Broommaker, formerly Teething Veils, began in Washington, DC with occasional live shows at places from planetariums to their own living room at 611 Florida Ave. Teething Veils have released five LPs (Velorio, 2013; Constellations, 2014; Sea and Sun, 2017; Canopy of Crimson, 2020; and, To Have and to Hold, 2022) and a 7” single (Dinner Date, 2015) through the artist-run DC-and-Santa-Fe-based collective Etxe Records. They have played live in 47 US states plus the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces.
“These little songs—sepia-toned yet searching, eccentric yet melodically inclined—add up to something that feels like its own pocket universe, sometimes wistful, sometimes the kind of menacing only achieved via a late-career Tom Waits death rattle.”
-Washington City Paper
“If the latest from this self-described chamber-folk outfit feels funereal, it isn’t just because bandleader Greg Svitil sings like a eulogist. It’s because funerals allow emotions to be purged and smothered, making time feel stranger than slow.”
-Chris Richards, Washington Post
