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About Me

The band is currently recording new tracks for their upcoming record "Oh Tall Tree in the Ear."

If you need to read a bio of the band, Grayson Currin (Music Editor for The Independent, Staff Writer for Pitchfork Media, Contirbutor to several other publications) has written one of the best ones here.

PASTE MAGAZINE NAMES "THE WEE HOURS REVUE" AS NO. 38 OUT OF THE BEST 100 ALBUMS of 2006

THE BAND RECENTLY PLAYED LIVE ON BBC radio 2 WITH BOB HARRIS

THE PERFORMANCE CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE

The April Issue of Harp Magazine named The Wee Hours Revue:

"One of the best roots-rock records of the decade."

Minneapolis blog, Tiny Mix Tapes, recently reviewed the wee hours revue. Click here to read

For further listening please check out Keegan DeWitt , The Old Ceremony , and Thad Cockrell

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My Interests

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Member Since: 10/21/2004
Band Website: romancandlemusic.com
Band Members:

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BAND: [email protected]

logan matheny - drums
timshel matheny - wurlitzer, farfisa
skip matheny - vocals, guitar
nick jaeger - guitars
jeff crawford - bass

MANAGEMENT: Britton Kinnard - [email protected]

U.S. BOOKING: The Agency Group (L.A. Office) - [email protected]

U.K./EUROPE BOOKING: Andy Wooliscroft, Primary Talent - [email protected]

LEGAL: Jeff Colvin

Influences:

books (in chronological order): Geoffrey Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Blake, Keats, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, and others

music: Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, Joni Mitchell, Townes Van Zandt, Oasis, DJ Shadow, Nick Lowe, Carter Family, The Buzzcocks, Neil Young.

some press:

reviews The Wee Hours Revue a 7.6
Read the full text here

FOUR STAR TRACK REVIEW BY

"Donâ€™t believe me? Find an autumn roof and bring a sixer of your favorite beer and this album. Youâ€™ll thank me (and Roman Candle). -- S.D.
THE BROOKLYN RAIL

PASTE Magazine gives the Wee Hours Revue 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Read Bud Scoppa's full review here

"Like Summerteeth-era Wilco, RC's arresting debut is a smart-bomb stunner whose material moves with cool ease and crisp authority amid multi layered hooks and moods." -Jonathan Perry
Read the full review HERE.

PASTE Magazine recently featured Roman Candle as one of "4 Bands to Watch"

Grayson Currin says:

"Roman Candle is one of the best, most complete American rock bands to surface in a decade ... After all, (they are) better at what they do--writing imaginative pop songs and building them into captivating four-minute Southern-air epics with the unleashed spirit of The Replacements and unorthodox intuition of Wilco--than any other "band on the verge" in memory."

The Independent 6-21-06

Sounds Like: Another Summer @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Oct. 9th 2006 (Baltimore, MD)
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Dawn Kinnard & Ed Harcourt - Clear The Way (Jools Holland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1YdhSgrXI Dawn Kinnard is amazing. Easily one of our favorite all itme artists. This aired on friday night....
Posted by roman candle on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:10:00 PST

have you ever seen a pizza?

Tonight our 3 year old sat in the living room and asked the question, "did you ever see a ____ pizza?" over and over again - filling in the blank with a multitude of amazing nouns. This was unprompted...
Posted by roman candle on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:11:00 PST

the show LOST

I do have a theory I’d like to submit about the show "lost" -- it goes like this: I think the writers keep asking viewers "got a theory? submit it online..." to get ideas for future episodes. I ...
Posted by roman candle on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:54:00 PST

gifts for all

As Logan wrote the other night, I've recently had a birthday. While this is usually not a newsworthy event, this year Timshel organized a number of amazing "birthday surprises," all of which worked li...
Posted by roman candle on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:29:00 PST

a birthday among us

dear friends skip's birthday is coming up very very soon and last weekend to help us celebrate, several of our friends sent us versions of old roman candle songs that they had recorded themselves... t...
Posted by roman candle on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:37:00 PST

from a hatchback, with love

tonight we finished writing a song called "early aubade," which is very exciting considering that the song was started over 2 years ago. When it started, I was riding in the back of Laura Bolton's ca...
Posted by roman candle on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:48:00 PST

Bryan Cates and Tom Stoppard

Two quick revelations all from this week. The first thing is Bryan Cates Bryan Cates's record which he recorded over a year ago and has sat on his bookshelf for over 14 months is currently on repeat a...
Posted by roman candle on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:36:00 PST

r.i.p. robert goulet

Robert Goulet and I had an strange and paltry relationship. He died today, rest his soul and his chops. What a character. I am telling the sworn truth when I say I met the man in detroit MI a year ago...
Posted by roman candle on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:16:00 PST

tonight at the mercy lounge

Thanks for the amazingly generous reactions to the new music (!) We are glad to be able to make it available. Guide to the photos alongside the songs (unintentionally, all are london photos) :they say...
Posted by roman candle on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:56:00 PST

new music "at last" (said in best David Brent voice...)

Dear friends - tomorrow (wednesday) we will be posting rough mixes of 4 new songs from our upcoming record "Oh Tall Tree in the Ear." We had planned to post some new songs earlier, but (unfortunately)...
Posted by roman candle on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:45:00 PST