Pic and Vid Spam ;The Morning Benders
This is mostly for me, but I thought I'd share the love. Sorry about the unsizedness. I might go back and make them all the same.
indie pop-rock that could be heard on The OC or probably Gossip Girl [last.fm]
”Damnit Anna”
”Waiting for a War”
"Heavy Hearts”
"Grain of Salt”
Talking Through Tin Cans LP
The Morning Benders are Chris Chu, singer-songwriter, guitarist; Joe Ferrell, keyboardist, guitarist; Julian Harmon, percussion; and Tim Or, bassist (Tim recently replaced "DP" as the bassist for this group).
The Morning Benders site ; mySpace ; their blog ; Daytrotter Session ; YouTube user
There are a lot of reasons why I love this band so much. Every since I first saw them grace the Wookie Stage at the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival I was in love. The guys are absolute cuties, they make amazing pop music in the vein of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, and they are still in the phase where they're delightfully thankful for their fans. They're just four slightly awkward, slightly shy twenty-somethings who attended UC Berkely and now make music for a living. Not a bad life. Other notables that make me love them more: a photoshoot in a playground, and their releasing a covers EP track by track through various music blogs. So, even though they just released their debut LP, Talking Through Tin Cans at the beginning of May, there are already new track from the band trickling through from the The Bedroom Covers EP to their Daytrotter session, to some b-sides at their myspace.
DP is in this photo and not Tim.
I love this photoshoot.
The stolen-from-their-photoblog portion:
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They eat junk food like normal people!
And surf the sometimes shocking world wide web.
Pokemon t-shirt + cardigan = brilliant.
And read in the car!
And having staring contests with their dog.
Short shorts and touring vans. Also, I am pretty suer the one on the far right is Chris' brother.
They play impromptu sets for waiting crowds!
And have to set up their own stage.
But get to hang out in the green room that is sometimes stocked for them.
And make music videos [while wearing suspenders].
And can't afford $10.99 Oakland hats.
They were babies once!
Music vids
Acoustic "Crosseyed"
"Boarded Doors"
"Waiting for a War"
"Crying (Ray Orbison cover)"
Interviews
VIMBY - The Morning Benders
[Have I mentioned that I love these boys? "I saw Raffi at the age of four." "I feel like no one has birthday cake after the age of fifteen. Or they switch to ice cream cake, like that's more mature. It's not."]
article
Hip Clip [talking about their music videos, mostly -- B-SIDES PLEASES.]
The host ain't that great.
VIMBY - The Morning Benders Live PUMA In-Store
The Trip Wire article
RCRD interview
Daily Cal interview with Chris
Most pictures from their blog and their myspace.
indie pop-rock that could be heard on The OC or probably Gossip Girl [last.fm]
”Damnit Anna”
”Waiting for a War”
"Heavy Hearts”
"Grain of Salt”
Talking Through Tin Cans LP
The Morning Benders are Chris Chu, singer-songwriter, guitarist; Joe Ferrell, keyboardist, guitarist; Julian Harmon, percussion; and Tim Or, bassist (Tim recently replaced "DP" as the bassist for this group).
The Morning Benders site ; mySpace ; their blog ; Daytrotter Session ; YouTube user
There are a lot of reasons why I love this band so much. Every since I first saw them grace the Wookie Stage at the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival I was in love. The guys are absolute cuties, they make amazing pop music in the vein of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, and they are still in the phase where they're delightfully thankful for their fans. They're just four slightly awkward, slightly shy twenty-somethings who attended UC Berkely and now make music for a living. Not a bad life. Other notables that make me love them more: a photoshoot in a playground, and their releasing a covers EP track by track through various music blogs. So, even though they just released their debut LP, Talking Through Tin Cans at the beginning of May, there are already new track from the band trickling through from the The Bedroom Covers EP to their Daytrotter session, to some b-sides at their myspace.
DP is in this photo and not Tim.
I love this photoshoot.
The stolen-from-their-photoblog portion:
They eat junk food like normal people!
And surf the sometimes shocking world wide web.
Pokemon t-shirt + cardigan = brilliant.
And read in the car!
And having staring contests with their dog.
Short shorts and touring vans. Also, I am pretty suer the one on the far right is Chris' brother.
They play impromptu sets for waiting crowds!
And have to set up their own stage.
But get to hang out in the green room that is sometimes stocked for them.
And make music videos [while wearing suspenders].
And can't afford $10.99 Oakland hats.
They were babies once!
Music vids
Acoustic "Crosseyed"
Click to view"Boarded Doors"
"Waiting for a War"
"Crying (Ray Orbison cover)"
Interviews
VIMBY - The Morning Benders
[Have I mentioned that I love these boys? "I saw Raffi at the age of four." "I feel like no one has birthday cake after the age of fifteen. Or they switch to ice cream cake, like that's more mature. It's not."]
article
Hip Clip [talking about their music videos, mostly -- B-SIDES PLEASES.]
The host ain't that great.
VIMBY - The Morning Benders Live PUMA In-Store
The Trip Wire article
RCRD interview
Daily Cal interview with Chris
Most pictures from their blog and their myspace.