Searows is Alec Duckart, an American indie folk singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon, whose hushed, intimate vocals and fingerstyle guitar draw comparisons to Phoebe Bridgers, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake. His 2023 LP Guard Dog is the place to start — quiet, confessional, and hard to shake. Find Searows vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Alec Duckart, performing as Searows, is an American indie folk singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. He has built his audience through TikTok presence and Bandcamp distribution before signing with Lab Records and Republic Records. His 2023 LP Guard Dog received critical attention and established him in the contemporary indie folk scene. His sound has been compared to Phoebe Bridgers, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake.
Searows's sound combines indie folk, bedroom pop, alternative folk, singer-songwriter, slowcore, and indie pop with his distinctive intimate vocal delivery, fingerstyle acoustic guitar work, and lyrical content addressing relationships, mental health, identity, and personal experience drawing on confessional songwriting traditions alongside contemporary indie folk influences.
Lab Records and Republic Records pressings of the Searows catalog have been issued in color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Searows typically start with Guard Dog (2023).
