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Netherfriends

About Me

Emerging from the rooftops of Chicago in 2007, Netherfriends are that bastard-psych-pop-catchy as hell band that you’ve been searching for. They recently signed with indie label Emergency Umbrella. Their debut 6 song EP “Calling You Out,” fused heavily layered arrangements with group sing-a-longs, spare pianos, synths, glockenspiels and other hard to place, but familiar sounds. The three-piece psychedelic pop band grabbed some early spark and attention from places like Blender and RCRD LBL and have played at both SXSW in Austin and CMJ in New York City. Netherfriends features Shawn Rosenblatt (vocals, guitar, keys, drums, and samples) a freshly minted college graduate of music composition, planning to put his education to use from the road. At the moment, he has many different individuals play with him live.
Press: “Netherfriends make some of the most likeable music this kid has heard in quite some time.” -RCRDLBL
“Wander into bar. Buy cheep beer. Discover Greatness. Banging out sweetly distorted sing-along melodies on guitar, keyboard and drums, Chicago trio Netherfriends delivered the thrill of the unknown.” -Blender Magazine
"Netherfriends have a bunch of toe-tappers in their repertoire, and I definitely wouldn't mind this band leading my crew in a round of campfire songs (if campfires weren't so creepy when you and all your friends are 30-something)." -Oh My Rockness
"Shawn Rosenblatt, the lone constant in the Chicago band Netherfriends, is some kind of a mastermind. The young man has such an expert way with indie rock arrangement and with the tricky business of sounding both unfamiliar and like something that we've been intimate with time and again. It's as if we could recall his songs by closing our eyes and checking in with our olfactory sensibilities and we should be able to arrive at a clear picture - like a demented circus train, or a hammer hitting a bullet sending a gorgeous distress signal up from a life raft to explode over a vast and terrifying ocean. He seems to have gone out with a net and corralled all of the tails of every comet that's come close enough to Earth to nab, bundled them and then shocked them into weird motions and dance maneuvers." -Daytrotter
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PUBLICITY: Samantha and Christen at Daffodil Publicity
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Member Since: 24/05/2007
Band Website: netherfriends.com/
Band Members: Shawn Rosenblatt Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Drums, Banjo, and Samples

Non-Touring Members:
Justin Fernando Guitar, Synth, Vocals, Glockenspiel and Melodica

Past Members and Hired Gunz:

Angie Kang
Graham Bechler
Paul Newmann
Nick Sweet
Chris Alvarez
Jeff Goulet
Mosses Shoshan

Pierce Codina

Paul Karnatz
Netherfriends Blog :
Sounds Like:
Nunya (Beeswax) from Dan Scotti on Vimeo .


Record Label: Emergency Umbrella
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

50 songs 50 states (East Coast Edition)

Starting April, I will be without a home for one year. It seems the easiest way to get to all 50 states in one year is to avoid the paying bills and rent and make different parts of the country my hom...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:33:00 GMT

My 50 States and Songs Project

Being prolific is an artists dream, although we all know that being productive never lasts. Eventually, we hit an enormous wall and our creativity and ambition flies right out the window. During ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:33:00 GMT

Pre-order new EP on Insound

Pick up the new EP via Insound HERE!!
Posted by on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:00 GMT

2009 Tour and new EP

Dear internet,I know things have been super crazy with you (I mean Michael Jackson died,)  but Netherfriends are super busy and I want to share with you all the excitement.We signed with  Emergency Um...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:01:00 GMT

Myspace hates our BLOG

Myspace seems to think our blog is a spam site. LAME! Well bookmark our blog and visit religiously! http://www.netherfriends.com
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:13:00 GMT

Tour Videos

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5More to come.
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Cassettes tapes... no its not 1987!

The guys over at the Omaha label "I'm drinkin this" have put out our demo EP "Home is Where My House is" on trasparent cassettes.
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:08:00 GMT

bloomington indiana @ the cinemat

we're posting on angie's phone with this new "myspace mobile" beta which doesn't let us post bulletins so this blog is to inform everyone that we're playing the cinemat in bloomington indiana tonight....
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:57:00 GMT

First article in Real Detroit Weekly

http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/article_3643.shtml Thanks Jeff!
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:28:00 GMT

Tour Blog BLOG BLOG blog... check it!

Check it out here Netherfriends will be letting our friends and family see what crazy adventures we have while on our short winter tour.
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:29:00 GMT