| Member Since | 3/9/2007 | | Band Website | www.b3nson.net | | Band Members | Eric Krans
& Jen O'Connor:
vocals, guitars, Christmas banjo, bass, Sister's violin, The PS'R, drums, mason jars filled with something, Vietnamese mandolin, Emerson piano, harmonica, trombone, clapping hands, trumpet, megaphone, inside of a phonograph horn, Kirk House attic wood, Luther's banister, vocal cuica, Grandma's laundry drain, kitchen faucet, Little Tikes, accordion, washboard, garbage disposal, Mom's old pots and pans, treadle sewing machine, Uncle Carlo (Mr. Rossi), kitchen cabinets, Veggie Mobile keys, Elton Kirby's pepper shaker, rattle(snake), 40 water (RIP).
Performing with all, some, or none of the following multi-talented musicians:
Tim Koch: drums, bass, percussion, trumpet, banjo, vocals.
Donna Baird: trumpet, french horn.
Dan Pardee: saw, accordion, trombone, drums, percussion, meat grinder.
Alex Muro: tuba.
Adam Muro: clarinet, saxophone, banjo.
Louis Apicello: trumpet, cornet.
Nick Matulis: drums, bass. | | Influences | We live in a haunted house. Sometimes the ghosts wake us up in the middle of the night. Sometimes they play music, but only on the piano or the violin. We met in an elevator. This is a true story. | | Sounds Like | Best Acoustic Duo 2009
"What started with a box of Nerds and a shared love of Emerson and Thoreau has turned into a gorgeous musical arrangement (not to mention marriage) for Jen O’Connor and Eric Krans. The two craft lovely, lo-fi tales of tea and turkey vultures in their haunted Altamont parlor when they’re not off rambling with the Hobo Banned. "
Metroland's Best of 2009
Animals are People Too (2009):
BUY
"Tell your brother, your sister, and your neighbor's dog; We Are Jeneric's latest animalian opus has just hit the masses."
Albany Indie Music Examiner
"This new song is AMAZING!!!! I'm gonna play it today! I have to. It's so awesome. Whoa!!!"
Chris Wienk, 97.7 WEXT
"A captivating collection of lo-fi, fauna-focused acoustic gems buttressed by clarinet, trumpet and French horn."
Greg Haymes, for the Times Union
In the Parlor With the Moon (2008):
BUY
"I dare you to find a more poignant, befitting and encapsulating song [O Albany We Hope] that so eloquently captures the spirit of the secrets that all of us from this region share."
Matthew Loiacono, Singing the Year 2008
Honorable Mention; Best Local CDs of 2008
Greg Haymes, for the Times Union
"Perfectly crafted bedroom pop."
Band of the Week, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
"It is beautiful and great."
Heather Williams, CDFI (RIP)
"Perfect, intimate, folky bedroom music for musing on your future and singing along to under your breath."
The Tape It's Not Sticky
Hansel and Gretel; Stories from the Stove (2007):
BUY
"Hansel and Gretel; Stories from the Stove sounds like one month in an old funeral parlor. Surrounded by melting candles shoved inside old wine bottles, clocks that don't tell time and great big giant mirrors taken from abandoned old train stations."
NPR's All Songs Considered, quoting We are Jeneric
"Melodically mind-blowing..."
"Hansel & Gretel; Stories from the Stove is one of the top five albums of 2007"
Harith Abdullah, The Rev Records
We are Jeneric's Hansel and Gretel; Stories from the Stove, top local recordings: Year in Review 2007
Metroland's John Brodeur
| | Record Label | B3nson Records | | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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