The new incredible music project from music veterans Drew Holloway and Korum Bischoff.

Western Arrow

Drew and Korum met through music when Korum was invited by Drew and bandmate Jack Forman to join their highly successful family music act Recess Monkey who, with Korum, released six albums including the Amazon Original Novelties which earned the band a Grammy nomination. During the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, Drew and Korum began trading files and ideas for non-kids’ centric music, resulting in two distinct projects—Western Arrow and The Phantom Years, a creative outlet for their darker and moodier side, which released it’s debut along with co-conspirators Jherek Bischoff and Calder Bischoff in the spring of 2022.

Drew

Drew Holloway is grateful that his Mom sang to him, his dad showed him how to play jazz chords and his older brother didn’t kill him when he raided his record collection. From The Beatles and The Beach Boys to 80’s rap and XTC to The Smiths and Radiohead, Drew’s influences are varied. Of all the instruments he’s owned over the years the most pivotal purchase came in December of 1993, a Tascam PortaStudio. The four-track was a gift from the songwriting gods. Sketches became songs, layer by layer. Fast forward to Spring of 2020. Home recording was the only recording we were going to do for a long time. Locked down and locked in, sketches once again magically became songs. File-sharing fun and COVID-relief. Western Arrow was born.

Korum

A jazz drummer at heart, Korum has been applying those sensibilities to other styles for decades as the drummer for The Dead Science. A non-profit arts director and former drumming instructor, Korum has always kept music at the center of his life. The son of a musician, he grew up in tight quarters aboard a sailboat where he developed his passion for music-making alongside his brother Jherek. Traveling the globe aboard their boat, he got to play with musicians from many different cultures and learn about a variety of styles. That experience has enabled Korum to be able to plug into diverse musical situations. From music for kids to drum parts for Amanda Palmer, Xiu Xiu, and many others, Korum enjoys finding ways to compliment whatever project he’s working on.