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Jake Mann

About Me

Drawing from indie rock sounds and songwriter senses, Jake Mann's music chases a haunting tune through the degraded landscapes, latenight reveries, and lost affairs of a smart small town. Arranged for quartet, the overdriven guitar and drums lay a foundation for crooning vocals, melodic basslines, and understated leads. Reviewers have drawn comparisons to the music of early Elvis Costello, Beulah, Guided By Voices & Neil Young.Jake came up as a songwriter in the microcosmic scene of Davis, California, forming fuzz-pop outfit The Zim-Zims in 2002 to bring his 4-track recordings to the live stage. He worked out his compositions over 3 years of shows across California and two independent releases (s/t full-length 2003 & Go Where You Are EP 2004). After completing a solo electric EP in 2005 and relocating to San Francisco, Jake joined up with Crossbill Records and has collaborated in-studio and on the stage with Payam Bavafa (Sholi), Garrett Pierce (solo, 60-Watt Kid), Carey Lamprecht (Jackpot, Jolie Holland), Adam Aaronson (The High Speed Scene, Thrill Kill Kult), Jen Grady (the Waxfire) and Andy Lentz (Mad Cow String Band, Alkali Flats) to produce some big sounds in the studio and on-stage.The new full-length album, Daytime Ghost, (out June 2007 on Crossbill Records) charts a community’s untimely and unfortunate dissolution. Echoing real and imagined transitions of the past few years, the songs dwell on departures, unfulfilled dreams, perpetual mire, heroic endings, undercover fun, and, in typical Jake fashion, some dark visions of the future we might be headed for.(check this out)

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Music:

Member Since: 15/08/2005
Band Website: http://www.jakemann.org
Band Members: Jake Mann - vocals + bass
Aaron Bellamy - guitar + trumpet + vocals
Dan Baber - drums + percussion + vocals

Additional recorded and live contributions from Max Hart [We Are Scientists], Adam Aaronson [High Speed Scene], Garrett Pierce, Payam Bavafa [Sholi], Carey Lamprecht, Andy Lentz [Mad Cow String Band], Jen Grady, and any of my other talented buddies I can get in front of a microphone!
Influences: dirt, rust, spring, pavement, tule fogs, sprawl, distances, histories, early elvis (costello), chipped paint, neil's tone, haruki, ray-o-death (r.i.p. 2007), aimee mann w/ stupid, old routes through town, gbv lanes, new potato caboose (early dead), femmes 1st, waterloo sunsets, emma blowgun's last stand (beulah!), yo la tengo heart beating, kdvs, stone roses, saturday looks good... uh
Sounds Like: a trip across the marsh
to rusty oil land

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Record Label: Crossbill Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SPROING!

"Zim-Zims veteran and former Davis resident Jake Mann knows the key to my heart - my lo-fi, synthy, electric-tinged indie-pop loving heart." - Rachel Filipinas for the California AggieWe had a great w...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:58:00 GMT

making tapes

I spent some time over the vacation engulfed in the old practice of recording cassette tapes. The selection I've been carrying in my car was, well, dated. The guiding principle on this venture was to ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Top 10 music moments of 2008

TOP 10 musical moments of 2008some personal favorites from this year...Zim-Zims reunion - with Teddy, Eric, Joe Finkel and Chris Larsen at Delta of Venus (July)Jake band, The Spires and The Dazzling S...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:32:00 GMT

PopDose takes a look back at the Kimo’s gig

PopDose reviews Kimo's ShowParson Redheads, Dazzling Strangers, Jake Mann23 August 2008Kimo's, San Francisco"First up was local artist Jake Mann, playing without a backing band, just his lonesome besp...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:00 GMT

Sediment Series | new EPs available

Working with Eric Ruud and Mike Leahy this summer, I've put together a couple EP's of previously un-heard material from The Zim-Zims (my old group) and the Daytime Ghost process recordings. Sediment S...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:36:00 GMT

We took a trip... (in January)

I’ve been meaning to do a re-cap of this and it’s taken until now... or later if I don’t finish! In an ever-recurring tide of north and south california shows, The Spires had us down...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:15:00 GMT

new blog action

Hugh posted a new review of Daytime Ghost on the either/or blog.
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:55:00 GMT

San Francisco Guardian show preview

New good words from the SF Guardian....New haunts Jake Mann brings his low-watt singer-songwriter rock to town BY THEO SCHELL-LAMBERT Tuesday September 18, 2007 When Jake Mann ponders hi...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:07:00 GMT

West Coast Performer Magazine - review of "Daytime Ghost"

from http://www.performermag.com/wcp.recordedreviews.0709.php   Jake Mann  Daytime GhostEngineered by Adam Aaronson, Garret Fierce, Leah Johnson, and Adam VealRecorded by Jake Mann at the Turtle...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:36:00 GMT

The Bay Bridged - podcast feature

I stopped by The Bay Bridged studio last week to talk to Christian and Ben about the new record. You can listen/download the podcast from thier great site: http://www.thebaybridged.com/?page_id=78 "Al...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:30:00 GMT