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CRIME IN CHOIR

Gift Givers

About Me


LIVE IN OSAKA, JAPAN
TO ORDER A CD OR LP OF TRUMPERY METIER, GO HERE:
http://www.goldstandardlabs.com/store/
FROM TERROBIRD MEDIA:
San Francisco quintet Crime In Choir are an instrumental progressive rock band, comparable to Faust, Goblin, Magma, Soft Machine, etc. Founded in 2000, Crime In Choir released their previous full-length releases on Frenetic Records (2004’s The Hoop) and Omnibus (2002’s self-titled debut), respectively. The band’s third full-length, Trumpery Metier, was recorded by Tim Green, and is their first release for GSL. Comprised of founding members of the original At The Drive-In (pianist Kenny Hopper and guitarist Jarrett Wrenn), as well as members of The Fucking Champs (drummer Tim Soete), Citay (synth player Jesse Reiner), and The Mass (saxophonist Matt Waters), Crime In Choir have an impressive pedigree and an even more impressive sound. Described by Pitchfork Media as “an indie-prog monolith, blending intense mathrock spazz-outs with dense, dreamy melodies”, Crime In Choir have created a name for themselves among the ranks of prog-revivalists. Intent on reinvigorating and updating the genre for today’s discriminating, post-everything indie-rock listener, Crime In Choir’s Trumpery Metier shows every indication of being a landmark recording of the early 21st. century. - Terrobird Media
photo by: anna hrnjak
left to right:
Jonathan Skaggs: bass guitar
Kenny Hopper: rhodes piano and bass
Matt Waters: horns
Jarrett Wrenn: guitar and surgery
Jesse Reiner: keyboards
Tim Soete: drums and guitar
Warren Huegel: Drums
DISCOGRAPHY:
Crime in Choir 2002, self-titled CD/LP (Omnibus)
The Hoop 2004 (Frenetic) 2005 (Moorworks, Japan)
Trumpery Metier 2006 (GSL)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/7/2004
Band Website: -
Band Members:

Kenny Hopper: Rhodes piano
Jesse Reiner: synthesizers
Jarrett Wrenn: guitar
Tim Soete: drums
Matt Waters: saxophone
Jonathan Skaggs: bass guitar
Warren Huegel: live percussion

Influences:

Sounds Like: "there's no limit to the musical imagination on display here."
-SEATTLE WEEKLY

"this San Francisco sextet should get the kids begging for synthesizers and saxophones this year."
- EASTBAY EXPRESS
"Individually the songs are rich, dark, and epic. Together they evoke the absurdity — and power — of indulgence."
-SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY
"...both musical and inspirational."
-LOS ANGELES WEEKLY
"Crime In Choir have achieved a strange timelessness with their sound."
-ORGAN MAGAZINE, UK
"The greatest synthesizer art-rock band in the world."
-METRO TIMES, DETROIT
"...a triumphant, prog-soaked instrumental rock album by fivr highly stoned and
proficient musicians from San Francisco."
-BOMB
"Trumpery Metier sequentially captures a band at its prime, taking a vintage harmony and re-tailoring it with vanguard luster."
-PERFORMER MAGAZINE

Record Label: looking for new one, GSL, Frenetic, Moorworks
Type of Label: None

My Blog

News: Japanese release, etc...

HELLOOur 4th release, "GIFT GIVERS" is due out this Summer onthe Japanese label, MOORWORKS (who also released our 2nd and 3rd albums)The tracks should be available online through Itunes and for mail o...
Posted by CRIME IN CHOIR on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:23:00 PST

Crime in Choir performing at SFMOMA

Hosted By: CRIME IN CHOIR When: Thursday Sep 13, 2007 at 6:00 PMWhere: San Francisco Modern Musuem of Art151 Third Street (between Mission and Howard StreeSan Francisco, CA 94114United StatesDescripti...
Posted by CRIME IN CHOIR on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST