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Probably My Son

About Me

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, multi-instrumentalist Alex Fencl records under the moniker Probably My Son. In the late 00s, Fencl wrote, recorded, and performed with the Columbus, OH-based punk band, Happy Campers (myspace.com/happyhappycampers) and has released five solo albums under that same name since 1999.
After the announcement of the ‘Campers indefinite hiatus, Fencl returned to the experimental pop format he has been accustomed to working in since the late 90s and decided to change names, going under the current Probably My Son title, which was taken from a line in Wes Anderson's 2004 film "The Life Aquatic."
Fencl's latest LP is called "Good Morning, Hummingbird!" It was released in early 2008 and was recorded in Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, and Reykjavik, Iceland.
Currently, Fencl is looking to put together North American, European, Kiwi and Aussie tour dates to promote "Hummingbird!"
Fencl is currently working on new material, recording in places like Prague, Christchurch, Salzburg, Munich, Auckland, Dallas and Cleveland. It is coming together and new songs will be posted. Fencl relocated to Dallas, Texas in February of 2009 and is currently based there.
Booking: Chris @ Series Two-- [email protected]
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You may purchase "Good Morning Hummingbird!" From Series Two Records for $10 (paypal). As of late, folks in Japan will be able to purchase through Apple Crumble Records in Tokyo. All other releases like the "Slow Burn E.P." will be available from me. Just send an e-mail to the above address and I can mail you a copy! Cheers. .. .. .. ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/07/2007
Band Members: Alex K. Fencl ---guitars, bass, vocals, melodica, ocarina, recorder, clarinet, keys, clicks, klacks, percussion, field recordings.
Influences: Robert Wyatt, Cat Power, Beatles, The Microphones/ Phil Elverum, Magnetic Fields, Joy Division, Six Parts Seven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fugazi, Leonard Cohen, Mission of Burma, Sigur Ros, Mum, The Evens, and B movies.
Sounds Like: Sprawl
Record Label: Series Two (North America); Apple Crumble (Japan)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cancelled dates :(

Hi everyone,Sadly due to financial constraints my pending mid America mini tour has been put on hold and I will be unable to play at the Nebraska Pop Festival in Omaha next month. It was a tough decis...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:17:00 GMT

New Zealand

...was incredible and I wish that I could have stayed for much longer (especially on the South Island!) Thank you to Andrew at Powertool Records and Ian at Eggnog for showing me around Auckland and fo...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:10:00 GMT

June tour down under

Working on getting together the Kiwi and Aussie legs of the "Good Morning, Hummingbird!" tour for this June. I will post more details as they come. Happy Spring! (and happy Autumn to friends of the So...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:16:00 GMT

New dates

It has been quite some time since I have done any shows. The past year has been eventful as I moved 1200 miles from Cleveland, OH to Dallas, TX and have pretty much worked on new material in the studi...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:57:00 GMT

BET "Respect the Vote!" Interview

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I was interviewed by  BET this week about the upcoming election here in the States for their "Respect the Vote!" campaign. It is put on by the...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:37:00 GMT

September Compilation

Hi Everyone,I just wanted to give you a bit of an update since it has been a while. Firstly, "Worth Every While" will be appearing on a compilation from Series Two Records in September, which is quite...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:37:00 GMT

Hiding...

Hi Everyone,It has been a while since I last posted something. I have had a busy spring lifewise and time has been tight. But rest assured that I have been working on new material, though not at break...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:50:00 GMT

News

Hi Everyone, I made it back in one piece after a two-week trek through most of Central Europe. It was fantastic and I met many great people. The next gig is Saturday night, 9 p.m., at Bela Dubby ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:07:00 GMT

Good Morning, Hummingbird!

A news release will follow, but I am nearing the final stages of completion on this album. I have been working at it since July and I hope that it will be to your liking. It will be either 10 or 11 so...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:46:00 GMT

Hiatus

Hi everyone, Not too much activity on this site for a while with new songs or gigs because I have been on an unplanned hiatus for the past month-and-a-half or so. A lot is going on in my life. But re...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:34:00 GMT