Luke Sweeney

Brian Noyes is a Seattle, Washington based singer-songwriter. He is a member of the psych pop group Tomten and also performs as a touring keyboardist for San Francisco band Papercuts. Seelie Court the second LP from Brian Noyes was released March 7, 2025 on Plume Records, and The Ringing World continues his collaboration with engineer and co-producer Nicholas Wilbur. Influenced by the likes of Nick Drake, John Cale, The Clientele and Bridget St. John, Noyes recorded with producer Jason Quever (Papercuts, Cass McCombs, and Beach House) in Los Angeles, along with Andy Meyer and Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown in Anacortes, Washington during the sessions for his self-titled debut released in 2020. Noyes was joined by former members of La Luz, Alvvays, and Sugar Candy Mountain for his new record The Ringing World out 8/28/26. Brian Noyes has supported such acts as Gruff Rhys, Robert Lester Folsom, Yuma Abe, Modern Nature, & Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network over the last few years. ___________________________________________________________ Emerging from the 2010’s San Francisco garage-rock scene as an oddball visionary and outsider pop wunderkind, Luke Sweeney has been enthralling audiences ever since with eclectic soundscapes ranging from finger-picked freak-folk to “riveting psychedelia, bubblegum, glam, and mellow Seventies balladry” (Austin Chronicle). His journey from trouble-making troubadour to profound storyteller is marked by five critically acclaimed albums and an EP of compositions that lean on “humor and irreverence—both calling cards of Sweeney's songwriting” (Portland Mercury), as well as collaborations with Healing Potpourri and Tim Cohen. The self-dubbed ‘Calm Poseur’ seemlessly traverses genres with “a power pop punch to gain the envy of Alex Chilton, Eric Carmen, Emmit Rhodes, and everyone in-between and thereafter” (Week in Pop). Luke Sweeney’s continued evolution, both as an artist and a person, signals a profound commitment to sonic exploration and soul-baring storytelling that few artists today can match. “A longtime figure of the psych, pop, and everything in between scene in the Bay Area, Luke Sweeney is back with a new and unsurprisingly solid record, Novel Tea... a return to quirky form ... filled with energizing hooks and melodies that will stick in your head for hours... a prime sunny-day, windows-down-on-an-open-road kind of record.” - White Crate From Broken Dreams Club’s “Best Local Albums of 2025”: “a mainstay of the Bay Area scene for years, his latest album reflects his ability to deliver serious social messages in a charmingly offbeat manner. Also, one of the nicest guys around.”