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Unwed Sailor

Instrumental since 1998....

About Me



Order Unwed Sailor Releases from our Myspace Store:

Little Wars (CD) $15


The White Ox (CD) $15



Circles EP (CD) $8



Firecracker EP (CD) $8



The Faithful Anchor (CD) $15


The Marionette and the Music Box (Hardbound Book & CD) $25
Thank you for your support. Price includes shipping in the United States.--Unwed Sailor Please email [email protected] for international shipping prices.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/31/2004
Band Website: unwedsailor.net
Influences:
Born in Seattle in 1998 at the tender age of intent, Unwed Sailor is helmed by Oklahoma-born songwriter Johnathon Ford. The basis for the instrumental project came into being while Ford was still writing with Seattle luminaries Roadside Monument. Pulling towards a bass guitar-oriented sound, the songs he had begun to craft did not fully feel right for Roadside Monument, thus the unbeknownst predestined forming of Unwed Sailor. Not aiming for Unwed Sailor to fall into the regular confines of a typical band, Ford's ever evolving cast and crew has been tirelessly composed over the years of good friends and company. Throughout the past decade, Unwed Sailor has shared the stage with the likes of Pedro the Lion, Mary Timony, The Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, Early Day Miners, Minus the Bear, The Advantage, The Starlight Mints, Battles, and Mates of State(just to name a few....). The band has since been relocated and based out of cities across the United States, including Chicago, Seattle, Washington D.C., Jackson MS, Little Rock, AR, and most recently Lawrence, KS. With over 14 US tours and four in Europe, the band has traveled almost as much as it has evolved.

From their 1998 debut ep release, Firecracker(featuring Dave Bazan from Pedro the Lion, and Casey Wescott from The Vogue & Seldom) to their 2001 full length release The Faithful Anchor(engineered by Dan Burton/Early Day Miners), the band strived to create side door studies into the pictures behind sound, while opening multiple avenues in the creation of reflective, legitimate, sometimes instrumental music. In 2002, these studies also produced two short film soundtracks for independent film maker Chris Bennett - Stateless (a musical collaboration with Early Day Miners), and For Jonathan, a multi-genre compilation featuring artists as varied as The Album Leaf and Mikael Jorgensen to Jessica Bailiff and Her Space Holiday.

In 2003, the shape of Unwed Sailor changed dramatically as the sound became less a standard suite of songs, developing instead into a growing creature, cinematically-operated and tell-tale both in its sonic and packaged presentation. The resulting album was recorded and released as The Marionette and the Music Box; music set to tell the painted "story-book" story of a lonely little marionette in search of a cherished, lost music box. Describing the picturesque brushes and swells of a rather unique orchestra, Unwed Sailor composed pieces as suited for concert halls as they are the hot, impassioned stages of dark night clubs from city to city. As a live performance, the music is only more chaotic in its finely-tuned restraints. Here audiences are treated to a powerful performance, played out as though on the screen; they walk away from the shows as though from a theater, excited and curious about the world again. On stage, Unwed Sailor as people melt away, becoming nobody and everybody at the same time; a two hearted octopus with every arm working twice as hard.

In 2006 the band introduced two brand new recordings with Dan Burton(Early Day Miners) once again behind the soundboard, the ambient EP "Circles", and the atmospheric and brooding full length "The White Ox". These releases were supported by national tours with Me Without You, Murder By Death, and The Appleseed Cast, as well as an extensive 5 week tour throughout Europe. Unwed Sailor continues to tour throughout the United States and Europe during the year of 2007, as well as release their anticipated new full length album "Little Wars".

Sounds Like: You can hear several mp3's, view our online "Web Books" for "The Marionette and The Music Box", "Stateless", and "Circle of Birds", and buy our cd's atwww.unwedsailor.net

Interested in booking Unwed Sailor for a show?

U.S. Booking - www.noiseproblem.com
Contact: Bojan Jovanovic [email protected]

European Booking - www.toutpartout.be
Contact: Felix [email protected]

Film: For Jonathan by Chris Bennet/Soundtrack: Shadows by Unwed Sailor

Film: Stateless(Chandelier Segment) by Chris Bennett/Soundtrack:Chandelier by Unwed Sailor & Early Day Miners

Click the link below to visit our PureVolume page for even more Unwed Sailor songs, photos, and news!

Record Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl(U.S.)/Gentlemen Records(Europe)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Unwed Sailor U.S. Tour with Sybris

We are hitting the road for a full U.S. tour with Sybris, on May 23.Our new record, Little Wars will be available on cd and double vinyl at all of the shows.Check the dates on our myspace account for ...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Sat, 10 May 2008 11:23:00 PST

New Song! Copper Islands Download.

The Garden, a new song off of Unwed Sailor's new album, Little Wars(out March 18)is up on the player!also, Copper Islands is now downloadable...you can finally take the song with you wherever you go.l...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:43:00 PST

Unwed Sailor/This Will Destroy You History

Thanks to This Will Destroy You and all the fans who came out to see us play on the tour.We appreciate all of you....Look for more Unwed Sailor dates this spring. We will be out supporting our new rec...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:34:00 PST

Little Wars Release Date Announced!

Unwed Sailor finished mixing Little Wars. The album is 9 songs which clock in at 42 1/2 minutes.The 2xLP version will include a two bonus tracks, one remix and one track recorded as part of the Little...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:17:00 PST

Little Wars is Finished!

Unwed Sailor's new record Little Wars is finally completed. It will be released this coming spring on double vinyl and cd. We will playing songs from the new record on our upcoming tour with This Will...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:37:00 PST

Promoting Unwed Sailor with "widgets"/reverbnation.com

We started a music account with www.reverbnation.com. Come and check it out.Below is what is called a "widget". This widget lists all of our upcoming shows, and is updated automatically whenever we ad...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:51:00 PST

Touring

Unwed Sailor will be touring consistently throughout the end of the year...we have an east coast/southern U.S. tour planned in august, followed by a run through the midwest in september. In October/No...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:52:00 PST

The White Ox/Circles Double VInyl Available Now

The White Ox/Circles Double Vinyl is available now at your local record stores. The artwork features paintings from the legendary UK artist James Marsh.The Circles vinyl is a one-sided LP with a speci...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:56:00 PST

Free Unwed Sailor Songs!

Check out our other music pages...www.purevolume.com/unwedsailorwww.virb.com/unwedsail orBoth of these pages have lots of free-downloadable unwed sailor songs for your consumption....so, stop by and se...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Wed, 23 May 2007 07:39:00 PST

Little Wars (the making of.....)

Unwed Sailor's Little Wars is an almost mythical album that has been in the planning stages for quite some time. "Copper Islands" has been a fan favorite in the live set since 2001 or so and is also a...
Posted by Unwed Sailor on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:35:00 PST