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Andres L. Garcia —
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- My name is Andres. I was born in San Antonio, Texas and relocated to Austin in 2017. I am a musician, writer, graphic designer, and video/music producer.
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MRJ / 2024
From Mallard PR - Press Release
RIYL: Lucinda Williams getting a little into shoegaze, Lana Del Rey hitting up MJ Lenderman for the Waxahatchee treatment, Drive-By Truckers if they vaped
To the Austin indie scene, Mid-Range Jumper is a team of familiar faces. To the rest of the world, they’ll be rookie of the year.
An idea concocted while gaining momentum in their respective projects, the group of 20-something-year-old songwriters has finally “made it out the group chat,” delivering on their wishes to “collab sometime.”
The six-player roster includes members from the groups Quiet Light, sleep well., and the recently-disbanded Eli Josef: Mid-Range Jumper is a 96’ Bulls-level meeting of the minds, but don’t call them a superteam.
Their debut single, “I Want a Life,” releases independently on July 17th. It’s a roaring tear from the first snare hit, a real windows-down by the lake, Jordan hangover game (cc: MJ Lenderman), summer porch beer anthem.
Songwriters Andrés Garcia, Jonah Brown, and Paulo Zambarano trade lead vocals in a three-man weave, each verse chock-full of instant classic lyrics: “I was a sentimental object,” Brown cries, “till you boiled off my pride, or I killed it.”
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sw. / 2023
From Mallard PR - Press Release
sleep well.’s new single “Happy Early Birthday” catalogs the first weeks of a budding romance with delicate nods to the nerves felt between two vulnerable lovers. Running two and a half minutes, the ambient folk-pop cut is the penultimate single from sleep well.'s upcoming sophomore album, It’s Getting Brighter.
Formed in 2017, sleep well. has found its footing in Austin, Texas within a budding web of musicians and collaborators. The band’s core is made up of six members — Andres Garcia (Vocals/Guitar), Ricky Olivares (Guitar), Marco Martinez (Keys), Dominic Gomez (Bass), Mark Fountain (Drums) and Sohrob Fatoorechie (Art Direction).
Their debut LP, Pictures of Dogs, was released in December 2019 to wide acclaim and commercial success. The youthful, independently-released debut is tracking close to 3 million streams across all digital streaming platforms, and was pressed as a sold-out, limited-edition vinyl record. Now, sleep well. has set their sights on a more patient and refined canvas for their second album, set to release on December 1.
“Happy Early Birthday” is co-written by Elsa Bay, produced by Anthony Laurence Bazzini (Font/stunts), engineered by Hayden Havard (The Irons), mixed by John Ziola and mastered by Bennett Littlejohn (Hovvdy).
news / 2023
From Reporting Texas
As Governor Abbott Reopens Texas, Service Workers and Public Health Experts Worry
March 25, 2021
By Andres Garcia
Reporting Texas TV
AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order March 2 that lifted statewide mask-wearing and business capacity mandates. The executive order, which went into effect March 10, made Texas one of 15 states without any statewide COVID regulations in place. The executive order was met with mixed reception.
University of Texas Public Health Professor Dr. Marilyn Felkner feels that politicians are at a crossroads of competing priorities.
“What I hope people will focus on— and this is from a scientific standpoint— is, regardless of what the governor or the president or the county judge say, we know how COVID is transmitted,” Felkner said.
“We know that masks work, and that we can go about most of our daily activities pretty comfortably with a mask on.”
Felkner fears the executive order will place service industry workers in a double bind.
“You’re putting someone in a position of making a decision between earning a living and protecting themselves from COVID. [This] is exactly what we’re trying to avoid, so that is a conundrum that’s created by this decision,” she said.
Marissa Macias, a retail worker in San Marcos, is frustrated by the course of action taken by Governor Abbott. She fears not only the spread of COVID, but also mistreatment from customers.
“We already have had a handful of customers who have come in that are unnecessarily rude about it,” Macias said. “I can only imagine how it’s going to be now.”
Many local businesses have vowed to keep their employees as safe as possible by continuing to enforce mask-wearing and by limiting the maximum capacity in their stores.
John Hensen, general manager of Crown and Anchor Pub in Austin, said his business operations are not beholden to politics but rather to global, national, and local public health recommendations.
“We feel that this is the right thing to do right now. If it’s not broken don’t fix it,” Hensen said.
A Crown and Anchor worker who asked to remain anonymous is immunocompromised and has yet to receive the COVID vaccine. She said she is grateful that her employer is prioritizing the safety of his employees and customers.
Crown and Anchor Pub remains open at 25% capacity inside with its outdoor patio operating at 75% capacity. It will also continue to mandate mask use indoors at all times and outdoors when not seated.
Felkner is hopeful about the future due in part to the moderately successful statewide vaccination rollout thus far.
“(The vaccine) is definitely a cause for hope and should relieve anxiety,” she said.