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Almost two years in the making, Company's latest CD, 'Old Baby,' is available from Jagjaguwar/SC Distribution (go to abandcalledcompany.com). 'Old Baby' is the second release from Brah Records. It's a tour de force collection of 11 top-notch Company tunes produced by Kid Millions of Oneida.
Company is a songwriting collective and rock band rooted in folk, punk, country, and psychedelic traditions. Brought together by a shared commitment to writing songs that don’t “pussyfoot around”, to borrow Dylan’s phrase, Adam Davison, David Janik, Stephanie Rabins, and Christopher Teret formed Company in 2001. Self-released records and a string of shows with the likes of Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Bright Eyes, Arbouretum, The Double, Oakley Hall, and Oneida followed.
The 2005 release of Parallel Time on Brah Records led to a collaboration with Oneida drummer and Brah co-founder Kid Millions as producer and Barry London as recording and mixing engineer. The result is "Old Baby", a rich, layered work, and something of a departure from the live feel of previous recordings.
A third record is due out this spring from Peapod Recordings. check them out here
Pat Sullivan (Oakley Hall)— “I once got so drunk with some old friends that I hopped into some mob guy’s convertible idling on the southside of Williamsburg, grabbed the steering wheel and revved the engine, although I have no recollection—I had to be told this. I had come from a Company show. One of many in their incredible stint at Pete’s Candy Store. Where were you? You missed the best band in New York writing new chapters in the Great American Songbook right before your eyes. Certainly without hyperbole their generation’s best additions to the pantheon. They get together occasionally and play a killer set with—somehow—new amazing material and then drop a record like Old Baby. I’d just quit bourbon too. I guess I’m going back. Where will you be? Don’t make the same mistake twice.”

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Member Since: 03/10/2005
Band Website: www.abandcalledcompany.com
Band Members: Adam Davison, David Janik, Stephanie Rabins, and Christopher Teret.
Influences: Cash, The Clash, Hank, Home, Wilburys, Walker & Jay, Oakley Hall, Oneida, Nirvana, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Exile, The Ex, Amps for Christ, Fairport Convention, Dr. Hook, Captain Beefheart, Basement Tapes, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Jay-Z, Tigercity, Chris & Stephanie, AJ Green, and You.
Sounds Like: Index Magazine— “The best folk singers have the power to rivet a room’s attention on the cadences of a vocal inflection or the change of a single chord, and each member of Company has this power in spades.” ------------------------------------------------ TimeOut NY— “A group of musicians who are deeply at ease with their sound. . . expect another series of impressive performances from a generous, chilled-out band.”
Record Label: Brah Records / Jagjaguwar
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New mp3 up - Album to follow!

Hey friends,Its been about a year since Company released Old Baby and some of you may have been wondering if you had heard the last of our sort-of-hiatused quartet. Perhaps we should be more concerne...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:24:00 GMT

new recordings and video

the last couple weekends of august company reconvened to kick the tires, assess the damage, batten down the hatches, and record a new record. a fine time was had by all, and the sessions in portland, ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Loose ends and new incursions into the world interweb!!

Hello again, friends of Company: Let me begin with a confession. Company has been remiss. We played two absolutely killer shows to end our tour and we haven’t told you about them yet. The OLD B...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:58:00 GMT

Colonial Williamsburg

There was an old fashioned feeling at the early evening Soundfix show on Sunday night in Williamsburg. The tin ceilings and hardwood floors, the hum of electric instruments, the splash of rum and beer...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:24:00 GMT

westward ho!

On Saturday at midday, Company saddled up. Waving goodbye to the home cooking of mothers and the comforts of childhood homes enjoyed in Baltimore, leaving behind the cushy 1-2 hour drives of the previ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:28:00 GMT

Pure Gold

Company has continued across the frozen tundra of the American Northeast, delving into the relatively balmy Mid Atlantic for a few stops. Along the road we've been finding little neatly organized heap...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:45:00 GMT

Rochester to Philly - something strong is coming on

Company found out that Rochester is the City of Motherly Love on Tuesday when we arrived to find Adam's mom's chicken soup waiting, with David's mom there to share it with us. The meeting of the moms ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:50:00 GMT

OPENING DAY: "OLD BABY" DROPS, COMPANY AT ROCHESTER

Between Burlington, Vermont and Rochester, New YorkSpring training is upon us, Company fans! After drilling in the freezing rains of Burlington, VT (home of the Champs and their eponymous lake monster...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:03:00 GMT

Kinda Fweaky

February 17 Between Portland, Maine and Winooski, Vermont.We're hurtling through New Hampshire in a malfunctioning machine. There's green ooze spewing from the gills of this thirsty and cantankerous ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:53:00 GMT

This is only fantastic good.

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Posted by on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:10:00 GMT