Member Since: 09/03/2007
Band Website: www.b3nson.net
Band Members: Eric Krans: vocals, guitar, banjo, drums, mandolin, piano, bass, harmonica, trombone, trumpet, PSR 300, megaphone, inside of a phonograph horn.
Jen O'Connor: vocals, piano, violin, percussion, drums, mandolin, Little Tikes, accordion, washboard, bass, PSR 300, electric slide guitar, treadle sewing machine.
Performing with all, some, or none of the following multi-talented musicians:
Tim Koch: trumpet, drums, banjo, bass, percussion, accordion, vocals.
Donna Baird: trumpet, french horn.
Dan Pardee: saw, accordion, trombone, percussion, meat grinder.
Alex Muro: tuba, bass.
Adam Muro: clarinet, banjo.
Louis Apicello: trumpet, cornet.
Nick Matulis: drums, bass.
Influences: We live in a haunted house. Sometimes the ghosts wake us up in the middle of the night. Sometimes they play music, but only on the piano or the violin.
We met in an elevator. This is a true story.
We would like to write an entire album on the tin whistle. First we need to learn the tin whistle.
Sounds Like: Animals are People Too (August 2009):
"This new song is AMAZING!!!! I'm gonna play it today! I have to. It's so awesome. Whoa!!!"
Chris Wienk, 97.7 WEXT; now playing We are Jeneric's new single "Nocturnal Animals"
"A captivating collection of lo-fi, fauna-focused acoustic gems buttressed by clarinet, trumpet and French horn."
Greg Haymes, (formerly) Times Union
In the Parlor With the Moon (2008):
"I dare you to find a more poignant, befitting and encapsulating song [O Albany We Hope] that so eloquently captures the spirit of the secrets that all of us from this region share."
Matthew Loiacono, Singing the Year 2008
Honorable Mention; Best Local CDs of 2008
Greg Haymes, (formerly) Times Union
"Perfectly crafted bedroom pop."
Band of the Week, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
"It is beautiful and great."
Heather Williams, CDFI (RIP)
"Perfect, intimate, folky bedroom music for musing on your future and singing along to under your breath."
The Tape It's Not Sticky
Hansel and Gretel; Stories from the Stove (2007):
"Hansel and Gretel; Stories from the Stove sounds like one month in an old funeral parlor. Surrounded by melting candles shoved inside old wine bottles, clocks that don't tell time and great big giant mirrors taken from abandoned old train stations."
NPR's All Songs Considered, quoting We are Jeneric
"Melodically mind-blowing..."
"Hansel & Gretel; Stories from the Stove is one of the top five albums of 2007"
Harith Abdullah, The Rev Records
We are Jeneric's Hansel and Gretel; Stories from the Stove, top local recordings: Year in Review 2007
Metroland's John Brodeur
Record Label: B3nson Records
Type of Label: Unsigned