John William Harrell

Perhaps more well known as a member of Charlotte, NC experimental rock bands Hectorina (on drums) and Dinner Rabbits (on guitar and lead vocals), John William Harrell’s solo work explores somewhat more intimate territory. All albums to date have been made at home, with Harrell on all instruments.

His debut (released on Halloween night 2017) ‘Through The Woods ’, is a psychedelic folk horror soundtrack to a film that never existed, complete with witches, spooky churches and moonlit lullabies the antagonist plays to himself as he travels.

On April 27th, 2020, Harrell released ‘La Vida’, an album inspired by the music of his childhood road trips (from singer-songwriters like Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson and Todd Rundgren to Tropicalia and Cuban music)
Recorded at home over a weekend in August 2018 by producer/engineer Daniel Collins Hodges, ‘La Vida’ began as a creative distraction from the inescapable grief of losing his father a year before, and ended up becoming a channel to some semblance of catharsis and healing.