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Schooner
Folk / Minimalist / Soul

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Carrboro, North Carolina
United States

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Last Login:  11/9/2009
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Member Since8/15/2004
Band Websitewww.schoonermusic.com
Band MembersReid and Kathryn Johnson, Billy Alphin, Maria Albani, and then Tripp Cox, Megan Culton, Wes Phillips, Nathan Oliver White, Scott Phillips, Thomas Moorefield, Mark Lebetkin, Billy Sugarfix, Dave Bjorkback, Zeno Gill, John Harrison, Ivan Howard, Kuki Kooks, Harold Brady, Chad Coward, Alan Cain, Alex Cox, Jordan Hudson, Jeremy Ferrel, and the Pox Family Singers.
InfluencesDurham.
Sounds LikeHum dee-dee, hum dee-da.



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"Ominous Bird" video by Billy Sugarfix. Check out Billy's TV show at Sugarfix Mix!



"Feel Better" at the Cat's Cradle on 9/12/09


"Trains and Parades" at the Cats Cradle 9/12/09

Interview and song from "Hear it from Hutch"
Record LabelPox World Empire, 54º 40' or Fight!, and...
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Schooner
We don't use rupertspace much for updates.
Be our friend on Facebook and Reverbnation instead.
You can follow us on Twitter as well if you're into the whole ADHD thing.

Schooner is from Carrboro, NC. We like water, dogs, and cats. We enjoy experimenting with simple song structures and sounds and aesthetically tend to go for understatement. We play disheveled pop that moves from mellow sad-eyed tunes to erratic rock numbers highlighted by boy-girl harmonies and existential lyrics. We've been around since 2003, and during that time we've put out:
-"You Forget About Your Heart" - 2004 (Pox World Empire) ITUNES
-“3x4” - 2006 (Pox)
-“Rocky P.” - 2006 (Pox) ITUNES
-"Hold on Too Tight," - 2007 (54º 40' or Fight! Records)ITUNES,
As well as some early homemade CD's and a few of tracks on various compilations that you can ask us nicely for.
Stay in touch to see when we're going to be driving around and playing shows in your town.

Listen to our "State of Things" (NPR-WUNC) on-air HERE

Order older stuff online @ Pox World Empire

Here are some other folks' perspective:

“Schooner are hard(er) to describe: their first impression is of kinda-croony pop music, but that quickly gives way to an undercurrent of weirdness that's always threatening to well up & overwhelm the pop with something far freakier.” –Ross Grady, trianglerock.com

Reid Johnson’s voice “can be as wintry and challenging as Mark Kozelek's distant tone and as confiding and intimate as Sam Beam's breathy whisper. (His) songs…follow suit, pushed-to-the-edge statements about taking comfort in the small things, especially if they're all that's left. Pretty great.” –Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly

"The quality of frontman Reid Johnson's songwriting is consistently high. No lulls, no hints of attempting to cover a lack of inspiration, no filler, not a single welcome overstayed. Classic stuff, in other words" -Copper Press

"...rarely has a sibling relationship created something this harmonious....swooning vintage pop, fuzzy Guided By Voices-ish rock and woozy Sinatra/Hazlewood-like country for an overall effect that's equal parts dreamy, deadpan and doomed." -CMJ

"What a fucking marvellous band." -Sian Claire Owen, Americana UK

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Starmount

Starmount



Oct 26 2009 7:00 PM


Simple

Simple



Oct 26 2009 7:00 PM

Thanks for all the support Friday....way to rock it for us...
Jasmine

Jasmine Drew



Oct 14 2009 1:53 PM

whats sup, droping by to show some luv! <3<3

Le Weekend

Le Weekend



Sep 21 2009 1:11 AM

I've totally heard of you.


Le Weekend 9/19 @ Nightlight with Inspector 22 and Summertime Whisky Band
temples of grey

Betsy Harris temples grey



Sep 2 2009 3:52 PM

Congratulations, guys;  the accolades continue to roll in, week after week!!!  http://earfarm.com/features/daily-feature/monday/5078
Starmount

Starmount



Sep 2 2009 3:51 PM

It's on!


Rusticalia

Rusticalia



Aug 5 2009 4:31 PM

Loving the new stuff guys.. too bad you're not playing any Mid August shows, when I'll be around to see them..
Starmount

Starmount



Aug 3 2009 1:34 PM


Grape Juice Scott

Grape Juice Scott



Jul 21 2009 3:38 AM

Big up!
Much love and respect..

I'm doing a show Wed. at The Marvell in Durham.
Please come hang out with us.

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Nebraska Pop Festival

Nebraska Pop Festival



Jul 9 2009 6:32 PM

For yourself & your friends :)

Here's a free 19 song pop mixtape if you would like to have it :)
http://www.indiepages.com/nebraskapopfestival/popfestmix.zip

have a lovely weekend.

hugs,
Christopher

p.s. Nebraska Pop Festival will be August 27th through August 30th in beautiful Omaha, Nebraska. Please spread the word.
http//www.flickr.com/photos/paiirs/
INVISIBLE

INVISIBLE



Jun 28 2009 7:13 PM

506flyer
Simple

Simple



Jun 18 2009 11:14 PM

very cool WRAL coverage and that song, wow, can't wait for that record. Awesome....--chip
Generationals

Generationals



Jun 17 2009 10:53 PM

yeah, we get that alot.
Trekky Records

Trekky Records



Jun 9 2009 5:01 PM

Hey Reid, hope you're doing well. I'm looking forward to checking out those new recordings. See you in Carrboro?
Starmount

Starmount



Jun 8 2009 4:39 AM

Actual Persons Living or Dead

Actual Persons Living or Dead



Jun 2 2009 3:50 AM

Rockin'.
Oedipus Dick

Oedipus Dick



May 28 2009 1:51 PM

Aminal

Aminal



May 23 2009 12:15 AM

yous goys be real goood...and stuff
Lake Inferior

Lake Inferior



May 12 2009 7:01 PM

We'll need it!

Let's play some music together in the near future. Great show the other night!
Generationals

Generationals



May 11 2009 9:59 PM

We just listened to your cd 5 times in a row in the van. On purpose! See, because it's a good cd!
The Kingsbury Manx

The Kingsbury Manx



May 5 2009 11:06 PM

no, no, you take him.
Starmount

Starmount



Apr 30 2009 7:12 PM

Starmount

Starmount



Apr 14 2009 4:19 AM

Beloved Binge

Beloved Binge



Apr 12 2009 9:37 PM

I hope you all can make it out to Duo-Fest3. Come out and enjoy the potluck as well.

ooxx
BB
Grape Juice Scott

Grape Juice Scott



Apr 8 2009 9:12 PM

Black angry men in Carrboro?
Maybe on Sunset..
Or in Abbey Court.
Don't try to buy crack, they might not eat you alive.
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