Additional recorded and live contributions from Max Hart [We Are Scientists], Adam Aaronson [High Speed Scene], Garrett Pierce, Payam Bavafa [Sholi], Carey Lamprecht, Andy Lentz [Mad Cow String Band], Jen Grady, and any of my other talented buddies I can get in front of a microphone!
Influences
dirt, rust, spring, pavement, tule fogs, sprawl, distances, histories, early elvis (costello), chipped paint, neil's tone, haruki, ray-o-death (r.i.p. 2007), aimee mann w/ stupid, old routes through town, gbv lanes, new potato caboose (early dead), femmes 1st, waterloo sunsets, emma blowgun's last stand (beulah!), yo la tengo heart beating, kdvs, stone roses, saturday looks good... uh
Sounds Like
a trip across the marsh
to rusty oil land
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Drawing from indie rock sounds and songwriter senses, Jake Mann's music chases a haunting tune through the degraded landscapes, latenight reveries, and lost affairs of a smart small town. Arranged for quartet, the overdriven guitar and drums lay a foundation for crooning vocals, melodic basslines, and understated leads. Reviewers have drawn comparisons to the music of early Elvis Costello, Beulah, Guided By Voices & Neil Young.
Jake came up as a songwriter in the microcosmic scene of Davis, California, forming fuzz-pop outfit The Zim-Zims in 2002 to bring his 4-track recordings to the live stage. He worked out his compositions over 3 years of shows across California and two independent releases (s/t full-length 2003 & Go Where You Are EP 2004). After completing a solo electric EP in 2005 and relocating to San Francisco, Jake joined up with Crossbill Records and has collaborated in-studio and on the stage with Payam Bavafa (Sholi), Garrett Pierce (solo, 60-Watt Kid), Carey Lamprecht (Jackpot, Jolie Holland), Adam Aaronson (The High Speed Scene, Thrill Kill Kult), Jen Grady (the Waxfire) and Andy Lentz (Mad Cow String Band, Alkali Flats) to produce some big sounds in the studio and on-stage.
The new full-length album, Daytime Ghost, (out June 2007 on Crossbill Records) charts a community’s untimely and unfortunate dissolution. Echoing real and imagined transitions of the past few years, the songs dwell on departures, unfulfilled dreams, perpetual mire, heroic endings, undercover fun, and, in typical Jake fashion, some dark visions of the future we might be headed for.
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Hey! Listen in to Arboles on KSUN this Sunday at 4pm! I'll be playing some new songs off the upcoming EP. Just go to ksunradio.com and click at the top of the page!
valdez is such a good song mate! i loved the other version you had up before, no offence to The Upper Hand but the other was better. but valdez as a song is bloody brilliant!
hey jake! saw you on the du nord calendar and thought i'd say hi was just out in CA and stoped there on our tour. hope to catch you again one of these days it's been a while! :)
OMG- I'm psyched yet totally unprepared for our gig in Davis! Also that mirrored venue is Cafe On The Green in North Sacramento- we might have been a little loud for them but it's a good place. Ch-Ch-check it out!
I was at Luigi's last night and Laura (Asbestos Press) had an art show and it was cool to see your name on a couple of her pieces. The new poster is real dandy.
You listened to the WHOLE Strangers catalog? Wow- you probably heard songs even I havent heard! We'll be on the radio this weekend- if you want I can send you some trolls & you can do like a mock-concert with them while we play- I'll even send along my Port Costa diorama!
