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Harlan

About Me

Also, head over to thestillbeat.com to order the ltd. edition Spiderette Box. This is a limited edition run (100 copies), and the price is $20 which includes shipping and handling. Contents include a hand silkscreened box and CD jacket by Scott Campbell, Poster and lyric sheet with an allegorical still-life photo by Britt King, and an invitation to John's Inanimates painting exhibition. See for yourself below:
Days of Delirium video:

Computer Games Under the Sun video:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/06/2005
Band Website: thestillbeat.com
Band Members:
John Harlan Norris: vocals / guitar / synthesizer

Scott Campbell: drums / cymbals
(on myspace)
John Bossier: bass
Britt King: guitar / synthesizer / backing vocals
(on myspace)
Sounds Like:
"Spiderette is a mature, confident album filled with wonder."
–Alex Cook (Paste, Wire, Oxford American)
Spiderette is 225 Magazine's number 1 most intriguing Baton Rouge album of 2008.
–225 Magazine
"Beck meets XTC."
–spin.com
"Really smart pop from Baton Rouge, Louisiana; classic songs mixed with moments of weirdness and overall a killer."
–usatoday.com
The Still Beat selected as number 1 most intriguing Baton Rouge album of the 2005: "Pop Genius....Norris' complex arrangements and melody shifts make this more of an ensemble piece than just one man pouring out his pathos into a jambox."
–225 Magazine
"Harlan seems to cover a mini-spectrum from my travel case, each song finding a referent in my late 80s music explorations.... (including) Charlatans UK, XTC, The Feelies"
-Music Spectrum
"The Still Beat is one of the freshest (if not THE freshest) pop albums released in the past year."
-Lexington Project e-zine
Record Label: Odd Thud
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

harlancountyhigh.blogspot.com

We are moving over to: harlancountyhigh.blogspot.comSorry myspace: it's been fun, and I still like you as a friend. We'll still post music here and crap, but the news & daily musings will all be at th...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Days of Delirium Digital EP out now

Our Days of Delirium Digital EP is now available on Itunes, emusic, etc. It was mastered by Carl Saff and includes 2 new songs (Evil Industry, International), as well as a live version of The Ruralist...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:06:00 GMT

Harlan in SE Performer August Issue

The Still Beat has been reviewed in the August issue of SE Performer.... Harlan  The Still BeatEngineered by Bill Kelley and John NorrisMastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Boston, MAHarl...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:08:00 GMT

Harlan on NPR’s All Songs Considered

Harlan is featured today on NPR's All Songs Considered "Open Mic" Section.... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1245184 9
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:56:00 GMT

Harlan reps the South right...

taken from: http://www.bibabidi.net/2007/06/harlan.html BiBaBiDi blog: Harlan I've these absolutely misguided, idiotic biases against certain styles of music, certain locations, certain vocals styl...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:56:00 GMT

Amplifier Magazine Feature

Amplifier Magazine online recently posted a feature about the band which can be found here:http://amplifiermagazine.com/artist_driven/focus/harlan .phpcheers,h
Posted by on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:52:00 GMT

Sons & Daughters Video

Here's the new vid for Sons and Daughters, directed by Jeff Roedel. The Footage is taken from the exhibition at Moreland Studio back in April. It was a fun night, and this provides a nice little docum...
Posted by on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:41:00 GMT

USATODAY.com digs Harlan

USA Today Music Editor Ken Barnes recently listed The Still Beat as a notable new release in his Listen Up music blog at USATODAY.com. Here's what he had to say:Harlan, The Still Beat (out last month)...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:11:00 GMT

we are officailly Not Lame

taken from www.notlame.com: http://www.notlame.com/Harlan/Page_1/CDHARLAN1.html "The Still Beat" begins with a kind of Freddie Mercury piano line that could have walked off "Day Of The Races", as the ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:39:00 GMT

Harlan video on Spin.com

taken from: http://www.spin.com/video/2007/04/070411_harlan/ Harlan's Video Plays 'Games' With Your Head April 11, 2007 Exclusive! Watch Harlan's touching, trippy video for "Computer Games Under the ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:27:00 GMT