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.
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
..Hello. Thanks for add. Nice tracks on your page! Represent a new album ARX KAELI - Highway. Cd packed in wooden box with laser engraving, covered a grey varnish. Time 62 min. Best Regards.
We need everyone's help to be able to play this year's Warped Tour. Please sign up here as a fan and vote for us to be able to play the Ernie Ball Stage at Warped Tour 2010! Thank you!
I'm trying to get in with Slash from Guns N Roses so I can get his mad guitar skills on my next CD but I need your vote in order to do so. Go to www.yournextrecord.com and type in tp in the search box for me Tone Poet and vote for me so I can make this happen! This would mean soooooo much!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!
how're you doing Slender Means ? we just wanted to talk, we'd love to hear what you think of our music! we have a show next friday at The Oasis with Taken the Coast, A Hero Named Hope, and Alanas Mark and we'd really appreciate it if we saw you there. Come drop us a comment, we reply to every single one!
DANCING ON THE VALENTINE is an annual benefit concert for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services.
This year's show will be held on SATURDAY February 13th.
The Crocodile Presents: Dancing on the Valentine, A David Bowie Tribute Night Music performed by:
Half Acre Day Sean Bates Exohxo Peter Parker Lesli Wood Hotels Legion Within Motorik Jon Wooster DJ Mike Steve
Emcee Chrispy will be our host for a night of great raffles and awesome David Bowie covers!
$10 in advance/$12 at the door 8pm 21 & over
Because we have a full night of great bands, the show will start promptly at 8:30pm.
Tickets are on sale now! You can buy them in advance at The Crocodile, Sonic Boom Records, or online.
Hey friends and musicians. You need more plays and views on your Myspace page? Trying to top the charts and get noticed? Let us help you.
**SPECIAL OFFER***LIMITED TIME ONLY*** 100,000 Plays only $10 1,000,000 Plays only $35 5,000,000 Plays only $70
Normal Prices: 1000 Plays $2.99 10,000 Plays $7.00 100,000 Plays $15.00 250,000 Plays $25.00 500,000 Plays $35.00 1,000,000 Plays $65.00 5,000,000 Plays $420.00
We can make a difference for you and help you climb the Myspace charts. Get at us.
Do you like comedy podcasts? Check out my NEW COMEDY PODCAST at http://marlar.podOmatic.com! It's also on iTunes, just search for "Darren Marlar Show!"
Hi Slender Means! "Meet the Meatbats," the debut release from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith's new group is a TOP 10 Jazz/Funk Album on iTunes! The CD is a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! GET IT NOW ON ITUNES, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads on the MySpace page! Please help spread the word with your friends and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
Hope you're keeping well. Just stopped by to let you know I have a new tune on my MySpace profile called 'Turned Out Nice' - one of my experimental 'electronica' tracks. Hope you like!
Hello friend of AVITIA , Click the link below for FREE exclusive AVITIA mp3's, come see us on tour and pick up the new album "You Are When You Do" now available on
Online Now!
