Jason Daniello

Bio:

Singer/songwriter Jason Daniello had a chance to hone his compositional and multi-instrumental skills as a veteran of numerous New Mexico bands throughout the 1990s, and it's therefore no surprise that those experiences carried through into his new millennium solo work. Recorded in 2004, Everything Good was his second solo album, and its songs generally alternate between a pleasantly dreamy blend of rock, folk, and pop when he's strumming his acoustic ("How Long," "Stared," "Tiny Pill") and a subdued form of power pop when he cranks up his electric ("What You Can," "Resist," "Elizabeth Anne"). But Daniello changes tack completely for the turgid, slow-as-molasses title track and its somber low-end guitar rumbles, suggesting he certainly didn't miss out on Seattle completely during his formative years. Then, on the heartfelt ballad "I Do" (featuring his wife on background vocals), he strips a Beatles vocal melody down to its fragmentary essence and tacks it onto a mournful acoustic framework that borders on anemic (even more so when his ideas aren't fully fleshed out -- see "Walking Away" and "Daylight"). His voice, meanwhile, alternates between bouncy economy and a fragile soulfulness that often sounds virtually identical in timber to Incubus' Brandon Boyd, curiously enough. So for fans of laid-back desert musings, rife with modern rock references ranging from the Smithereens and Wilco to Bob Mould and Matthew Sweet, Daniello is just the ticket. Eduardo Rivera- All Music Guide

Member Since:

April 23, 2005

Members:

Jason Daniello sings & plays guitar, lap steel, mandolin, and stuff.
VIDEO FOR WALKING AWAY, HERE!!!

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Influences:

Grandaddy, Badfinger, Wilco, Neil Young, Elbow, Calexico, Willie Nelson, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Extra Blue Kind, Mark Kozelek, Simon & Garfunkel, Kings of Leon, Black Sabbath, Emmylou Harris, Nick Drake, Merle Haggard, Super Furry Animals, Dandy Warhols, Foo Fighters, Paul Westerberg, Jayhawks, Led Zeppelin, P.J. Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Waylon Jennings, John Vanderslice, Queens of the Stone Age, Jellyfish, Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello, George Harrison, Supergrass, Daniel Lanois and many...many...more...

Sounds Like:

...Pop, folk and rock intermingle freely as Daniello works out his love and loneliness, his warm thoughts and vocals the center of every arrangement. Elizabeth Anne, What You Can and Everything Good boast quite the fetching tunes, and Daniello makes it sound soulful and easy. The title of this ones got it just about right. -High Bias