In This Town

The Laughing Chimes is a musical project formed by teenage brothers Evan and Quinn Seurkamp based out of southeast Ohio. The project draws inspiration from American and British jangle pop from the 80s ad 90s; establishing songs that blend old sounds with new melodies. Living in a small, crumbing, old coal town on the brink of obscurity, Evan and Quinn wanted to bring to light some of their feelings and experiences from their time here. Upon adopting the name The Laughing Chimes, they began recording their music in a lo-fi form; using their bedroom and backyard shed as a studio space. These became demos to use as a template when they were able to record the drums and rhythm guitar during an after-school music program at local music venue, Stuart’s Opera House. After these sessions the rest of their debut album was recorded at home and thus “In This Town” was born.