The Strugglers

I live in Washington, DC.



I have been playing music under the name The Strugglers since 2000.



I have a new, as yet unreleased album, also called The Strugglers, that was produced and engineered by Scott Solter, well known for his work with The Mountain Goats, Spoon, Okkervil River, and many others. The record features musical contributions from violinist Daniel Hart (St. Vincent) and some of the North Carolina triangle music scene’s finest players: Eric Haugen, Wylie Pamplin, James Wallace, Jim Bob Aiken, Dylan Thurston, and many others.



The last album I put out was called The Latest Rights (2008), and people said these things about it:



“The opposite of histrionic, Bickford offers a subdued palette rich in the fineness of its distinctions.” –Pitchfork



“… a flawess album from beginning to end… perhaps my favorite release so far this year.” –Delusions of Adequacy



“Bickford skillfully moves from stripped down folk to slightly skewed pop, using his voice as the constant in each composition.” –PreixMag



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