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Nathan

About Me

Since picking up a guitar at 13, I've played in a dozen bands in almost every genre imaginable. From emocore (Silent Orbit), punk (The Liberal Media), electroclash (ROBOTexclamationpoint), pop (Cooper, Sputnik Sweetheart ), and indie ( A Thousand Ships ). My solo music has alternated between electronic and acoustic as an escape from playing in electric bands.

In 2005 I released my first full solo record entitled "Quicksand." I toured a bunch to support it, and was featured as a "PurePick" on Purevolume. Immediately afterwards I started working on my next CD called "Look Back and Laugh" inspired by the Minor Threat song of the same name. Although I finished recording in May 05, the album was set aside while I started working after college. By the time I came back to it, I had a whole new crop of material, which I recorded and released as "A Fine Disaster" in the winter of 2006. Although it attracted some positive attention, the difficulty of performing the songs live without a band or synths put any serious touring on hold.
In the summer of 2006, Victor returned from Paris, and we refocused our energies on A Thousand Ships. Throughout 2006 and 2007, I recorded demos and tracks for a new solo album which would be all acoustic called "The Art of Playing Dead." By the spring of 2008, I had recorded almost 30 songs and retitled the album "Tell Me Something Honey" which will now be released in the summer of 2008 featuring 12 of the songs from those sessions. I'm pretty excited. You should be too.
Thanks for listening.
more music (about 3 hours worth) is available on my purevolume page
www.purevolume.com/nathanleigh

or at the brand new nathanleigh.net

you can also buy my music on iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3 and Napster.
tell me something honey on iTunes
sputnik sweetheart - this drama EP on iTunes

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/10/2004
Band Website: www.nathanleigh.net
Band Members: nathan leigh - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, clarinet, trumpet, harmonica, organ, accordian, percussion, flute, recorder, tuba, drum machine / programming
Influences: aphex twin, fugazi, depeche mode, the clash, david bowie, radiohead, pedro the lion, prince, god lives underwater, crass
Sounds Like: (this space intentionally left blank)
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

lo-fi manifesto

i tend to have a sort of love / hate relationship with my recordings so i apologize if i contradict myself. i'm proud of them, but embarrassed of them at the same time. like when you're a kid and you'...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:47:00 GMT

home is where your stuff is

i'm all settled down in my new place in brooklyn. it's pretty sweet. got an awesome roomate and i'm right on the subway, so that's great. my life continues to be insane. a thousand ships finally finis...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:22:00 GMT

review by l. anne carrington

and the reviews keep trickling in! this one by blogger l. anne carrington:http://lannecarrington.blogspot.com/2009/02/cd-re view-tell-me-something-honey-by.htmlI will be totally honest; before listenin...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:23:00 GMT

"tell me something honey" review The Noise

NATHAN LEIGHKeroscene RecordsTell Me Something Honey 14-song CDWhat succeeds in this album is Nathans awareness and use of particular elements of songwriting, arrangements, and orchestration. Those...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:37:00 GMT

ch - ch - changes...

well there's nothing like throwing your life into complete turmoil to motivate you...after spending the last few weeks moping around, i'm finally starting to feel like getting things done. i've been s...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:01:00 GMT

three shows

what a crazy few days. this was my first time doing a few straight days of gigs in almost 2 years. i hadn't really realize just how much i'd missed getting out on stage every night and getting to sing...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:05:00 GMT

touring? turing! touring.

i've spent all morning getting press kits ready to mail off first thing tomorrow morning (stupid post office being closed on columbus day!)...hopefully i get get a few reviews for the record. it's thi...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:59:00 GMT

iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody! (and getting all emo)

we opened the last show of the season at wellfleet harbor actor's theatre last night. i know summer's been over technically for a few weeks now (some might even say for over a month), but it now offic...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:49:00 GMT

updates and unboxing

i'm on the cape right now. i start tech for a play at wellfleet harbor actor's theatre called "shining city" in the morning. it's a sort of irish ghost story. haunting and beautiful. it's gonna be gre...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:10:00 GMT

syracuse / last call

syracuse is a blast. it's great to hang out with the debate society gang for once when we've actually got a bit of down time together. we're staying in a big communal apartment and we cook together an...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:57:00 GMT