February 2012
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Album teaser. Directed by Denise Nouvion
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January 2012
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Pleased to share a new song. Hope you all enjoy! See you soon.
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In light of the new year, Evan and I have decided...
December 2011
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I know many of you have been curious about our new album, so Evan has been gracious enough to set up a small Q&A in order to fulfill your child-like wonder. Thank you all for sending in your questions on Facebook and Twitter - I hope we got to them all! Find the Q&A here! Or by clicking the image above! Happy Holidays!
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The time has finally come to share the first taste of our upcoming LP, The Slideshow Effect, and—forsaking further unnecessary divergences into Star Wars laced rhetoric—I must say that I’m quite excited. This new Memoryhouse track, titled The Kids Were Wrong, contains all of the tenets of that classic Memoryhouse sound(!) such as rhythm, and at some choice moments…melody.
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October 2011
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CMJ is almost here! Come see us DJ! And play music! And take naps in between!
Thursday, October 20th
Memoryhouse DJ Set CJLO hosted Medium Rotation CMJ Mixer Solas 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Sub Pop/Hardly Art Showcase Mercury Lounge Lame Fest II Eclectic Boogaloo 10 PM
Friday, October 21st
6DB Showcase The Delancey 1:40 PM Yours Truly Showcase Glasslands 10:15 PM
Saturday, October 22nd
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September 2011
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(Stream The Years in its entirety above featuring new and unreleased visuals from Jamie Harley.)
Here’s a quick reminder that The Years is available just about everywhere today (UK physical release is next Monday). Also, many, many thanks to everyone that came out to see us on our recent trek with Peter Bjorn and John.
Things will remain active for us in the forseeable future with some...
Receiving things in the mail can be nerve-wracking (ask the Unabomber). Especially when you just got your first smart phone and you’ve streamed too many videos of cute baby animals. Yet, once in a while, you receive a package from Sub Pop that makes all those data charges drift away like kittens down a slippery park slide.
Stream The Years now at Refinery 29 or MuchMusic on your computers...
August 2011
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By all accounts, it should have ended with “To the Lighthouse”, like the old one did. There’s an air of finality in the way Denise sang the line “hush the static sound of time dispersing” that appeared to serve the dual purpose of reiterating the main argument of The Years, while shoehorning some vague semblance of closure to the preceding.
Yet the E.P has...
July 2011
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June 2011
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Very proud to share a first glimpse at our inaugural release with Sub Pop. This of course, is the first physical pressing of Memoryhouse’s first EP, The Years, but I tend to find the term “reissue” doesn’t really capture just what this EP entails. We’ve re-recorded Sleep Patterns, Lately, and To the Lighthouse in a manner that is consistent with memoryhouse’s...
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Here is a live acoustic rendition of Lately performed for Invisible Children’s Silver Series in Austin during this year’s SXSW festival. Invisible Children is a wonderful cause and we are very honored to have participated in this video session with them. Please go here to read about the organization and learn how you can be a part of it.
Until next time, keep fit and have fun.
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Here’s a video of us playing a new song at Pianos in New York. This is definitely on the L.P, albeit with a bit of a different arrangement. And alas, it isn’t titled “I Won’t Follow You Back Home”, though if we ever become a parenthesis band, then this would definitely be a contender for top parenthesis (if there exists such a wonderful distinction). Finally, a...
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Here’s a formal reminder that Memoryhouse...
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Improvised piano composition.
May 2011
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Here is a complete list of all of...
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I hope it’s alright if I continue my break...
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Thinking about compiling a mix of some of my...
April 2011
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don’t die.
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don’t worry.
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Here’s a mix of songs I’ve had on repeat during these rainy Spring days. I was very touched by the tragic story of Jackson C. Frank so this collection is more or less an extended tribute to perhaps the most tragic figure of the 60’s folk movement.
“Past the flannel plains and blacktop graphs and skylines of canted rust, and past the tobacco-brown river overhung with...
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March 2011
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memoryhouse @ pitchfork #offline
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Glad to be home, somewhat.
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Here is a complete list of Memoryhouse’s SXSW performances.
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It’s official.
February 2011
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Apologies for the lack of updates. Rest assured, we are working on many fabulous things here at Memoryhouse HQ which should be brought to light very soon. In the meantime however, I would like to share a pair of lovely videos from the talented Sharon Gong , who makes great use of our live rendition of When You Sleep, as well as “Evolution Sickness” from my solo E.P.
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Very pleased to share this remix we did for...
January 2011
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I’ve put up a solo E.P. today on bandcamp. These are songs culled from recording sessions for Choir of Empty Rooms, which I’ve decided to put on hold, and simply focus on memoryhouse’s happenings (there is a lot happening). Nevertheless, these are songs that I felt needed to be released in some shape or form, if not to somehow justify the work that went in to...
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This is so adorable and inspiring, the only thing it is missing is keyboard cat.
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Here is something I’ve been...
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I made this while playing around...
December 2010
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I apologize for sharing so many mixes in lieu of new material, but we’ve been very busy pre-tracking for our debut LP, which we get more and more excited about each day. And with that, I must say thank you to everyone for such a memorable 2010, I truly never thought that Denise and I were the type of people that would actually get to live out such a remarkable experience...
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Here is a new mix I made featuring some warm pop songs to cope with the increasingly chilly mornings here in the city. Enjoy!
Winterlight - A Mix from Memoryhouse
i. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes ii. The Announcement - Jay Electronica (ft. John F. Kennedy) iii. Antarctica Starts Here - John Cale iv. Laura Palmer’s Theme...
November 2010
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You can view this elsewhere, but I thought I would post it here for consistency’s sake, and of course, because Jamie Harley is the undisputed king of moving visuals.
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Eerie video shot by Michael Yudchenko. The clip features an excerpt of “Nightswimming”, a digital-only bonus track from my forthcoming Choir of Empty Rooms solo L.P.
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Here is the B-Side to our new single on Suicide Squeeze; it is being released digitally tomorrow, and on vinyl this December just in time for Scientology Christmas or whatever non-denominational gift exchange you’re taking part in this year.
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pre-order the single here
October 2010
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I guess you could call this a continuation of the summer mixtape I shared last month. Whereas my previous mix had focused on the narcotic effect extended flights can have on one’s body, this attempts to zero in on the vast amounts of weirdness permeating through America at any given moment. (Somewhat based on my experiences touring there for a month.) I don’t mean that in a bad way. It’s...
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WatchAlas, the time has come to shift from the sepia-tinged film burns of Scott Foley’s Burnt Drive Drive to the elegantly shot skateboard-themed Ride Skate Ride, directed by Mau Padilla and Java Love. On top of being extremely well shot, edited, and colorized, this video features some breathtaking sound-mixing in it, which gently pulls the viewer in without being too assertive. I’m...
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We don’t all read the same websites, it is a scientific fact. If we did, no one would have gone to see Marmaduke:The Movie this past summer. But you did, let’s just move past it. I know there is a lot of really interesting music out there (on the internet, not in space), and apparently a vinyl rip of the new Panda Bear single has made it’s way onto your hard drive...