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  • Genre: Americana / Folk / Pop

    Location Eugene, Oregon, Un

    Profile Views: 64815

    Last Login: 11/19/2012

    Member Since 2/23/2006

    Website feelthecomforters.com

    Record Label Big Timbre

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Following the release of their first record, Transplants, The Comforters quickly found ears from around the world tuned to the bittersweet in life. Radio programs in the U.S. and Europe played “Lazy Sundays” and “I Want To Rock”. Most recently, “I Want To Rock”, was featured in the movie Girls Named Pinky that debuted at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. "Saturday Night" was featured on BBC's Skins. The Comforters follow the emotional punch they delivered on Transplants with a knockout blow of ten alternatingly heartbreaking and heartwarming songs on their new record, Two Piece Orchestra. “We had some huge highs and some huge lows in our lives and those experiences definitely made their mark on this record,” says Pia. “For some of the songs, like “Would It Break Your Heart?” and “Gibraltar,” it wasn’t until we had recorded them and lived with them for a while that we realized, “Oh boy, that’s what that song is about.” “This is both the record we wanted to make and the record that, I think, we had to make – for us,” adds Jason, “We’re extremely proud of this record.” Two Piece Orchestra maneuvers expertly between sparse acoustic ballads, jovial ditties, and glorious indie/chamber pop.Fans of folk, indie pop, chamber pop, and plain old great songwriting should find Two Piece Orchestra a beautiful and welcome addition to their record collection. Find out where you can hear or see The Comforters next @.feelthecomforters.com.
  • Members

    Pia..--vocals, keys Jason..---acoustic and electric guitars and percussion (live) acoustic and electric guitars, drums, bass (recording) Joel Root (live - bass) Additional guests live and on the recordings.
  • Influences

    The Beatles, Bacharach, Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Aimee Mann, Pernice Brothers, Ron Sexsmith, Nick Drake, The Byrds, Loudon Wainwright III, Suzanne Vega, Emitt Rhodes, Serge Gainsbourg, Elliot Smith, Lisa Germano, Neil Finn, Mojave 3, Brian Wilson, Gram Parsons, Cowboy Junkies, The Carpenters, Big Star, Neil Young...
  • Sounds Like

    Folks say we sound like or remind them of: Cowboy Junkies, Ida, Camera Obscura, Iron and Wine, Rose Melberg, Kings of Convenience, Mojave 3, Innocence Mission, Club 8, Let's Go Sailing, Maria Taylor, The Concretes, Rosie Thomas, Acid House Kings, Hem, Sarah Harmer, The Sundays, Dar Williams, Sambassadeur, The Waifs, The Cardigans ......The Comforters.............. .... .......... .."Tender Americana-Pop"........-- ..Smother...... .. .."Transplants is so beautiful that it is almost unreal...this is the cd you dream of for years.".... ..--ROOTSTIME ..(Belgium) ...."Pia and Jason Robbins should be applauded for producing a collection of simple albeit deep songs that touch the soul." .... -- ..Pop Culture Press ........ "The Comforters' songs evoke the spare, emotive style of early century Americana, loaded with pathos and a little bit of fear and loathing... Pia's voice seals the deal -- it's haunting and enchanting.".... -- .. Salem Statesman Journal.. .. ...... "Transplants, is saturated with seemingly weightless songs. Pia's delicate vocals float over a loose acoustic guitar and keyboard melody, recalling Rose Melberg or Maria Taylor but with a more ethereal quality.".... -- .. Eugene Weekly.. ...... "The Comforters' music has wide appeal and is just pleasant to listen to on a lazy Sunday in any country.".... -- ..Hybrid Magazine............ - "The Comforters ...make a lilting and joyful noise, full of melody and quietly seductive. Plenty of potential for a gentle sway around the kitchen to this one, folks.".... -- .. lonesomemusic.. UK ....visit feelthecomforters.com for more ....

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03:47 | 33 plays | Nov 25 2010

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  • sher

    Hi,
    Just to let you know I will be playing your music Tuesday on my show on <a href="http://www.hgrnj.org/" >www.HGRNJ.org</a> between 12 noon and 3 pm Eastern Time ( 5-8 pm England or 6-9 pm Central Europe Time). I hope you can tune in, if you miss the show you can Check out my <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGxheWxpc3RzLmluZm90ZWNoLW5qLmNvbS9oZ3Juai9wbGF5bGlzdC5tcGw/cHJvZ3JhbUlEPTQz">Playlist's</a>
    Hope you like what you hear! Let me know what you think!
    cheers
    sher
    "Sher Delight"

    2 years ago
  • Just Good people Radio …

    "The Comforters" Shall Be Heard!
    Pia and Jason are "Just Good People"!

    Hear "The Comforters" this Sunday,
    on "Just Good People"
    11a-Noon EDT (8-9a PDT)
    on ScrubRadio.com!

    Join us in the LIVE Chat Room!
    Great tunes, great company!

    ~Sparky~

    2 years ago
  • tomhepner

    Very cool tune!

    2 years ago
  • thierry21

    le meilleur pour cette nouvelle année
    Bonne année 2010
    Th.

    3 years ago
  • giadadog

    thankfor req!!!!good music

    3 years ago
  • Janbernes

    Hey, thanks for the request !
    Welcome on my page !

    Best regards , and Merry Christmas !

    Jean-Bernard . Brittany ...France .

    3 years ago
  • Cineversity TV

    Hi friends and musicians, a happier year if possible for all of us. May 2010 bring what you hoped for. Grtz&Happiness Pi-Qui

    3 years ago
  • Liz

    Hello you!
    Long time no see! I really enjoy The Fall of Fall : ) I hope you guys have a wonderful holiday.

    3 years ago
  • Just Greger

    I bought the Download version of your CD... Good thing, cuz the CD has been stolen three times, out of car. I think I need to relable it to "Collection of killer computer viruses"

    3 years ago
  • Redox

    We enjoyed your versions very much...

    3 years ago
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The Comforters: Transplants

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Husband and wife, Jason and Pia Robbins, left Los Angeles in 2005 with their dog, Walrus, in search of a setting that better suited their personalities. Something smaller, slower, and quieter was in order. They landed in Eugene, Oregon. Even the rain felt right. The change in scenery had a profound impact on their musical relationship: The Comforters was born.

Following the release of their first record, Transplants, The Comforters quickly found ears from around the world tuned to the bittersweet in life. Radio programs in the U.S. and Europe played “Lazy Sundays” and “I Want To Rock”. Most recently, “I Want To Rock”, was featured in the movie Girls Named Pinky that debuted at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival.

The Comforters follow the emotional punch they delivered on Transplants with a knockout blow of ten alternatingly heartbreaking and heartwarming songs on their new record, Two Piece Orchestra. “We had some huge highs and some huge lows in our lives and those experiences definitely made their mark on this record,” says Pia. “For some of the songs, like “Would It Break Your Heart?” and “Gibraltar,” it wasn’t until we had recorded them and lived with them for a while that we realized, “Oh boy, that’s what that song is about.” “This is both the record we wanted to make and the record that, I think, we had to make – for us,” adds Jason, “We’re extremely proud of this record.”

Two Piece Orchestra maneuvers expertly between sparse acoustic ballads, jovial ditties, and glorious indie/chamber pop. The light-hearted title track opens the record with Pia innocently singing, “I play air timpani with the Boston Symphony, hello,” as an endearing Belle and Sebastian-like ensemble of acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, and trombone join her. “The Fall of Fall” follows with its gentle fingerpicked acoustic guitar, chiming electric guitar accents, and Pia’s vulnerable vocal that calls to mind Simon and Garfunkel by way of Kings of Convenience. “Would It Break Your Heart?” opens slowly with a solo nylon-stringed acoustic guitar and builds gradually, Wilco-like, to its climax of acoustic and electric guitar, organ, piano, melllotron and drums (courtesy of founding Wilco member, Ken Coomer).

Fans of folk, indie pop, chamber pop, and plain old great songwriting should find Two Piece Orchestra a beautiful and welcome addition to their record collection.

Find out where you can hear or see The Comforters next @ feelthecomforters.com

Sounds Like:

Folks say we sound like or remind them of:
Cowboy Junkies, Ida, Camera Obscura, Iron and Wine, Rose Melberg, Kings of Convenience, Mojave 3, Innocence Mission, Club 8, Let's Go Sailing, Maria Taylor, The Concretes, Rosie Thomas, Acid House Kings, Hem, Sarah Harmer, The Sundays, Dar Williams, Sambassadeur, The Waifs, The Cardigans

The Comforters



.. iLike The Comforters

.."Tender Americana-Pop"..

-- Smother


"Transplants is so beautiful that it is almost unreal...this is the cd you dream of for years."

--ROOTSTIME (Belgium)

"Pia and Jason Robbins should be applauded for producing a collection of simple albeit deep songs that touch the soul."

-- Pop Culture Press


"The Comforters' songs evoke the spare, emotive style of early century Americana, loaded with pathos and a little bit of fear and loathing... Pia's voice seals the deal -- it's haunting and enchanting."

-- Salem Statesman Journal



"Transplants, is saturated with seemingly weightless songs. Pia's delicate vocals float over a loose acoustic guitar and keyboard melody, recalling Rose Melberg or Maria Taylor but with a more ethereal quality."

-- Eugene Weekly


"The Comforters' music has wide appeal and is just pleasant to listen to on a lazy Sunday in any country."

-- Hybrid Magazine



- "The Comforters ...make a lilting and joyful noise, full of melody and quietly seductive. Plenty of potential for a gentle sway around the kitchen to this one, folks."

-- lonesomemusic UK

visit feelthecomforters.com for more ..

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