Jenny McIntyre- lead vocals, guitar Brad Ritter- bass, bgv's Ely Cartwright- electric guitar, tiple, bgv's Keeley Reed- keyboard, omnichord, glockenspiel, bgv's Paul Cantin- drums, washboard
Influences
Rosie Thomas, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, Tegan and Sara, Sam Phillips, Sarah Masen, Aimee Mann, Metric, Emiliana Torrini, Reva Williams
Sounds Like
Regina Spektor, Jenny Lewis, Jewel, Aimee Mann
"Central to Jenny’s work is the sense of wonder with which she moves through life.
Where most of us simply try to get through the day, Jenny seems more aware,
more in touch, more ready for what the day brings. And due to her voracious
appetite for reading and listening, she experiences the immediacy of the moment
within a broader context of creative and literary resonance. While
blessed/burdened with this heightened perceptiveness, McIntyre expresses herself
with an uncommon economy, intimating the obvious while illuminating the
essential." -Tom Willett, The Contemporary Music Center
Jenny McIntyre's voice is delicate to
the point of gauziness at times, like you could tear right through it
if you accidentally placed your finger on a sound wave. It's the voice
of a woman-child calling out from under the bed for all the reasons
children find themselves there: fear and uncertainty, daydreams and
pranks, love and mystery. Her songs seem drawn from a lifetime of
diaries. They're don't tell the truth so much as they tell the tales
of a full and eager heart in a world of disappointments. The songs are
exercises in trying again, in pulling her chin up and readying herself
for the next round of whatever doesn't go right.
At her core, Jenny McIntyre is a singer-songwriter, but she steps
outside of that context whenever she can. From the outset of her debut
album, the shape shift is on: the acoustic guitar finds itself in a
digital universe where Amy Lee meets pop tunes meets indie rocker
snarkiness meets admissions of failure, asking for help and
confession. On top of and through it all—that bird-song voice sings
from whatever strange or spurious branches it finds itself standing
on, clear, persistent, unblinking.
At her live shows, she watches you like a wild animal—shifty but
fascinated, ready to dart away at the first, too-quick movement. But
there's something in her method, the fragile voice and open-selved
lyrics, the occasional bumbled timing with the grinning shrug that
shows just how much she wants to be tamed, placed in a warm palm and
held, reassured that fear isn't the dominant reality, it's just a
weather pattern that can and will pass if the song and the singer just
try hard enough to cuddle up against a listener's heart.
Click "add to cart" to purchase Jenny McIntyre's new album, "Outside the Radio"
Hi! Thank you for being my friend! I would like to invite you to my new music site! You can make a page and customize it, upload music and pictures! In the spring of 2010, I am launching a BIG promotional campaign and online CD release party! Lots of fun and freebies! My music site will be at the center of it! So please join me!
Hey! I recorded it 2 years ago, but I just got around to making a product. haha. Everything on the album is the first take. It's raw, but thus the name "discrepancies" I'm not even joking, but you and your husband are welcome to come visit us in Chicago. we'll even throw in a tour of WI. haha. that would be amazing. (oh, and as always your voice, music, and the total musical package is fantastic---are you doing music as a career these days?)
Congrats on the marriage and on the album! That's awesome. I was just enjoying some of the tunes on your page. Any pics to post of you and the hubby? Much love, Peli
Hello Pookie...I miss you...congratulations on your wedding and I know I'm like months late but I keep forgeting to remind myself to write on here...but I told Margaret to tell you. How have you been?
thanks for adding me jenny...we really need to catch up sometime. I'm so glad you finally got a record out! You've worked so hard and you totally deserve it! Miss you!
Wow that is amazing. That would have been totally worth the trip out to Missouri. However, the "icing on the cake" would be if you guys had walked down the aisle to the final countdown.
jenny MAC! what it is heffa?! i see youre online right now...just wwant you to know that i miss you and your crazy self. hope all is well. fill me in on the band stuff...holla
