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Jen, Nothing Matters to Me

Album: Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers

Released: Apr 4, 2006

Label: eenie meenie records

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General Info

Genre: Indie / Pop / Rock
Location LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US
Profile Views: 322647
Last Login: 1/7/2010
Member Since 12/14/2004
Website www.thebandirving.com
Record Label Eenie Meenie Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. .. .. .... ..Death In The Garden, ..Blood On The Flowers...... US:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. International: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..Good Morning Beautiful...... US: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. International: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..I Hope You're Feeling Better Now (EP)...... US: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. International: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Enter your e-mail address .. to receive our newsletter!.. .. .. ...... ...... .. .. .. .. .. ..After a well-received debut album and critically acclaimed follow-up EP, the band Irving now realizes its full potential with ..Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers... An album of inspired variety and stirring depth, Death In The Garden casts Irving among the strongest rock bands performing today. .. .. Formed initially by members ..Alex Church.. (bass), ..Steven Scott.. (guitar) and ..Brian Canning.. (guitar), Irving began as a thrown-together rock outfit to accompany a friend's art opening. Within a month, ..Brent Turner.. (drums) joined, and the group began working in earnest on the songs that would eventually appear on its first album, ..Good Morning Beautiful... The release of GMB in 2002 showcased the band's penchant for writing witty pop songs with whimsical backup vocals and upbeat melodies. .. .. By the year's end, ..Aaron Burrows.. (keyboards) signed on, and the band was back in the studio. The ..I Hope You're Feeling Better Now.. EP, released in 2003 to critical acclaim, exhibited Irving's unrelenting willingness to experiment with pop song structures, and highlighted the innate strengths of a band in which all five members are songwriters. .. .. In the two years since the release of the EP, Irving has opened for such notables as ..Franz Ferdinand.., ..Arcade Fire.., ..Broken Social Scene.., ..Polyphonic Spree... The band's songwriting has also taken a noticeably more thoughtful turn. While the innate pop sensibilities continue to stand out above all else, Irving's songwriting has matured--the sounds and structures more intricate, the subject matter more thoroughly realized. .. .. ..Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers.. is the result of five musicians and their distinct influences, bound by an uncanny knack for melody and harmony. With production and engineering help from ..Phil Ek (The Shins, Modest Mouse).., as well as ..Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart).. and ..Jim Fairchild (from Grandaddy).., Irving corrals its many distinct influences into a clear vision. From the oblique percussive start of the title track, to the psych-pop chaos of "Situation" to the so-bizarre-it-works background breathing on "I Want To Love You In My Room," the band pulls unforgettable hooks out of the most unlikely places. .. .. With a year's worth of touring planned throughout 2006, including performances at SXSW and the customary summer festivals, the band is determined to spread the news far and wide. .. .. ............ .. .. .. .. ........ .."A remarkably gifted indie pop band with a knack for stealing the best bits from classic (and not so classic) acts of the mid-60s, late 80s, and early 90s and filtering out the annoying or obvious tics that tend to be emulated most often by lesser bands. I knew all of that coming into the show, and yet they still impressed me, playing an extremely well planned and utterly dud-free setlist with an energy and charm that I hadn't been anticipating. Strangely, I had not realized that there were actually three lead singers in the band until seeing them perform in person. This united front only makes me appreciate their commitment to writing lyrics that come off like episodes of a tongue-in-cheek indie soap opera that much more."...... - ..Fluxblog.., Irving @ The Knitting Factory 5/10/2006 .. ..
Members
Aaron Burrows.. Alex Church.. Brent Turner.. Brian Canning.. Steven Scott .... ......Ever wonder what independent musicians do the other twenty-three hours a day when they’re on tour? Real Fun answers this question with over one hundred photographs of musicians and bands in their downtime—sleeping, eating, fishing, and just goofing off. Ashod Simonian has traveled with scores of the finest bands in indie rock. His dreamy, lush Polaroids capture the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Pavement, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Sleater-Kinney, Broken Social Scene, Wilco, and more. Many of these bands also contributed essays and memoirs to the book, making it an essential collection of wisdom and memories from the road by bands both popular and obscure. ..CLICK IMAGE FOR IRVING'S EUROPEAN VIDEO TOUR DIARY:.. ........
Influences
Irving would like to thank these kind people:.... ..Fluxblog.... ..LA Underground.... ..LAist.... ..Chromewaves.... ..Little Radio.... ..The Tripwire.... ..Stereogum.... ..My ExBestFriend.... ..Silent Uproar.... ..Cable and Tweed.... ..My Old Kentucky Blog.... ..Product Shop NYC.... ..Big Static.... ..Indie Don't Dance.... ..Harmonium Music.... ..Liquid Generation.... ..Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good.... ..Ice Cream Man.... ..Yeti Don't Dance.... ..(((without sound))).... ..Audio For Drinking.... ..Aquarium Drunkard.... ..For The Eardrums.... ..I Guess I'm Floating.... ..The Smudge (of Ashen Fluff).... ..Good Hodgkins.... ..Bars & Guitars.... ..People of Paper.... ..a PLAGUE of ANGELS.... ..You Set The Scene.... ..In House with Jeremy Peterson.... ..Shake Your Fist.... ..So...Where is Helsinki?.... ..Me You, We Two.... ..POP77.... ..Culture Bunker.... ..Dave Should Get Out More.... ..Decapolis.... ..Loose Record.... ..Autopia Music.... ..Kaffeine Buzz.... ..RocknWorld.... ..Treblezine.... ..Revolt Media.... ..Short Attention Span Radio.... ..Rightround.... ..The Runout Groove.... ..Turquoise Days.... ..Metro Distortion.... ..Sabas.Judas.... ..Seattlest....
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........ ..New Video for "Jen, Nothing Matters To Me" (Click on image to see it on MTVU! *MAC USERS CLICK ..HERE..*) Directed by ..Sharp-Ford......... ............ .. ..New Video for "I Want to Love You in my Room".. Directed by Brian Canning, Edited by Motoki, Mel Kadel and Brian Canning.. .. .. ........ .. ..Irving video for "Situation".. Directed by ..Josh Forbes.., Animated by ..PJ Fidler.., Art by ..Max Miceli.. and DP is Josh Gundling.. .. .. ..