Jeff Shelton (all noises) Nick Laquintano
(most of the drumming)
Influences
The Posies, Matthew Sweet, Jason Falkner, Nada Surf, Sloan, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, Jellyfish, Redd Kross, Ash, Guided by Voices, BobMould/Husker Du, Grandaddy, Supergrass, Dodgy, New Pornographers, The Who, The Beatles, The Hollies, Cheap Trick, Queen, 10cc, ABBA, Fountains of Wayne, Superdag, Lazy Susan, Sleep Station, Wire, REM, X, The Connells, The Smiths, Chameleons UK, Squeeze, Split Enz, XTC, Guadalcanal Diary
Sounds Like
Warm Apple Pie...
How
I Won
The War
LP-2007
(CoolBuzz)
1.
Grey
Skies Black
2. Seashells
3. Merilee
4. Hope Is Fading
5. After Dark
6. The
Optimist
7. I'm In Love
8. Broken Glass
9. Resistance Is Futile
10. It's True What They
Say
About Girls
11. Soldiering
Track Listing
1. heroes
2. all the suckers
3. conscience breaking down
4. florida
5. drunk on the tilt-o-wheel
6. moving mountains
7. love lies
8. i don’t know
9. poor old man
10. is
The Reviews are In!
"Jigsaw Days wastes no space, with every track hitting its mark. It harkens to those classic ’70s albums by the genre’s progenitors: back to basics and reaffirming what is great about powerful pop music." - Amplifier Magazine
"...every track here shines like a diamond. With only ten tracks here, Shelton has cut the fat from this album and has given us power pop fans the red meat we crave. This is a worthy of top ten album for 2008 as well. A great release that will please fans and casual listeners alike. - Powerpopaholic.Com
"If power pop were like a sports league, Jeff Shelton might be the frontrunner for MVP." - Absolute Powerpop
"How is that The Well Wishers can be this good and still remain relatively unknown? Their fourth album, "Jigsaw Days," is as close to power pop perfection as you can get without being Squeeze. - ReadJunkThe Story...
Well Wishers frontman and brainchild Jeff Shelton made a concerted effort to “get back to the basics” with Jigsaw Days – the 4th full-length release from this San Francisco-based power pop collective. While 2007’s How I Won The War saw the band exploring more 80s post-punk textures, Jigsaw Days is return to form with pure pop melodies, warm chiming guitars, and swirling vocal harmonies that punctuate Shelton’s penchant for elaborate pop arrangements. In fact, the classic power pop elements of Jigsaw Days are not far removed from Shelton’s former band Spinning Jennies – one of the more revered and long-lived bands in the San Francisco scene through 90’s and early 2000’s.
Recording most of the album tracks at his home studio allowed Shelton the freedom and flexibility to experiment, embellish, explore, and re-take after re-take until everything was completely perfect. With drum tracks provided by former Spinning Jennies drummer Nick Laquintano, Jigsaw Days is a bold, melodic assault from start to finish –an album that reveals some of the best songs in the Well Wishers prolific cadre.
The Rest of the Boring BIO...
Following the demise of Spinning Jennies, one of San
Francisco's most revered and long-lived power pop
bands, frontman Jeff Shelton formed the Well Wishers
to explore his talents as a solo artist and further mine
the deeply melodic foundation of the Jennies' unique
style of pop.
Since forming in 2003, the Well Wishers have released THREE full-length albums - 2004's "Twenty-Four Seven" and 2005's "Under the Arrows" - both on pop-friendly NotLame Records, and 2007's post-punk/power pop odyssey "How I Won The War". Based on a solid foundation of melody, songsmith, and the ever important "musical hook", all the Well Wishers' albums offer a warm, full-bodied sound and engaging take on the typical power pop formula.
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