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Baby Grand

About Me

Sacramento, California’s Baby Grand has existed in one incarnation or another for many years, formed from the ashes of a pop trio whose songs regularly featured serial killers, car accidents and murderous robots. Moving on to happier subjects, the band's debut album "Spectrum" was released in 2002.
"Coming True," the long overdue follow-up to "Spectrum," has seen the band undergo several line-up and instrumentation changes. It's still smart, sophisticated pop, but with a much bigger yet softer sound - like spring rain falling through the trees - with shades of Belle & Sebastian, Birdie and Camera Obscura.
2008's "Lights Are Getting Low" EP picks up where "Coming True" left off, while elevating the band to a new level with lush strings and vibrant horns.
Update: July 2009 - We are currently in the studio working on our new album! More details to come...
"LIGHTS ARE GETTING LOW" CD EP $6.00
"Coming True" CD EP $6.00

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/12/2005
Band Members: Gerri White - vocals, acoustic guitar
Tim White - drums
Cory Vick - guitar
Leon Levy - bass
Christina Maradik - viola, percussion, vocals
Jeannette Faith (juju) - rhodes piano
L-R: Christina, Gerri, Tim, Cory, Leon, Jeannette
Influences: The Zombies, Teenage Fanclub, Pernice Brothers, Belle And Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Sloan, Kirsty MacColl, Apples In Stereo, The Minders, The Shins, The Shangri-Las, The Beatles, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, Elliott Smith, Beach Boys, Travis, Duncan Browne, Claudine Longet, Dolly Mixture, Donovan...
Sounds Like: Baby Grand "Fool For Your Love" live at The Rickshaw Stop, SF 12/09/08.

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Baby Grand 'Summer House' live on KCRA TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XARMeBJLg80Gerri White and her band, Baby Grand, played a song called "Summer House" at KCRA 3 on Friday in advance of a show at Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento. Baby G...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:42:00 GMT

Baby Grand 'Cherry Blossoms' live on KCRA TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvAHicDib0oGerri White and her band, Baby Grand, played a song called "Cherry Blossoms" at KCRA 3 on Friday in advance of a show at Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento. Bab...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:41:00 GMT

Daggerzine Review of "Lights Are Getting Low"

Baby GrandLIGHTS ARE GETTING LOW- (SELF RELEASED)- I loved this Sacramento, CA band's debut ep from last year (COMING TRUE ep) and this new one is just as good, maybe better. The band takes the basic ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:56:00 GMT

"Lights Are Getting Low" Review from indie-mp3!

Published by Tom on Monday, October 20, 2008 at 13:14. Lights Are Getting Low by Baby Grand is the follow up to the excellent Coming True EP.The band have taken their lo-fi sound and added layers of d...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:22:00 GMT

"Coming True" Review on Indie-MP3 (http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/)

Baby Grand - Coming TruePublished by Tom on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 18:20. Baby Grand hail from Sacramento, California and I first came across them after I found out that Leon Levy, formerly of The...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:21:00 GMT

"Coming True" Review from Daggerzine!

COMING TRUE- (SELF RELEASED)- I wasn't aware of it but apparently this Sacramento, CA band has been around for quite some time and had a debut record out in 2002 (that I now need to hear) and that fea...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:14:00 GMT