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Oriel Joans

Oi

About Me

Sprung from the wettest pop-fantasies of Ori L Jones, here are ORIEL JOANS. The ensemble consists of five musicians at the top of their craft, recruited to embody a long lost recording project of Jones’; his first and last masterpiece.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2007
Band Members:
Pekka

Andreas

Madelene

Lars
Influences: Ramones, Ori, Pixies, Sonics, Billie Holiday, Nick Drake, Springsteen, Neurosis, Debussy, Velvet Underground, Kinks, Brian Wilson, Al Green, Beatles, Rivers C, Phil S, The Who, Chet Baker, Trail Of Dead, Breach, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Steve Albini, Marine Girls, Jonathan Richman, Air, Bear Quartet, Sonic Youth, Union Kid
Sounds Like: OJ
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Criss quits the band, Paris calls, facial hair growing loong...

HiSadly enough our good friend and drummer Carl decided a few weeks back that he would quit the band. The main reason was that he couldn't manage his studies anymore, having to spend 3+ hours of trave...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:57:00 PST

lyrics

this is where the lyrics will be posted for all of oriel joans' recorded songs.Great Shadesacross the neck of a lonely palm treegoes a shiver from a touch of theebetween the isle and the eastern horiz...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:25:00 PST

new song, new year, new news 080123

Hello you, all of youWe have a new song up! It's one of the additions we've made to our repertoire this fall, a straight forward uptempo ballad called Criss Cola & the Star. Uptempo ballad? Makes...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:08:00 PST

post holiday

The last few days have been awfully nice. Bastun sold out (tack alla ni som kom, hoppas vi ses snart igen) and our unanounced show on new years turned out to be our best one so far. Really feels like ...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:02:00 PST

Ever watch Swedish TV?

We're on it. TV4 is the channel and the series is called Labyrint. We were asked a few weeks ago to have one of our songs on the show (kudos to John) and we said "huh? yeah". So keep an eye open on th...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:09:00 PST

no sleep

.. none whatsoever! Playing is sure more fun than ever right now: New material is taking shape, we're working harder than ever before. Tourdates are hunted fuiously as well since we're itching to brin...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:13:00 PST

current undertakings (17:th of june)

Oh my, didn't that summer arrive swiftly. Parks in bloom around Stockholm town, the water still swimmable. Lovely.So what's up in the OJ-camp?Well, we're blooming too, but not as visibly. We're bloomi...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:49:00 PST

hungover and happy

Lovely night at stampen yesterday. Thank you, friends and dancing strangers, for showing up!Footage to be posted asap.../OJ...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:18:00 PST

A&Q

Q&A We're stoked to see that we are already at this early stage getting quite a few messages ...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:54:00 PST

update may 24

Hey friends! It's been a while. Here are some updates. A NEW SONG is uploaded on our profile. This one is actually the first we have written and produced without any input of Ori's. It's of the shor...
Posted by Oriel Joans on Thu, 24 May 2007 04:52:00 PST