The Sour Notes
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The Sour Notes are an Austin pop band formed by Jared Boulanger (vocals/guitar), Chris Page (piano/guitar), Travis Hackett (drums) and Brandi Dipietro (bass). Baltimore City Paper is quoted as saying "Their allure is an easy one--dreary yet rich pop ballads that ease you through the gloom with melodic charm and earnest sweetness."[1]
History
Though their debut album The Meat of the Fruit was recorded and produced solely by Boulanger and recording engineer Steve Christensen[2] while living in Houston, The Sour Notes did not change from a solo recording project into a performing ensemble until relocating to Austin in 2007. Since their formation in 2008, The Sour Notes have recorded 2 albums and a 7-inch record, while playing in and around Texas with bands like Ume, Jana Hunter, Marnie Stern[3], Spain Colored Orange and have appeared on the popular KVRX-FM radio program, 'Local Live', 'The Austin Sessions' and the SugarHill Recording Studios webcast, 'Live from SugarHill'.
In January 2009, The Sour Notes went on a 2-week, 12-show East Coast tour in support of their new album, Received in Bitterness[4] and are currently preparing their 3rd album It's Not Gonna Be Pretty, which the band are scheduled to tour on in January 2010.
Discography
It's Not Gonna Be Pretty (upcoming release)
- Released: December 2009
- Format: CD
Received in Bitterness (self-released)
- Released: January 2009
- Format: CD
The Meat of the Fruit (self-released)
- Released: May 2008
- Format: CD
Never Mix, Never Worry (self-released)
- Released: September 2009
- Format: LP
Compilations
- Landmark Music Summer 2009 Film Club Series (June 2009) Landmark/Filter Mag
- Soda Pop Sounds - Star Fruit Comp (March 2009) Soda Pop Sounds
- Sound Advice Vol. III: Starry Eyes (March 2009) Austin Sound SXSW Preview
- Landmark Music Fall 2008 Film Club Series (October 2008) Landmark/Filter Mag
Videography
Music Videos
- Is It Happening? (December 2008) Directed by Jared Boulanger / Ben Ploughman
Trivia
- The song 'Leslie Burke' was inspired by the Katherine Paterson novel Bridge to Terabithia.
- The Sour Notes have been known to cover The Ronettes song 'When I Saw You' and Jawbreaker's 'Accident Prone'[5] during live performances.
- Passages from Paul Éluard's Capitale de la Douleur were sampled on the song 'Your Pretty Sphinx Voice'[6] from the 1965 Jean-Luc Godard film Alphaville.
References
- Sources consulted
- Austinist, Sour Notes 7-inch Release Party at The Parlor, retrieved 2009-09-12
- Loco Nunca, The Sour Notes - Never Mix, Never Worry, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Austinist, KVRX Summer Special at U.S. Art Authority, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Recycled Love Songs, About the Song: The Sour Notes - "Never Mix, Never Worry", retrieved 2009-01-14
- Indie Houston, Live From SugarHill Glasnost and The Sour Notes Today, retrieved 2009-01-14
- The Daily Texan, Paradigms shift above heads, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Lingwall, Mary, Shows to see to not miss out this summer, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Modern Luxury, In the Records - Top Drops, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Austin Chronicle, Music: Review - The Sour Notes, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Breakfast on Tour, The Sour Notes - Received in Bitterness, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Pasta Primavera, New Music: The Sour Notes, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Austin Sound, The Sour Notes: Received in Bitterness, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Austin Sound, Sound Off: The Sour Notes, retrieved 2008-12-08
- Austinist, The Sour Notes Tour, Release Video, Cover Jawbreaker, retrieved 2008-12-08
- Austin Sound, Video: The Sour Notes - "Is It Happening?", retrieved 2008-12-08
- Breakfast on Tour, New Video: The Sour Notes - Is It Happening?, retrieved 2008-12-08
- Austin Sound, Sound Advice Vol. III: Starry Eyes, retrieved 2009-01-14
- The Skyline, (Album Review) The Sour Notes - The Meat of the Fruit, retrieved 2008-09-23
- Gray, Chris, The Austin group releases The Meat of the Fruit EP, retrieved 2008-09-23
- Breakfast on Tour, Ume, Lymbyc Systym and The Sour Notes @ The Mink/Backroom, retrieved 2008-09-23
- Mills, William, Le Diamant Brut: Frog Eyes & The Sour Notes, retrieved 2008-06-23
- Cobb, David, Review: The Sour Notes, The Meat of The Fruit, retrieved 2008-05-23
- Breakfast on Tour, Album Review: The Sour Notes - The Meat of the Fruit, retrieved 2008-05-23
- Stevens, Darcie, Texas Platters deEP end, retrieved 2008-06-23
- S, Adam, Show Review: The Sour Notes, Ume, Marnie Stern, retrieved 2008-11-08
- City Paper, Critics Pick: The Sour Notes, Jana Hunter, retrieved 2009-01-08
- The Skyline, The Sour Notes Do So Much Stuff at Once..., retrieved 2009-01-14
- Houston Calling, Glasnost, The Sour Notes featured on live at Sugar Hill tonight, retrieved 2009-01-14
- Endnotes
- ^ Hunter, Jana, Critics Pick: The Sour Notes, retrieved 2009-01-08
- ^ Breakfast on Tour, Album Review: The Sour Notes - The Meat of the Fruit, retrieved 2007-09-23
- ^ Austinist, Show Review: The Sour Notes, Ume, Marnie Stern at The Mohawk, retrieved 2008-11-19
- ^ Austin Chronicle, Music: Review - The Sour Notes, retrieved 2009-01-14
- ^ Austinist, The Sour Notes Tour, Release Video, Cover Jawbreaker, retrieved 2009-12-03
- ^ Breakfast on Tour, The Sour Notes - Received in Bitterness, retrieved 2009-01-14