Jay Jay Toybox with an occasional guest musician or two... If you play an instrument, or know someone who does, and would like to contribute to this project, see my blog, "Looking for Talented Musicians to Add to the Fleet."
Influences
Jesus Christ, the Bible, "The Pilgrim’s Progress" by John Bunyan, Carl Barks, Megaman (8-bit), the 80’s, cartoons, robots, pirates, ninjas, Muppets, Fraggles, and these fine bands/artists:
The Age of Rockets, Bryan Andrew, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Bleach, Bright Eyes, Copeland, Pat Deal, Dirt Bike Annie, The Duds, Bob Dylan, Gregory and the Hawk, The Huntingtons, Joy Electric, Erik Larson, Mae, Keith Mathis, Modern Day Miracle, Modest Mouse, Open Candles, Pedro the Lion, The Postal Service, The Ramones, The Rentals, Saves the Day, Say Hi To Your Mom, The Shins, Simon and Garfunkel, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan & Sara, They Might Be Giants, The Weakerthans, Weezer
Sounds Like
Unique indie-pop... undeniably catchy melodies set to spacious acoustic and lush digital landscapes... think Bright Eyes meets Pedro the Lion meets the Postal Service...
After being unheard of in the Minnesota music scene for well over a year, Jay Jay re-emerged with a new drive and a new music style that is hard to ignore. Drawing heavily from the close attention to detail of indie rock, the introspective reflections of emo, the story-telling of folk, and the fury of punk rock, A Sunken Ship Irony creates something undeniably unique. With deeply layered recorded tracks and a powerful live performance, this is one highly explosive act! Watch for Jay Jay on tour this summer, sometimes with appearances by a guest musician or two...
How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!
Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.
New version of Fairytale up on the space, also check out the music for the trailer of an inconvenient tax also just posted, let me know what you think, cheers!
Glad you liked "The Idiot" ... good luck on the Dostoyevsky class by the way.
Thanks for the tip on the new music sharing site. I'll definitely check it out. I'm really working hard on these new songs (I know I've said that before,) but trying not to cross the line between paying attention to detail and being pretentious.
Right. My bad. I guess I got confused by your blog and thought maybe you were releasing a new Rainy Day Songs LP or something.
... I just caught a crazy lookin' bug in my room. He seems upset in his little glass jar.
Dostoyevsky novels can get a bit dry in certain parts, but whenever I finish one I say "wow" and study the book cover for about two minutes.
Bradbury is pretty excellent. I'd heard from a friend that a film was made based on Fahrenheit 451. I can't find any video rental store that carries it though.
Just stoppin by to say thanks for being a friend/fan!!! Hope you like our sound :) Keep in mind... We have a show in august 29th at mac's the club In essex md,3pm try to come? that be awesomeeeee :)
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We have a brand new Split 7 inch out now. Check out a song off of it, Made Anywhere But Here, on our profile and then buy the god damn thing at www.rule22.com peace dave22
Since our friends on Myspace are so important to us and we appreciate
all of you, we want to give you a chance to show off your favorite
non-human friend!!! We will be starting an album in our pics section
just for our friends... If you want to add your favorite picture of you
and yours, please email the picture to
AnimalRightsCoalition@gmail.com... We don't want to miss any emails, so
please put "Myspace Pics" in the subject line and please include your
myspace url so we can tag you from our page...
If you aren't
interested in having your picture on our page, but have a story you
want to share with us please feel free to post it in our blog or comment section...
We would love to hear it...
We have a very diverse group of
friends and we appreciate and welcome everyone, and strongly encourage
those of you that are not in our area to seek out an organization in
your area... It is amazing what a difference one person can make...
Thanks to all of our friends for showing us your support!!!!
maybe~ sometime I can sit in on some of your recording process...that sort of stuff always fascinates me..(conflicting schedules aside)and I am always available for anything you need (well, almost)
Hey A Sunken Ship Irony - hope all is well in your world.
All of our music is up on iTunes (and a bunch of other online music distributors). It would be awesome if you wanted to download a couple of our tracks - help us fund our next album! :)
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