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The Emilies

About Me

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Member Since: 20/11/2006
Band Members: Alan-vocals and guitar,Thanks to: Sam, Ian, Charlotte, Sara, Adam, Spenser, Andy
Influences: okkervil river, bright eyes, say hi to your mom, sappho, hi, lonely oak, damien jurado, rocky votolato, ernest hemingway, mccarthy trenching
Sounds Like: logical days when impulse waits, itching to pounce
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

revamp

It appears as though the Emilies might reach a dirty and desperate hand out from a six month old grave. We've got unrecorded songs--two new ones, maybe, well, one finished, the other in production--an...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:35:00 GMT

HOWEVER

Nothing new is happening. I'm sort of bored with the Emilies and am busy with other endeavors--my old band got back together. HOWEVER, we're playing a gig put on by some Christian group, and we're get...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:29:00 GMT

spells

We're in a dry spell. I'm not sure what's next. And now I'm as busy with school as Ian and Sam were during most of the year.Things might pick up in a while. I don't know. Our school just needs to host...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:02:00 GMT

The (new) Emilies

Oh my goodness. So we just added Charlotte to our band to play some violin and to sing harmonies. AND, Spenser is playing lead guitar on a song--his position could become permanent.Currently we're wor...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:32:00 GMT

Alan on Will Sheff

Will Sheff is amazing.Okay, I guess I'll be a little more specific. Black Sheep Boy and (to a lesser extent) the companion EP Black Sheep Boy Apendix are my favorite cds currently. Now, I'll admit I'm...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:58:00 GMT

IMPORTANT: New Year's Resolutions

I'm not in a very positive mood at the moment, so this is all going to be harsher than it needs to be. I just listened to our two "studio" songs on the profile, and I think they could use tons of work...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:26:00 GMT

new songs on the profile

I just posted "studio versions" of For Girls and Indie Rocker. I think there is an endless list of things we need to work on, but at least it's a start.
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:27:00 GMT

2 things (this entry might be the first one as of yet that's worth reading)

1) We just received copies of the Charles Love Recording sessions. I am only happy with one take of one song after that we got from the two and a half hours. But I am very grateful for that. It was sw...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:21:00 GMT

Recording

We're gonna record Glow-fi on Friday in Charles' recording studio (which is really just his apartment). Looks like the track listing will be something like: Indie Rocker, Jake Barnes, For Girls, Ecsta...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:39:00 GMT

states of being

cURRENTLY IT LOOKS LIKE sAM AND aLAN ARE SICK. hOWEVER, WITH cOMFORTABLY nUMB AS AN INSPIRATIONAL ANTHEM, WE'RE GOING TO ROCK THE FUCK OUT OF jAMNESTY REGARDLESS OF ANY MALADIES.
Posted by on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:49:00 GMT