Kyle Bates is the man behind shoegaze/drone project Drowse, whose new yolk-filled video "Break" marks the first single from his upcoming Memory Bed EP. After co-writing two songs ("Stay Cold" and ...

Portland, OR’s Drowse are the band led by Kyle Bates (the band’s only full-time member), and they’re releasing their new album Cold Air on trusty label The Flenser this week (pre-order). Bates made ...

Myriam’s songs deserve attention. Opening was lovingly recorded over years in a backyard shed where we drank and tried to figure out how to live. Every sound is haunted and right where it needs to be.

Kyle Bates is a full-blown audio nerd. He teaches recording classes at the California Institute of the Arts, where he’s also pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree, and holds a master’s degree in ...

Kyle Bates has never shied away from writing about his own experiences in his long-running musical project Drowse, whether he was processing a mental breakdown (on his 2018 album Cold Air) or ...

Flenser artists Ragana and Drowse have announced a new collaborative album. The Pacific Northwest musicians recorded Ash Souvenir at the Unknown, in Anacortes, Washington, after premiering the ...

Kyle Bates project Drowse -- not to be confused with the Philly hardcore group of the same name-- has released a cover of Slipknot's "Wait And Bleed," which he recorded for a new compilation from San ...

In 2019, Drowse's Kyle Bates set out to produce a self-recorded new album. Marked by moving across state lines, long-distance relationships, and deaths in the family, the following years proved to be ...

Ever find yourself literally falling asleep on your feet? I know that a lot of us have our reasons for being just plain exhausted for one reason or another. Be it a newborn, a second job or just a ...