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Notes & Scratches

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About Me

The Notes & Scratches are back with a smart new batch of songs, having recorded their much anticipated follow up to 2005’s “Uh Oh” (Tense Forms). The yet-to-be-titled album was recorded in sessions throughout July and August 2007 with engineer/producer Matt DeWine at Pieholden Suite Sound Studios. These recordings mark the entrance of the newest member of the Notes family, Whitney Johnson (Dave Fischoff), who can really tear it up on the viola! Some of the new delights are available here to get a taste of the new record, coming in 2008!
"Broken Social Scene’s manic party vibe is present, but their closest neighbor is the Arcade Fire, although singer Josh Dumas is a husky-throated Tom Waits-alike, not a Bowie/Byrne disciple. ...Taken all together it’s not so much high lonesome as lo-fi hopeful." -pulsetc.com
"The Notes and Scratches' raspy, writerly country pop sounds like early Tom Waits channelling Ben Gibbard." -3hive
"Highly recommended" -gorilla vs. bear

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/19/2005
Band Website: tenseforms.com/notes/
Band Members: Anika Balaconis, Joshua Dumas, Jason Eckerson, Robbie Hamilton, Whitney Johnson.
Influences: Elephant 6, Califone, Bruce Springsteen, T-Rex, The Zombies, Neil Young, Creedence, a million others.
Sounds Like: Pop songs with decent lyrics.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

on film

Some folks have kindly shot some footage of us performing -- check out this film of us playing a cover of Rainbow Connection and this clip from the closing night of bringmayflowers.  We play a ne...
Posted by Notes & Scratches on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:24:00 PST

our record

hey, our record is out.  Listen here -- http://tenseforms.com/notes .  Buy it from the Tense Forms Store -- http://tenseforms.com/store/tfs016/ .  Yeay! ...
Posted by Notes & Scratches on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:29:00 PST

first post

well, now we have myspace site. good times. played our first show last weekend. it was pretty right on.
Posted by Notes & Scratches on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST