David MacDonald Is a singer-songwriter from Amherst MA (stomping grounds for bands including DinosaurJr., Pixies, and Sebadoh). He currently records and releases music as COUCHBOY.
With alternative rock, punk, and classic pop influences, David crafts songs from a number of perspectives making the music of COUCHBOY sometimes unpredictable. Recent releases have harkened the sounds of 90’s grunge, 60's folk rock, jangly to psychedelic, punk to lo-fi inspirations-- but all with a signature sound.
ABOUT
His early influences were classic bands, especially The Kinks and The Who. At 15, he won an acoustic guitar in a Beatles trivia contest and taught himself to play from listening to records. Discovering punk and alternative rock, David played bass in many groups before forming JASPER in Chapel NC., recording a cd with producer Caleb Southern (Ben Folds, Archers of Loaf, Fear of Pop) and touring the east coast (including playing at SXSW and Richmond Music Festival) before moving to NYC with a production deal and performing throughout the city. David, the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter, left the band and returned to Western Massachusetts where he has been recording music as COUCHBOY since August 2021.
COUCHBOY's June and July 2023 releases were "SUMMER", a nostalgic sounding indie tune with alt folk and pop flourishes, and "TREASON" an energetic power pop grunge tune. In July, he joined the artist roster of SUBJANGLE records and a 10 song CD "Singles and What Nots" was released from the label in August. The physical CD is currently sold out on BANDCAMP after 2 runs. COUCHBOY is included on the HOLY CRAP RECORDS compilations "Big Money" (July 2023) and "Ramonesesque" (March 2022), the START TRACK RECORDS compilations: "Start the Track Vol.3" (Sept. 2023) and "Vol.4" (Dec.2023), and on the ICE CREAM MAN POWER POP records compilation "A Sprinkle Of Summer Fun" (Sept. 2023). The most recent single “SECOND CHANCES” came out Nov, 2023: and the COUCHBOY Christmas song "Remember" was in holiday radio rotation and included on the START TRACK RECORDS Christmas compilation in Dec. 2023. David is finishing up a 2nd CD for release on SUBJANGLE in the Spring and is putting a full band together for the coming year.