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'''Alec Duckart''' (born 2 March 2000), known professionally as '''Searows''', is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He has been active since 2020, having released two solo albums, ''Guard Dog'' (2022) and ''Death in the Business of Whaling'' (2026).
==Early life== Duckart was born in Lexington, Kentucky, but was raised in Portland, Oregon, where he currently resides. Growing up in Portland, his parents played for him artists including "Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, the Decemberists and people who also write about Oregon and the Pacific Northwest."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Hoste |first=Elliot |date=2023-10-17 |title=Searows is the Ethel Cain-approved singer making timeless indie folk |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/61113/1/searows-ethel-cain-approved-singer-timeless-indie-folk-funny |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806070635/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/61113/1/searows-ethel-cain-approved-singer-timeless-indie-folk-funny |archive-date=2025-08-06 |access-date=2026-01-24 |work=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> He gained an appreciation for the "melancholic pleasure" of sad music at age nine.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stansfield |first=Ted |date=22 November 2024 |title=Searows Makes Songs to Soundtrack Your Sadness |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/16025/searows-crafts-songs-to-soundtrack-your-sadness |access-date=28 January 2026 |magazine=Another Magazine}}</ref>
He has been playing guitar since he was in the 7th grade, at around age 11 or 12.<ref name=":12">{{Cite interview |last=Duckart |first=Alec |title=Sound Off! 2020: Searows |url=https://www.mopop.org/blog/posts/sound-off-2020-searows |access-date=28 January 2026 |publisher=Museum of Pop Culture |date=30 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/searows/best-of-whats-next-searows|title=Best of What’s Next: Searows|last=Chodzin|first=Devon|date=13 December 2023|magazine=Paste|access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> During this time, he began posting his songs to SoundCloud.<ref name="guarddog">{{Cite web|url= https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/introducing/19013 |title= Introducing: Searows and his debut album 'Guard Dog'.|date=February 23, 2023|website=Coup de Main Magazine|last=Jacob|first=Lola|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212082007/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/introducing/19013|archive-date=12 February 2025|access-date=28 January 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> He said that learning songs from the Juno soundtrack inspired him to learn numerous songs of his favorite musicians, before pursuing his own songwriting in earnest beginning in high school.<ref name=":1" />
Briefly stepping away from music during the early COVID-19 pandemic period, Duckart returned to playing the guitar, during which he began posting videos to TikTok, where he gained a notable audience.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="guarddog" /> Many TikTok users asked Duckart for a full version of an excerpt of "House Song," which gained 14 million streams in under 10 months.<ref name=":1" />
== Musical career ==
=== 2020–2021: Beginnings and writing ''Guard Dog'' === Duckart first used the stage name "Searows" in a performance at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, on 30 January 2020. In mid-July of that year, Duckart performed at the Timber! outdoor musical festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 March 2020 |title=Timber! Outdoor Music Festival 2020!! July 16th-18th |url=https://seismic-sound.com/2020/03/05/timber-outdoor-music-festival-2020-july-16th-18th/ |access-date=28 January 2026 |website=Seismic Sound}}</ref>
Duckart did not specify when he began working on his debut album, ''Guard Dog'', except to say he had worked on it "for so long" that he had a "completely different perspective on a lot of the experiences" and would have likely "probably would’ve made a different album" upon its release.<ref name="guarddog" />
=== 2022–2023: ''Guard Dog'' release and ''End of the World'' === He described his lyric writing process for ''Guard Dog'' as beginning with building chords before testing vocal melodies in voice memos, often drawing from poems of journal entries.<ref name="guarddog" /> ''Guard Dog'' was first announced on 4 August 2022 on Duckart's Instagram<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=Cg2jEH0BiwD |user=saerows |title=i have waited very patiently to post this…….Guard Dog my ALBUM is out September 30th. My second single Walk Me Home is out August 12th. ❤️🩹 The album is 13 tracks all written, produced, recorded, and mixed by me. these songs are very special to me and i'm so very excited to share them with you 🫶 u can presave Walk Me Home in my bio thank u thank u thank u |first=Duckart |last=Alec |date=4 August 2022 |access-date=28 January 2026 |df=dmy}}</ref> before being self-released on 30 September 2022. Duckart wrote, produced, recorded, and mixed the album himself using GarageBand.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="guarddog" /><ref name="solomonbrady2024">{{cite news |last1=Solomon-Brady |first1=Harvey |title=Searows unveils raw single 'toothache' from upcoming flush EP, exploring the cost of people-pleasing. |url=https://whynow.co.uk/read/searows-flush-toothache-release |access-date=28 January 2026 |work=whynow |date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516132404/https://whynow.co.uk/read/searows-flush-toothache-release|archive-date=16 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The album received significant success and positive reception thanks, in part, to his TikTok following.<ref name=":3" /> These praises included artists like Ethel Cain and Gracie Abrams.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last=Coward |first=Teddy |date=25 July 2023 |title=Matt Maltese launches new label Last Recordings On Earth |url=https://whynow.co.uk/read/matt-maltese-launches-new-label-last-recordings-on-earth |access-date=28 January 2026 |work=whynow}}</ref>
While touring with Abrams on her 2023 Good Riddance Tour, 2023 Duckart was the first artist signed to Matt Maltese's newly-founded record label, Last Recordings On Earth.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite magazine |last=Carter |first=Daisy |date=25 July 2023 |title=Matt Maltese launches own label, Last Recordings On Earth, and shares its first release from U.S. artist Searows |url=https://diymag.com/news/matt-maltese-launches-own-label-last-recordings-on-earth |access-date=28 January 2026 |magazine=DIY}}</ref> He said he did not expect to be signed by Maltese following their tour together one year prior, but speculated it was because of the similar "bleakness" in their styles.<ref name=":11">{{cite news |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=Introducing Searows, the first artist signed to Matt Maltese's new label |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/searows-end-of-the-world-ep-interview-matt-maltese-radar-3511173 |access-date=28 January 2026 |work=NME |date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
Although hesitant to return to the same emotions as when he wrote ''Guard Dog'', Duckart said it is "human nature" to write about the same feelings as they "don't go away." This is what Duckart says leads him to utilize repetition in his works.<ref name=":1" /> Duckart released several singles in advance of the release of his first EP, ''End Of The World''. “Older” was the first, being released on 25 July 2023. Duckart described that he did not know what the song was about until after completing it, believing it to discuss powerlessness while growing older.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/tracks/searows-older/|title= Weaving together lyrics like timeless poetry, Searows introduces "Older"|date=26 July 2023|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=28 January 2026|last=Tessier|first=Lucy}}</ref><ref name=":14" /> Duckart faced writer's block before completing "I have more than enough," but following a long walk in Portland, he wrote, recorded, and produced the entire song in the city before ultimately releasing the single on September 12.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Duran |first=Anagricel |date=14 September 2023 |title=Searows shares new single 'I Have More Than Enough' and announces EP 'End Of The World' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/searows-shares-new-single-i-have-more-than-enough-end-of-the-world-3498201 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130214730/https://www.nme.com/news/music/searows-shares-new-single-i-have-more-than-enough-end-of-the-world-3498201 |archive-date=30 November 2024 |access-date=28 January 2026 |work=NME |language=en-GB|url-status=live}}</ref> The single "Funny" was released shortly after, on 17 October.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2023-10-17 |title=Searows Shares Intimate New Song 'Funny' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/searows-shares-intimate-new-song-funny/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130220343/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/searows-shares-intimate-new-song-funny/ |archive-date=2024-11-30 |access-date=2026-01-24 |work=Clash Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> The 6-track EP ''End Of The World'' was released on November 10 of the same year. A music video for the title track was released a month later, on 10 December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Robin |title=Searows Shares Beautiful 'End Of The World' Video |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/music-videos/searows-shares-beautiful-end-of-the-world-video/ |website=Clash Music |date=14 December 2023 |access-date=21 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251116021102/https://www.clashmusic.com/music-videos/searows-shares-beautiful-end-of-the-world-video/|archive-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
=== 2024–Present: ''flush'' and ''Death in the Business of Whaling'' === On 19 March 2024,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searows.substack.com/p/north-american-tour-2024|title=North American Tour 2024!|date=19 March 2024|access-date=28 January 2026|website=News from Searows|last=Duckart|first=Alec}}</ref> Duckart announced that he would be going on his first headline tour around the United States between 12 June and 30 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searows.substack.com/p/north-american-tour-updates|title=North American Tour Updates|date=26 March 2024|access-date=28 January 2026|website=News from Searows|last=Duckart|first=Alec}}</ref> On the heels of his first tour, having selling tickets for his second,<ref name="solomonbrady2024" /> and returning from a year long release hiatus,<ref name=":9" /> Duckart released the single "martingale" on August 21.<ref name="solomonbrady2024" /> Days after the release, between 28 August and 21 September 2024, Duckart headlined his second tour in venues around Europe and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searows.substack.com/p/ukeu-tour-2024-announcement|title=UK/EU Tour 2024 Announcement|date=28 May 2024|access-date=28 January 2026|website=News from Searows|last=Duckart|first=Alec}}</ref> Shortly following the end of the tour, on 25 September 2024, Duckart released "toothache," which Duckart said described the experience of letting go "the need to make other people feel comfortable at the cost of your own dignity and personhood."<ref name="solomonbrady2024" /> His second EP, ''flush'', which featured both singles, was released on 11 November 2024, produced by Jonathan Pearce.<ref name="solomonbrady2024" />
On May 30 2025, Duckart announced on instagram that he had finished recording his second album. ''Death in the Business of Whaling'' was recorded in a horse barn outside of Seattle with producer Trevor Spencer .<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Pickard |first=Joshua |date=7 January 2026 |title=Searows addresses the inevitability of endings on harrowing new single, “Dirt” |url=https://beatsperminute.com/searows-addresses-the-inevitability-of-endings-on-harrowing-new-single-dirt/ |access-date=28 January 2026 |work=Beats Per Minute}}</ref> During the recording process, Duckart was listening to a lot of Alex G, drawing inspiration from his instrumentation using the banjo and "heavy guitars."<ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine |last=Elyasi |first=Nasim |date=21 January 2026 |title=Into Eternity: Searows Talks Abstraction and Artistic Growth on ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’ |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/sdbw-searows-death-in-the-business-of-whaling-album-interview-music-feature/ |access-date=28 January 2026 |magazine=Atwood Magazine}}</ref> On October 2, Duckart released the single "Dearly Missed,"<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Tyle Damara |date=2 October 2025 |title=Searows detail forthcoming album, Death in the Business of Whaling |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/searows-detail-forthcoming-album-death-in-the-business-of-whaling |access-date=28 January 2026 |magazine=The Line of Best Fit}}</ref> including a music video,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwK1xPRRxa8 |title=Searows - Dearly Missed (Official Music Video) |date=2 October 2025 |last=Duckart |first=Alec |type=Video |language=en |via=YouTube}}</ref> and announced his sophomore album, ''Death in the Business of Whaling''.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=2026-01-23 |title=4 Albums Out Today to Listen To: Lucinda Williams, Megadeth, Searows, and More - Our Culture |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/23/4-albums-out-today-to-listen-to-lucinda-williams-megadeth-searows-and-more/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260124160710/https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/23/4-albums-out-today-to-listen-to-lucinda-williams-megadeth-searows-and-more/ |archive-date=2026-01-24 |access-date=2026-01-24 |work=Our Culture |language=en-GB}}</ref> Duckart said that "Dearly Missed" was his contribution to the "good for her" horror genre, speaking particularly to society's alienation of marginalized groups, including Duckart.<ref name=":10" /> Between 14 and 31 October, Duckart supported Tamino on his ''Every Dawn's a Mountain'' ''Tour.''<ref name=":9">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.melodicmag.com/news/new-music/searows-releases-new-single-dearly-missed-ahead-of-upcoming-sophomore-album/|title=Searows releases new single “Dearly Missed” ahead of upcoming sophomore album|last=Andrews|first=Kira Imani|date=3 October 2025|magazine=Melodic|access-date=28 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260124161228/https://www.melodicmag.com/news/new-music/searows-releases-new-single-dearly-missed-ahead-of-upcoming-sophomore-album/|archive-date=24 January 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's second single "Photograph of a Cyclone" was released alongside a music video on November 12.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Alexander |date=2025-11-14 |title=Searows - 'Photograph of a Cyclone' |url=https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2025/11/14/searows-photograph-of-a-cyclone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260124160830/https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2025/11/14/searows-photograph-of-a-cyclone |archive-date=2026-01-24 |access-date=2026-01-24 |work=When The Horn Blows |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gRCei6yXk |title=Searows - Photograph of a Cyclone |date=12 November 2025 |last=Duckart |first=Alec |type=Video |language=en |via=YouTube}}</ref> Duckart released the album's third single, "Dirt," on 7 January 2026 alongside a black and white music video directed by Karlee Boon and Marlowe Ostara.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edtG_PYflhc |title=Searows - Dirt |date=7 January 2026 |last=Duckart |first=Alec |type=Video |language=en |via=YouTube}}</ref> Duckart said the song was "about [the] inevitability" of life being "finite," which inspired the song's title, "Dirt," to which "we all inevitably return."<ref name=":6" /> On 13 January, Duckart announced his second headlining North American tour, which is planned to last from 23 April to 27 June.<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/searows-books-north-american-tour|title=Searows Books North American Tour|last=Rogers|first=Karlie|date=13 January 2026|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> Less than a week before the release of the album, Duckart released the fourth single "In Violet" on 19 January. ''Death in the Business of Whaling'' was then released on 23 January,<ref name=":4" /> which Duckart celebrated with in-store record shows between 23 and 29 January.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Alper |date=8 January 2026 |title=Searows Share “Dirt” From ‘Death In The Business Of Whaling’ Arriving January 23 |url=https://www.thatericalper.com/2026/01/08/searows-share-dirt-from-death-in-the-business-of-whaling-arriving-january-23/ |access-date=28 January 2026 |website=That Eric Alper}}</ref> The album's name hails from Herman Melville's ''Moby Dick'', which further inspired the cover, track names, and instrumentation on the album. Duckart said the album deals with "more broad" and abstract themes than his older music, which was more of a "literal diary entry of my own thoughts." He engages with these concepts through heavy use of the second person in the lyrics, much like the songwriting of Fiona Apple and Sufjan Stevens.<ref name=":8" />
== Artistry ==
===Influences=== Duckart accredits his upbringing in the Pacific Northwest to the influences on his style. He described being consistently drawn to "the saddest music" for their emotional complexity and cathartic property; Duckart expressed seeking to recreate this in his music.
Early in Duckart's career, he drew inspiration from Phoebe Bridgers and boygenius, of which Bridgers is a member. He was drawn to their bare instrumentation.<ref name=":12" /> Later in his career, Duckart listed Ethel Cain as a growing influence on his music, particularly treasuring her 2022 studio album, ''Preacher's Daughter''.<ref name=":1" />
===Musical style=== Duckart has described his sounds as "stereotypically Pacific Northwest," saying that "it’s very much influenced me a lot and it’s just great. I love Oregon. It’s beautiful."<ref name=":0" /> This description has been echoed by critics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine|url=https://firebirdmagazine.com/music-you-need-to-know/searows|title=Dive into the captivating indie-folk of Searows|last=Altinok|first=Irmak|date=21 March 2024|magazine=Firebird|access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref>
Duckart's musical style has been likened to Phoebe Bridgers,<ref name=":2" /> Phil Elverum,<ref name=":1" /> and Ethel Cain.<ref name=":1" />
== Personal life == Duckart has described himself as "very perfectionist", which he said is sometimes his "downfall," especially in the vocal and mixing processes.<ref name=":8" />
== Discography == {{Infobox artist discography|Artist=Searows|Studio=2|EP=2|Single=13|Music video=5}}
=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Details |- ! scope="row" |''Guard Dog'' | * Released: 30 September 2022 * Label: self-released * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |''Death in the Business of Whaling'' | * Released: 23 January 2026 * Label: Last Recordings On Earth * Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming |}
=== Extended plays === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Details |- ! scope="row" |''End of the World'' | * Released: 16 February 2024 * Label: Last Recordings On Earth * Formats: vinyl, digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" |''flush'' | * Released: 24 November 2024 * Label: Last Recordings On Earth * Formats: vinyl, digital download, streaming |}
=== Singles ===
==== As lead artist ==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Album/EP |- ! scope="row" | "Used to Be Friends" | rowspan="2" |2022 | rowspan="2" |''Guard Dog'' |- ! scope="row" | "Walk Me Home" |- ! scope="row" | "House Song" | rowspan="4" |2023 ! scope="row", style="text-align: center;" | Non-album/EP single |- ! scope="row" | "Older" | rowspan="3" |''End of the World'' |- ! scope="row" | "I have more than enough" |- ! scope="row" | "Funny" |- ! scope="row" | "martingale" | rowspan="2" |2024 | rowspan="2" |''flush'' |- ! scope="row" | "toothache" |- ! scope="row" | "Only Time (demo)" ! rowspan="1" |2024 ! rowspan="1" | "Non-album/EP single"
|- ! scope="row" | "Dearly Missed" | rowspan="2" |2025 | rowspan="5" |''Death in the Business of Whaling'' |- ! scope="row" | "Photograph of a Cyclone" |- ! scope="row" | "Dirt" | rowspan="3" |2026 |- ! scope="row" | "In Violet" |- ! scope="row" | "Hunter" |}
==== As featured or collaborative artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "Philadelphia"<br/>{{small|(Matt Maltese with Searows)}} |2023 |''Songs That Aren't Mine'' |- ! scope="row" | "Poor Madeline (Alternative Version)"<br/>{{small|(Daffo featuring Searows)}} |2024 ! scope="row", style="text-align: center;" | Non-album single |}
=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" |Title !Year ! scope="col" |Director/Producer |- ! scope="row" |"Older" | rowspan="2" |2023 | Alec Duckart |- ! scope="row" |"End of the World" |Karlee Boon and Marlowe Ostara |- ! scope="row" |"Dearly Missed" | rowspan="2" |2025 |Karlee Boon |- ! scope="row" |"Photograph of a Cyclone" |Marlowe Ostara
|- ! scope="row" |"Dirt" |2026 |Karlee Boom and Marlow Ostara |}
==Tours== ===Headlining acts=== * Searows EU & UK Tour (2024) * Searows US Tour (2024) * Searows London & Paris (2024) * Searows NA Tour (2026)<ref name=":5" />
===Support acts=== * EU + US Autumn Tour – Matt Maltese (2022) * The First Ever Leith Ross Tour (2023) * Good Riddance Tour – Gracie Abrams (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Go BTS of Gracie Abrams' European Tour with Searows |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/go-bts-of-gracie-abrams-european-tour-with-searows/ |website=Hunger |access-date=21 January 2024 |last1=Ways |first1=Curious |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251113234334/https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/go-bts-of-gracie-abrams-european-tour-with-searows/|archive-date=2025-11-13}}</ref>
* Blood Stained Blonde Tour – Ethel Cain (2023) * Every Dawn's a Mountain Tour – Tamino (2025)<ref>{{cite web |title = Tamino & Searows: A Night of Stillness, Grace, and Transcendence in Paris | url=https://milkshakemedia.fr/live-reports/tamino-searows-silence-sublime/ |website=MilshaleMedia |access-date=1 January 2026 |last1=Gladyce|first1= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206203449/https://milkshakemedia.fr/live-reports/tamino-searows-silence-sublime/|archive-date=2025-12-06}}</ref>
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