Jerusha Robinson: Cello, Piano, Vocals
Jeremy Robinson: Baritone, Electric, and Acoustic Guitars, Accordion, Vocals
Influences
to be very specific: dirty three, mary timony, shannon wright, yann tiersen, picastro, christina files, tara jane o'neil. also claude debussy, maurice ravel, eric satie, arvo part. also us maple, aphex twin, autechre, tom waits, josephine foster, and often by the company we keep.
Here's our limited edition tour-only 5-song EP! Home and live recordings. Wrapped with love in handmade paper (yes, we made the paper ourselves), hand-stitched and embroidered. Each is unique, and we're only making 100. Available only at shows.
South China was born in 2002 as a marriage, musically and literally, of Jeremy and Jerusha Robinson. Their individual backgrounds in experimental rock and classical music produce a sound that feels sparse and improvised, evoking a slightly dark and dream-like state, like trying to recall something that is just beyond the edges of memory. They draw listeners into their intimate world of Maine winters, bittersweet moments, subtle humor, and the bizarre dream imagery.
While living on Washington Avenue in Portland during 2003-2004, they wrote constantly, and also began collaborations with their friend and former band mate David Lamb, forming the first trio version of Brown Bird. Over the following 6 years South China chipped away at their catalog, writing, re-writing, ditching, digging up, gestating. They moved six times. They landed in Biddeford and rented out a music studio on Washington Street. When coming up with a name for the album which was recorded by Ron Harrity at Peapod Recordings, the one that stuck was "Washingtons".
For booking and other music related inquiries, contact us at southchinamusic (at) gmail (dot) com.
See also: Brown Bird, Plains, White Light, Tiny Fires, Guy Capecelatro III.
heelllooo. I'm sad this weekend is over. we had a blast and it was a pleasure hearing your music and getting to know all of the songs. I also really love the ep and can't wait for the record. let's do this again!
Looking forward to seeing you guys at roots and tendrils! I just moved back to the area, we should set up a show in the near future. I hope all is well!
What time were you thinking for the show at USM? I feel like seven or seven thirty would work wonderfully. Also, I assumed the order of sets was this, but feel free to correct me:
1) (opening) Jakob Battick & Friends 2) Seymour 3) South China
Hey there! I found myself humming your J. Neely song, so of course I thought of you. Hope your winter is going well. I'm drinking tea and my roommate is watching Kill Bill. Pretty much par for the course around here.
Washingtons
Here's our limited edition tour-only 5-song EP! Home and live recordings. Wrapped with love in handmade paper (yes, we made the paper ourselves), hand-stitched and embroidered. Each is unique, and we're only making 100. Available only at shows. 
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