art by Gio Benedetti
bio
Bronze Medal Hopefuls play funky instrumental mini-soundtracks to imaginary movies about cardboard rocketship adventures, puppets that travel to the North Pole, soul-crushing van tours along the East Coast, and small-town, coffee-sipping detectives named Wedemski. The band formed in 2019, put together by bassist and song-writer, Gio Benedetti. The band is a constructive rebound from his long-term-band-relationship: a 10 year career playing the same 3 chords on upright bass with The Brothers Comatose. Now he gets to play lots of notes, and sometimes there are even new chords. Band mates Zach Morris (drums), Alex Leach (guitar) and Nathan Dittle (keys) bring their charm, savoir faire, incredible skills and general loveliness to the material. Together, the four friends create a loose-weave tapestry of whimsy, creativity, and energy as they groovily stumble between 70s funk, modern indy rock and acid jazz.
Their first release, the self-titled 4 song EP, Bronze Medal Hopefuls, will be available spring 2020. Their first single, featuring an animated video drawn, directed and animated by bassist Gio Benedetti, is due for a February 2020 release.
Pain au Chocolat
New Video - Release Date: Feb 2020
MOVIE POSTER FOR SINGLE:
It’s a legit movie poster. Just look at the font at the bottom!!
Really, though, we’ve submitted this lovely lil’ video to some film festivals. Maybe someday in the future we can add those cool laurel wreaths with all of our film festival awards.
Art by Gio Benedetti.
bronze medal hopefuls
SELF-TITLED EP (Release Date: SPRING 2020)
