Bees In a Bottle

BEES IN A BOTTLE IS THE PORTLAND-BASED INDIE ROCK DUO OF CHRISTINE AND CHAD MCALLISTER.

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Bees in a Bottle is the moniker adopted by Pacific Northwest songwriting duo, Christine McAllister and Chad McAllister.  Rooted in a dark, singer/songwriter tradition, Bees In A Bottle’s songs are introspective, centering on intimate lyrics and vocals.  The band creates a dreamy, atmospheric world, blending Christine’s warm vocals with mood-driven electric guitar, expanding around the listener, drawing them into connection with quiet moments. 

Based in Portland, OR, the McAllisters have been bandmates and spouses for over a decade. Their partnership is one that, over the years, has deepened incrementally, so that their music and purpose together becomes clearer with every record.  In addition to Bees In A Bottle, the McAllisters are multi-instrumentalists who regularly contribute to other artists’ work through live and studio performance, theater, and film.     

Originally from the Philadelphia area, Bees in a Bottle released their first album, “Quiet Room,” in 2013, with a follow-up EP, “Heartsleeve,” in 2014. Both were recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Glenn Barratt (Elton John, Jill Scott).  Shortly after, the band relocated to the West Coast and began playing in the Portland music scene and touring around the PNW. In 2020, they released their next record, Treasures Ugly And Few, a complete exploration into the shifting moods, thoughts, and feelings that connect us all together. The album became a landmark achievement in their catalog, the first step toward the kind of songs they’d envisioned making from their very first moments together.   

Using that record as a blueprint for the path forward, Bees in a Bottle continues to embrace the cathartic, moody dimensions of their sound in their upcoming album, 'The Sun Left and Took The Moon With It,' a 10-song series of imagined scenes from the perspective of different women who’ve lost a man they loved in the music industry to suicide or drug addiction, set to release April 14, 2023.