Biography
Guitarist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter Doug Tuttle launched his career in the deeply psychedelic outfit Mmoss, yet once that group dissolved he pivoted toward fresh sonic territory. Working alone in a modest home facility, he assembled tracks that blended folk-rock, psych, and classic-rock ingredients; his opening pair of releases offered lo-fi renderings of introspective psych-pop driven by his distinctive buzzing guitar lines and somber singing voice. With the arrival of Peace Potato in 2017, however, he changed course once more, shaping mid-fi approximations of mainstream 1970s rock that could comfortably share a playlist with Tom Petty.
A player steeped in classic pop, psychedelia, and 1960s–1970s rock who had picked up the guitar at age six, Tuttle was based in Boston, Massachusetts when he crossed paths with multi-instrumentalist Rachel Neveu; the two quickly connected both personally and creatively. They moved together to New Hampshire in 2007 and founded Mmoss, whose self-recorded debut i surfaced in 2011 via Burger Records before the band shifted to Trouble in Mind Records for the 2012 follow-up Only Children. Early 2013 brought the dissolution of Mmoss along with the end of Tuttle’s relationship with Neveu. Deeply shaken, he settled in Somerville, Massachusetts and immersed himself in music, constructing a makeshift studio inside a former woodshop. By year’s end he had completed his self-titled solo debut, an eleven-track collection marked by expansive guitar solos and inventive production choices that reflected the recent breakup; Trouble in Mind issued the album in early 2014. After extensive touring throughout 2015, Tuttle resurfaced early the following year with the gentler, country-rock-leaning It Calls on Me. Further road work preceded another stretch of home recording, resulting in Peace Potato, his third album and final Trouble in Mind release, which appeared in early 2017 and revealed a continued move away from psychedelic origins toward a homespun East Coast take on ringing heartland rock. He subsequently switched labels, landing at Burger Records for the 2019 effort Dream Road, whose more countrified and relaxed atmosphere also incorporated touches of 1970s AM-radio soft rock.
A player steeped in classic pop, psychedelia, and 1960s–1970s rock who had picked up the guitar at age six, Tuttle was based in Boston, Massachusetts when he crossed paths with multi-instrumentalist Rachel Neveu; the two quickly connected both personally and creatively. They moved together to New Hampshire in 2007 and founded Mmoss, whose self-recorded debut i surfaced in 2011 via Burger Records before the band shifted to Trouble in Mind Records for the 2012 follow-up Only Children. Early 2013 brought the dissolution of Mmoss along with the end of Tuttle’s relationship with Neveu. Deeply shaken, he settled in Somerville, Massachusetts and immersed himself in music, constructing a makeshift studio inside a former woodshop. By year’s end he had completed his self-titled solo debut, an eleven-track collection marked by expansive guitar solos and inventive production choices that reflected the recent breakup; Trouble in Mind issued the album in early 2014. After extensive touring throughout 2015, Tuttle resurfaced early the following year with the gentler, country-rock-leaning It Calls on Me. Further road work preceded another stretch of home recording, resulting in Peace Potato, his third album and final Trouble in Mind release, which appeared in early 2017 and revealed a continued move away from psychedelic origins toward a homespun East Coast take on ringing heartland rock. He subsequently switched labels, landing at Burger Records for the 2019 effort Dream Road, whose more countrified and relaxed atmosphere also incorporated touches of 1970s AM-radio soft rock.
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