Nestled in the neighborhood of Old Irving Park in Chicago is the studio of a buried treasure that is slowly becoming unearthed. Underneath headphones and tangled wires, indie rock artist James Eric composes experimental pop soundscapes, splicing them with distorted noise rock, and reinterpreting them for an inventive, yet accessible, melody-driven backdrop. The heart-on-sleeve sincerity is saturated with fierce dynamics, telling simple truths with a single voice and one man's instruments. 2007 welcomes the culmination of his songwriting career with 2 releases in one year.
Be Right There and Tonight The Moon both dip into numerous genres; from dance-trance to plaintive folk, but always with a stylistic consistency that maintains the artist's identity. Both records are genuine and moving pieces of work, utilizing an undeniable knack for catchy hooks to explore the potential of off-beat instrumentation in the ultimate pursuit of combining the emotionally stark lyrics with a quiet-to-loud intensity that best befits them. In 2007, James will bring that sincerity he captures in the studio out into performance spaces throughout the summer, whether it be clubs or living rooms. James' motivation and passion takes his new beginning and turns it into something that can't be met with cynicism or doubt; only acceptance and passion.
Favorite Books Include: Tropic of Cancer, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, Who Will Run The Frog Hospital, Slaughterhouse Five, High Fidelity, Quiddity, Free Stallion
Favorite TV Shows Include: Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars, The Wire, Joan of Arcadia, Lost, Buffy, Arrested Development, Alf
Favorite Movies Include: Fearless, Punch-Drunk Love, All The Real Girls, The New World, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Once
RECORDS:
Track listings
available here
Download Free Cover Songs
Compilation By Clicking Here
Download SPLIT CD
By Clicking Here
(featuring Stephano Ponce )
Download CLOSE CALLS SPLIT EP
By Clicking Here
(featuring Charlie Sullivan )
TONIGHT THE MOON ($3)
12-track James Eric compilation CD
includes 4-page panel booklet with lyrics
ACCEPTANCE ($3)
(featuring Real Live Tigers
on the song "Let Me In")
BE RIGHT THERE ($3)
WANTED ($3)
(split with Kristen Sylvester )
Isolated Storms ($3)
(a compilation of various instrumentals
from 2000-2007)
Cheese Alfred Pickles Spam ($3)
( Einstein's Creation Anthologee)
Real Live Tigers Tribute Record ($5)
(purchase the record through Toby Foster
by clicking on the artwork)
COMING SOON:
Redbear / Rubber Dharma / James Eric
(split released in late Jaunary 2008 ?)
Fire Island, AK / James Eric
(split released in February 2008)
The Magnetic Fields Tribute Record
(message me if you want to be on this!) - Feb 14th, 2008
Houses in the Mountains
(March 2008 new full length)
If We Were Our Futures
(Alanis Morrissette Tribute Record - May 2008)
