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Tea For Julie

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"Lamplights & the Long Walk" video by Skratch Films"Snow Globe" video by Skratch Films

* "Tea For Julie's debut is one of the strongest self-released debuts I've ever heard. While showing many influences along the way, each track is distinctive and with its own voice. I highly recommended this band both recorded and live. Expect great things from Tea For Julie"

-John Richards The Morning Show KEXP 90.3 Seattle / Young & The Restless The END 107.7 Seattle

"Its hard to fathom that Tea For Julie are a relatively new band, Division being their first full length album self-released, no less. The depth of talent showcased on Division is truly spectacular; the songs are highly refined, intricate, and polished with a heavy dollop of panache. It is a brazen, if welcomed, move to incorporate such big sounds on a debut. Tea For Julie is a confident force. Theyve garnered quite a bit of attention on KEXP of late, and for good reason. Division is a stunning first effort, sure to be at the top of many local-release best of 2005 lists and perhaps atop a few national lists as well."

-Stella - Three Imaginary Girls (www.threeimaginarygirls.com)

Tea For Julie Post-punk lingers and indie rock explodes in this dynamic live session from Portland band Tea for Julie. Pop-smart hooks and melancholy lyrics bring well-timed hits of bass and humor as Tea for Julie rework the classic indie-pop form with a freshness only found in sincerity.

-M. Myers - KEXP 90.3 Seattle

Tea For Julie swells with luscious pop-rock nectars; their vocal melodies recall both the lilting melancholy of The Smiths and the refined angst of early '90s Radiohead, submerged in buzzing guitar hooks and buoyant drumming. The result is a consistent but adaptable sound that soars from graceful sonic craftsmanship to the heights of explosive, driving rock.

-Evan James - Portland Mercury

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Music:

Member Since: 9/3/2004
Band Website: teaforjulie.net
Band Members: Travis Stanek [Thin Strings], Jad Simpson [Sticks], John Dwyer [Thick Strings], Michael Deresh [Thin Strings, keys and mouth noises]
Influences: The houses that we grew up in, our parents, the woods and neighborhoods where we played as kids, the places that we've traveled to, the lovers we've taken and the friends we've had, the connections and commonalities that we share, our imaginations, the concepts of space and time, little scenes, moods and moments that we create in our heads, kitties, the paintings of unknown artists, all of the music that we love so much, all of the little melodies in our heads, the idea that a song can actually mean something to someone; even a stranger to its source!
Sounds Like: A Photo Album
Record Label: shopping
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Where to buy ’The Sense in Tying Knots’

Available Online: * Itunes* CD Baby - www.cdbaby.com* Amazon  www.amazon.com* Press Play www.pressplay.com In Portland: * Everyday Music (Downtown & Eastside)* Music Millenium In Seattle: * E...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:26:00 PST

Record = Mixed

It's done. Now we get it sequenced and mastered and some day we'll have the money to actually release it! :) HOOOOOOray!!! -tfj
Posted by Tea For Julie on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:44:00 PST

studio.... day..... .... whatever...

the end is nigh. I can smell it. We have quafed from the Barrell Of Tears. We will finish mixing tonight. Then I get to go to work. Woopee... I can hardly think. _denver of the TFJ
Posted by Tea For Julie on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:37:00 PST

Studio - Day 16?

Michael - Well, We definitely never thought that there'd be a day 16!!!! I'm alone at the studio again with Rob and Kenny attempting to chip away at a lengthy list that remains before we go to mix on ...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:16:00 PST

Studio Day 9

Michael - Well, it's day 9. We were supposed to be done already and we're not even close. Panic is setting in alongside glee. Is it possible to even complete this album in time for our appointed mixin...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:22:00 PST

studio: day 6

Michael - Well, today is DAY 6 of recording. We've moved on to Haywire studio in SE Portland to finish the record. Our progress is slowing but everything is coming out mind-blowingly good. Kenny and R...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:34:00 PST

studio: day 4 continued some more...

Denver. Yup. OK, so Michael just found out that a crazy beautiful grand piano and a like new vintage rhodes can just be mind blowingly beautiful sounding, and I found out that if you drink a glass of ...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:35:00 PST

studio: day 4 continued

Denver. Again. Oh dear god I just spent the last 5 or 6 hours under the fucking microscope doing bass overdubs and making sure all the bass tracks are fucking PERFECT. And they are, so after all of th...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:41:00 PST

studio: day 4

Hi! Denver again! We stayed the night out here at supernatural sound studios last night, and Michael, Kenny (Producer Extraordinaire and manager of The Coup, Lyrics Born, Lifesavas, Crosstide...) , Tr...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:01:00 PST

studio: day 2

hi. this is denver. i'm very. very. very. tired. we are at supernatural sound studios out here in oregon city and we are making the new tea for julie record. this is our second time out here, but our ...
Posted by Tea For Julie on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:07:00 PST