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glowfriends

Kalamashoegazer.

About Me

Beginning in 1996, Mark Morris and his sister April Morris started writing songs and recording cassette demos in their parents' basement. They started playing live as an acoustic duo around 1999. By 2000 Mark and April had finished recording their first album 'So glad to be Here,' which was officially released on Jam Records in 2001. Later that year glowfriends began playing shows as a four-piece with violinist, Erin Butler, and her brother Brendan, ..o. In 2002 the band's line up expanded further, with the addition of Mark and April's childhood friend J.W. Hendrix on drums, and Mark's longtime girlfriend Holly Klutts on bass guitar. The six of them spent the better half of 2004 in the studio recording their second album, 'Leave The Hall Light On," which was released May 21st, 2005 on Jam Records. glowfriends performed many dates for the International Pop Overthrow Festival in Philadelphia, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, as well as many local shows in and around the Michigan area. Following the release of their second album, some big changes took place within the band. With the departure of their violinist and cellist, the band began to move in a different direction. glowfriends started work on a new record with Chicago producer/engineer, Charlie Piper, who came to Kalamazoo and recorded the glowfriends basic tracks for 16 songs within 5 days. On December 17th, 2005, guitarist Mark Morris and bassist Holly Klutts were wed. Not long after that, Jenn Hendrix (J.W. Hendrix's wife) joined the band on vibraphone in January of 2006. That same year, glowfriends performed several dates in Liverpool, England, in May, and a string of dates on the West Coast during the summer. glowfriends released their third album, ‘A Farewell to Fair-Weather,' which was released on Jam Records, on March 3rd, 2007. The band played shows throughout the year, in and around the Midwest and a couple of dates on the West Coast, including a rare television appearance on a San Diego News Station in July 2007, and peformed at the first annual KALAMASHOEGAZER fest (an event started by glowfriends, singer, April Morris) in Kalamazoo, MI on August 24th, 2007. The band is has just compleated the final session of recording for a forthcoming, 4th album, title TBA, which is tenatively planned for a November 2008 release.

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Member Since: 6/16/2005
Band Website: glowfriends.net
Band Members: April Morris - vocals, tambourine, cymbals.Mark Andrew Morris - vocals, guitar, piano.Holly Klutts-Morris - bass guitar, vocals.Jenn Hendrix - vibraphone, glockenspiel.J.W. Hendrix III - drums, percussion.
Influences: Ride, Galaxie 500, Slowdive, Mojave 3, Mazzy Star, Bedhead, The New Year, Sparklehorse, Luna, Yo la Tengo, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Moose, The Feelies, The Chills, Built to Spill, American Analog Set, Matt Pond P.A., Human Television, Okkervil River, Shearwater, Pedro the Lion, JeJune, Big Star, The Posies, The Aisler's Set, The Pastels, Je Suis Animal, The Go-Betweens, Black Tambourine, The Innocence Mission, Iron and Wine, Monoglot, MAP, Spokane, Rachel's, Carissa's Wierd, Jeff Buckley, Red House Painters, Utah!, Ida, The Spinanes, Nick Drake, The Sundays, Trembling Blue Stars, Colin Blunstone, Nico, The Velvet Underground, Francoise Hardy, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, The Notwist, Cocteau Twins, Joy Division, Low. Twee-pop, indie and underground rock from the late 80's, early 90's. Creation records, Sarah records, Flying Nun, Slumberland, 4AD.
Sounds Like: Shoegazing orchestral pop music with acoustic leanings and ethereal male/female vocals.
Record Label: Jam Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

glowfriends live and acoustic--2 Shows!

Since we already have an acoustic show booked at The Abbey Pub in Chicago April 15th, and our WIDR acoustic set went so well, we decided to add a second acoustic show at Papa Pete&rsquo...
Posted by glowfriends on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:18:00 PST

TODAY IS THE DAY.

March 1st starts our first recording session for album 4 with our friend and producer/engineer Charlie Piper.  J-dub drove out to Chicago this morning to pick him up and at about 4:30 this aftern...
Posted by glowfriends on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

February 14th at The 4th Coast, VALENTINE’S DAY show!

Announcing a special Valentine's Day show at the 4th Coast Cafe, Thursday February 14th at 9:00 p.m.  Dana Owen's (you may know him from 4th Coast and Berwer fame) new band, Delightism, will per...
Posted by glowfriends on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST

KALAMASHOEGAZER fest This FRIDAY, August 24th.

KALAMASHOEGAZER. The idea behind the KS fest is to bring together some like minded Michigan indie bands with similar influences (ie: late 80's, early 90's twee pop/shoegaze/dream pop/jangle/, etc.) at...
Posted by glowfriends on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:05:00 PST

glowfriends live on Good Morning San Diego, Thursday, August 2nd.

Hey all, We played this morning on 'Good Morning San Diego' KUSI news.  The song we played was 'Mandarin' (acoustic version) from 'A Farewell to Fair-weather,' The whole thing went really quick,...
Posted by glowfriends on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:01:00 PST

glowfriends CHARADE music video.

If anyone has not yet seen this, here is the link for the glowfriends 'Charade' video shot live at the Kraftbrau Brewery by Mark Bugnowski.  Mark Larmee did an amazing job with the sound, it...
Posted by glowfriends on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:02:00 PST

Please request glowfriends on 89.1 WIDR

Hey everyone,  If you want to help us keep 'Farewell to Fair-weather' in heavy rotation on 89.1 WIDR, please call and request 'Charade' or any other song off the new album and THEY WILL PLAY IT....
Posted by glowfriends on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:23:00 PST

Where to buy 'A farewell to fair-weather.'

The new album, 'A farewell to fair-weather,' is available for $10 at the glowfriends shows, or you can send a $12 check (made out to April Morris) or well concealed cash to: glowfriends: 3430 Wed...
Posted by glowfriends on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:58:00 PST

glowfriends in this Thursday's Ticket and on WIDR, March 1st

glowfriends will be featured in this Thursday's March 1st Ticket of the Kalamazoo Gazette.  (The Ticket is Kalamazoo's weekly entertainment guide, now in the THURSDAY paper, formerly kn...
Posted by glowfriends on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:06:00 PST

One month...

One month until the official CD release show for the glowfriends 3rd full length album, 'A Farewell to Fair-Weather,' at Kraftbrau Brewery on 3/3 2007.  We're pretty excited over all th...
Posted by glowfriends on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:26:00 PST