James Husband
| James Husband | |
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 James Huggins performing in Amiens, on May 26th, 2007. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Athens, Georgia, USA, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Indie pop, indie rock |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Polyvinyl (US), Self released (worldwide) |
| Associated acts | Of Montreal, Great Lakes |
| Website | www.myspace.com/jameshusband |
| Members | |
| Jamey Huggins | |
James Husband is the recording project of James Huggins III, Of Montreal's multi-instrumentalist.
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[edit] Biography
James Husband is a recording alias for James Huggins III. A former member of the group Of Montreal, James recorded & toured with the band from 1998 to 2010. James is a founding member/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter for the band Great Lakes. He was also a touring member of fellow Elephant 6 associated bands, Ladybug Transistor, The Essex Green, and Marshmallow Coast. In 2009, he was featured on the Doctors & Dealers album Lost Friends and Newfound Habits singing a duet called "The Odds Are On Our Side".
[edit] Discography
James has released several homemade albums, all independently recorded and exclusively burnt in CD-R format.
His first album, released in 2005, was entitled Now Listen,[1] featured twelve original songs and three covers, The Beatles's "We Can Work It Out" and "What You're Doing", as well as "Indian Fables" by Guided by Voices. Now Listen was available during of Montreal's 2005 tour in support of The Sunlandic Twins.
In 2008, he self-released Turning Tires which also contains a dozen original songs and a couple of covers. As with his previous works, it can be found at of Montreal shows.
A vinyl-only split single with of Montreal was released in March 2009 on the independent, Athens, GA-based Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records.[2] It featured of Montreal's "Wet Butcher's Fist" and James Husband's "A Grave In The Gravel."
A Parallax I, James' first full-length commercial release, was released on October 27, 2009[3] on Polyvinyl Record Co to generally favorable reviews. The CD was augmented by a 5-song bonus CD of covers.
[edit] Studio albums
- 2005 Now Listen Homemade CDr
- 2008 Turning Tires Homemade CDr
- 2008 Smothered In Covers Homemade CDr
- 2009 A Parallax I released on Polyvinyl Records
[edit] Live appearances
James Husband made their debut as a live act by playing two shows in one day at the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC on Oct 23 2009.[4]
[edit] External links
- James Husband on Myspace
- Of Montreal's official site
- December 2008 interview
- Interview with Jamey Huggins for Aural States, January 2010
- The Booty Patrol James Husband archive
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[edit] References
- ^ [1] Artist: James Husband - Music Brainz
- ^ http://hhbtm.com/item.php?item_id=166
- ^ http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/store/index.php?id=902
- ^ "Polyvinyl Heads to New York for CMJ 09!". News. Polyvinyl Records. Oct 13 2009. http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/news/index.php?id=477. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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