Episode 66: Brandt Sandeno (Giant Henry/Unwound, Survival Knife, Olympia Music)

Happy (American) Thanksgiving to all TM pod listeners! I’m delighted to say TM pod ep. 66 marks the first ever podcast appearance, here or anywhere else, of musician, friend, founding Unwound member Brandt Sandeno! Brandt and I talk about his musical origin story beginning as a teen at Tumwater High School with his (pre-Unwound) Giant Henry bandmates Justin Trosper and Vern Rumsey. He describes how as a passionate guitarist, he was the band’s drummer out of necessity and was happy to turn over the throne to Sara Lund not long after G.H.’s name change. Brandt went on to play keyboards with Unwound and would throughout the years frequently collaborate with Justin in other projects such as Survival Knife, The Young Ginns, Replikants among others. He shares a ton of great stories and paints a vivid picture of the influential Olympia music scene of the 80’s and 90’s from his perspective as a local kid growing up in that fertile place and time. The two of us also get into some funny tales of our time as co-workers at K Records and in the halls of power at the Washington State capitol. Hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did making it. Thank you for listening! Music: Survival Knife 'Divine Mob' Giant Henry 'Chris Jordan' TM pod theme by Jason Survival Knife Unwound self titled LP featuring Brandt Support the pod!