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General Info
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Genre: Indie / Pop / Rock
Location SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US
Profile Views: 145657
Last Login: 8/31/2012
Member Since 11/19/2004
Website www.slendermeans.com
Record Label Painless Life Music
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Slender Means is basically the go-to band for effusively perfect indie-pop in Seattle. That’s been the case since their 2005 jewel of a debut, Neon and Ruin, and the quintet’s new record, Adrift in the Cosmos, stays true to their lively, golden pop sound. Josh Dawson’s vocals have all the soul and pathos of Morrissey’s, only delivered via Dawson’s cleaner, more dazzling falsetto. And Slender Means is a complete package – the keyboards and guitar are always fluid, the drums are always tight, and you’d be hard-pressed to find sweeter vocal harmonies than those sung by the delightful Sonny Votolato—which makes every Slender Means song sound satisfyingly complete. The songs on Adrift are intricately built on these soaring layers of melodies – halfway through the opening track, Dawson and an escalating unison of backing voices assure us, “All in all it was a good life.” It’s an appropriate lead-in to the stirring sequence of songs that follow. E. Thompson - The Seattle Weekly .. .. .. .. ADRIFT IN THE COSMOS available now from iTunes ...... -
Members
Josh Dawson (vocals/guitar) who knew Sonny Votolato (guitar/vocals) and Dave E Martin (keys/vocals) from way back, who met and played music with Paul Pugliese (bass) who is kind of related to Eric Wennberg (Drums). ..Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!.............. -
Influences
thinking too much at three in the morning. ray davies. trees. the resulting exhaustion the following day from thinking too much at three in the morning the night prior. a slightly shabby, though still good coat. electric guitars. cassette tapes. darkness at 5 o'clock. sam cooke. traffic sounds. girls. love and lust. keith richards. electric guitars. miyazaki. lovers. swimming pools on top of hotels. compact discs. a lonely adolescence. headphones. discovering local punk rock. wives. brian eno. lots and lots of awful boring jobs. unemployment. clouds. and quite often, rain. garages, basements, storage units, living rooms, bedrooms. tom verlaine. staying over at friends' places, sneaking smokes and listening to music on little stereos. crushing disappointment. public transit. electric guitars. parents. school band. california. being young and completely stupid. tascam. all of it all the time never stopping never slowing down though you sometimes think it is but never does and continuing on and on so that the only thing to do is keep writing songs try to get it all down but you will never "get it all down" but that's kind of the point. -
Sounds Like
boom kah boom boom kah boom kah boom boom kah
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Slender Means
Sonny: Writing songs & Josh is Writing and Recording Songs.
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Slender Means
S.M. is no longer but we still play music. Eric: Young Evils, Paulo: Johnny Nordstrum & the Retailers, Dave: Black Whales & Solo stuff TBA.
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4 Songs | Aug 1, 2010
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Bio:
Slender Means is basically the go-to band for effusively perfect indie-pop in Seattle. That’s been the case since their 2005 jewel of a debut, Neon and Ruin, and the quintet’s new record, Adrift in the Cosmos, stays true to their lively, golden pop sound. Josh Dawson’s vocals have all the soul and pathos of Morrissey’s, only delivered via Dawson’s cleaner, more dazzling falsetto. And Slender Means is a complete package – the keyboards and guitar are always fluid, the drums are always tight, and you’d be hard-pressed to find sweeter vocal harmonies than those sung by the delightful Sonny Votolato—which makes every Slender Means song sound satisfyingly complete. The songs on Adrift are intricately built on these soaring layers of melodies – halfway through the opening track, Dawson and an escalating unison of backing voices assure us, “All in all it was a good life.” It’s an appropriate lead-in to the stirring sequence of songs that follow. E. Thompson - The Seattle WeeklyADRIFT IN THE COSMOS available now from iTunes

Member Since:
November 19, 2004Members:
Josh Dawson (vocals/guitar) who knew Sonny Votolato (guitar/vocals) and Dave E Martin (keys/vocals) from way back, who met and played music with Paul Pugliese (bass) who is kind of related to Eric Wennberg (Drums). Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!..Influences:
thinking too much at three in the morning. ray davies. trees. the resulting exhaustion the following day from thinking too much at three in the morning the night prior. a slightly shabby, though still good coat. electric guitars. cassette tapes. darkness at 5 o'clock. sam cooke. traffic sounds. girls. love and lust. keith richards. electric guitars. miyazaki. lovers. swimming pools on top of hotels. compact discs. a lonely adolescence. headphones. discovering local punk rock. wives. brian eno. lots and lots of awful boring jobs. unemployment. clouds. and quite often, rain. garages, basements, storage units, living rooms, bedrooms. tom verlaine. staying over at friends' places, sneaking smokes and listening to music on little stereos. crushing disappointment. public transit. electric guitars. parents. school band. california. being young and completely stupid. tascam. all of it all the time never stopping never slowing down though you sometimes think it is but never does and continuing on and on so that the only thing to do is keep writing songs try to get it all down but you will never "get it all down" but that's kind of the point.Sounds Like:
boom kah boom boom kah boom kah boom boom kahRecord Label:
Painless Life MusicLabel Type:
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