Acoustic / Indie / Rock
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Artistas similares:
Pavement, Wilco, Arab Strap, Bright Eyes, Sebadoh
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Componentes:
Jarrod Gorbel, Aaron Kamstra, Jon Wiley, Adam Boyd
Bio en comentarios.
Info en Amazon.com:
The Honorary Title is a soulful indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. The band, fronted by singer/songwriter Jarrod Gorbel, is rounded out by multi-instrumentalist Aaron Kamstra, guitarist John Wiley, and drummer Adam Boyd.
Review en Download.com:
If you expect to hear this Brooklyn emo/indie-pop duo's songs in breakup scenes on the WB, well, watch "One Tree Hill" and you will. Besides their TV demi-stardom, the pairing of Jarrod Gorbel and Aaron Kamstra has brought their Dashboard/Bright Eyes cross to Doghouse Records and to stages featuring Taking Back Sunday and A.C. Newman.
Discografia:
-The Honorary Title (2 December 2003 -Self-Starter Records-) Amazon.com
1. Everything I Once Had
2. Properly Balanced
3. Frame By Frame
4. The Faint And Precious Sound
5. Dilute
6. Reassemble
-Anything Else But the Truth [ENHANCED] (Amazon.com)
February 28, 2006 - Doghouse-
La versión de un CD, salió el 1 de Junio del 2004, con Doghouse.
Disc: 1
1. Frame by Frame
2. Bridge and Tunnel MP3
3. Everything I Once Had MP3
4. Cut Short
5. Points Underneath
6. Anything Else But the Truth
7. Revealing Too Much
8. Snow Day
9. Disengage
10. Smoking Pose
11. Petals
12. Cats in Heat
Disc: 2
1. Soft, Pale and Pure [*]
2. Smoking Pose [Alternate Version][*]
3. Never Said [*]
4. Reason to Celebrate [*]
5. Bridge and Tunnel [Alternate Version][*]
6. Everything I Once Had [Multimedia Track]
7. Bridge and Tunnel [Multimedia Track]
ECard
-New Song STAY AWAY on the ONE TREE HILL sountrack THE ROAD MIX
-Untouched & Intact [EP] (July 17, 2007 -Reprise / Wea-) Amazon.com
1. Untouched And Intact
2. Along the Way
3. Finally Understand
4. 7 Blocks
-Scream & Light Up the Sky (August 28, 2007 -Reprise / Wea-) Amazon.com
Scream And Light Up The Sky, the major-label debut from The Honorary Title, is a beautifully ragged collection of subtle indie pop with hints of Americana, Britpop and punk. Produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith), the charismatic Jarrod Gorbel’s intimate, heartfelt and yet sarcastic musings indeed light up the musical sky.-Amazon.com
1. Thin Layer (4:16)
2. Stay Away (4:14)
3. Untouched and Intact (3:09)
4. Stuck At Sea (4:22)
5. Far More (4:38)
6. Radiate (3:04)
7. Along The Way (5:12)
8. Apologize (3:17)
9. The City's Summer (2:57)
10. Only One Week (4:13)
11. Wait Until I'm Gone (5:11)
12. Even If (3:36)
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Biography (Download.com)
ResponderEliminar?I share with complete strangers my most personal of pleasures,"
sings Jarrod Gorbel on "Frame By Frame," the opening track from Anything Else But The Truth, the debut full-length from Brooklyn- based band The Honorary Title. It's true. Gorbel bares his soul using his soaring voice and intricately worded narrative, while bassist/ multi-instrumentalist Aaron Kamstra augments the melodies using an assortment of synths, organ and piano parts. Drawing on an eclectic range of influences that includes Elvis Costello, Bright Eyes and Jeff Buckley, The Honorary Title combines raw emotion with pop hooks and remarkably poetic lyrics to write songs that defy simple genre classifications. The band?s indie sensibility is fleshed out on the richly orchestrated Anything Else But the Truth, released in June of 2004. The album was recorded during the Fall of 2003 in New York and Nashville, with the help of producer Roger Moutenot, known for his work with Yo la Tengo, Guster, and Josh Rouse. The Honorary Title's live show reveals that they never take themselves too seriously.
Onstage, Gorbel is a ball of nervous energy, directing his hilariously lewd banter at himself, his bandmates and even members of the audience.
Gorbel grew up amid the suburban sprawl of Long Island, New York. He started playing guitar when he was thirteen and, after he got over his hair metal phase, he turned to folk music. After attending college in upstate New York, he began regular performances at downtown spots like The Mercury Lounge, Brownies, CBGBs and the Knitting Factory. Shortly after he recruited Indiana-native Kamstra and rechristened the project The Honorary Title, things started heating up. In fall of 2002, the band played a series of dates opening for Dashboard Confessional, having been hand-picked by Chris Carrabba as a warm-up act. In the following months, the band fielded offers from several labels, but ultimately decided on the independent Doghouse Records, which is where both The Get Up Kids and, more recently, The All-American Rejects got their start.
Since the June 2004 release of Anything Else But The Truth, The Honorary Title has toured relentlessly, sharing the stage with the likes of Taking Back Sunday, Secret Machines, AC Newman, From Autumn to Ashes, Lucero, Straylight Run, Minus The Bear, and The French Kicks, and getting the chance to perform at several high-profile festivals, including SXSW and Austin City Limits. Last Fall, the band went on their first full national tour with Switchfoot and The Format, playing sold out shows at such venues as LA?s Wiltern Theatre, New York?s Hammerstein Ballroom and Chicago?s Riviera Theatre. From these shows alone, the band?s album sales, and fanbase, nearly quadrupled.
The Honorary Title has also been seen and heard on TV. Their first video, for single "Bridge and Tunnel" had solid rotation on FUSE's The Dive and featured on Daily Download. In addition, The WB's hit show One Tree Hill featured "Bridge and Tunnel" twice in two months, and "Cats in Heat" on a recent episode. "Bridge and Tunnel" could be heard on WB's Studio 7 as well. The video for the band's second single, "Everything I Once Had", has been added to Fuse's Stevens Untitled Rock Show, and recently finished in first place on Oven Fresh. As well as the video being played on Fuse, The Honorary Title just played live and were interviewed on Steven?s Untitled Rock Show.
The Honorary Title are beginning their summer on a high note, having been a long list nominee for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, a finalist in the Launch / Yahoo sponsored "Next Big Thing", and currently wrapping up a 5 week US tour with Straylight Run, Minus The Bear, and Gratitude sponsored by Alternative Press and Vans. The Honorary Title will be on tour this June as well with East West recording artist Lucero.