It’s our second time playing there and it’s going to be a full band and everything.”
Boone area band Troubel will also be performing with harvest at the Wavehouse on the 18th. Both Harvest and Troubel have played at Area Fifteen before, which has hosted music events ranging from Listener to the bilingual Convert 4 Diversity.
Harvest’s new album will be recorded by David Wimbish, a Greensboro based producer and musician who plays with The Collection and ElisaRay. “We’re going to be recording in a church that was built in the 20′s and 30′s,” explains Wimbish. “It’s a really old church with a ton of sweet rooms like a huge sanctuary with thirty foot ceilings. We have a lot of chances to experiment with sound and get a really cool album with a lot of textures and sweet sounds. I think there’s going to be the element of a lot of different people playing on it and contributing things and I think that will make it really diverse and sweet.” Glaus adds, “I’m not sure when we’ll release it yet, but we’ll probably release a single sometime in April.”.
Musicians join together in collaboration and musicians part ways and, if we’re lucky, bring us along on their journey in search of that perfect blend of sounds, lyrics, and most of all, the sharing of heartfelt emotion. No doubt we’ll find that when Harvest and Troubel perform together at the Wavehouse on February 18th.
