Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The Jealous Girlfriends hit the road Thursday

The Jealous Girlfriends make it work. The Brooklyn four-piece pull together the tunefulness of Anglo New Wave and BritPop, the aggression and energy of Washingtonian indie rock – both district and state - and infuse it all with a little soul, working an alchemy that transforms these base musical elements into songs crackling with tension and excitement that are instantly memorable while revealing something new with every listen.

Overtop a rhythmic foundation laid down by drummer Michael Fadem, Josh Abbott and Holly Miranda's buzzsaw guitars carom and careen against Alex Lipsen's square wave synths as their voices duet and duel overtop in tones that are playful and plaintive, menacing and mesmerizing. It's this potent lineup that has crafted their eponymous album following a 2005 debut EP featuring only Miranda and Lipsen.

The Jealous Girlfriends have already achieved a tremendous amount for a wholly independent band, earning that blessing and curse of being one of the best-kept secrets in independent music. Now signed to Good Fences Records, they're set to be unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.

Armed with hooks, barbs, and velvet-lined bludgeons, The Jealous Girlfriends – the album – makes a striking statement that reveals The Jealous Girlfriends – the band - as an outfit that bends and pushes against the boundaries of rock music not so much with the intent to break them, but simply to see what kind of shapes they can make.


May Tour With Sea Wolf
Thu May 22 '08 (9:00 PM) St. Louis, MO Bluebird
Fri May 23 '08 (9:00 PM) Nashville, TN Exit / In
Sat May 24 '08 (9:00 PM) Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Sun May 25 – Wash, DC Rock & Roll Hotel
Fri May 30 – Boston, MA Paradise
Tue May 27 '08 (10:00 PM) New York, NY The Mercury Lounge
Wed May 28 '08 (8:00 PM) New York, NY The Mercury Lounge
Thu May 29 '08 (10:00 PM) Philadelphia, PA North Star
Sat May 31 '08 (TBA) Quebec, QC Le Cercle
Sun June 1 - Montreal , QC Le Divan Orange
Tue June 3 – Toronto, Ontario El Mocambo
Wed Jun 4 '08 (9:00 PM) Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
Thurs June 5 ‘08 (9 PM) Chicago IL Schuba's
Fri June 6 ‘08 (9 PM) Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Sat Jun 7 '08 (8:00 PM) Winnipeg, MB Parkway Theatre
Mon Jun 9 '08 (TBA) Calgary, AB The Republik
Tue Jun 10 '08 (TBA) Edmonton, AB Velvet Underground
Thu Jun 12 '08 (9:00 PM) Vancouver, BC The Media Club
Fri Jun 13 '08 (9:30 PM) Victoria, BC Lucky Bar
Sat Jun 14 '08 (9;00 PM) Seattle, WA High Dive
Sun Jun 15 '08 (TBA) Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Tue Jun 17 '08 (8:00 PM) San Francisco, CA The Independent
Thu Jun 19 '08 (TBA) Los Angeles, CA Echo Plex
Fri Jun 20 '08 (9:30 PM) San Diego, CA The Casbah

www.thejealousgirlfriends.com
www.myspace.com/thejealousgirlfriends

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