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Summer Blanket

Cut my tongue out / Paper & Pen

About Me

Liz Steiner has some neat videos of me opening for Hamell on Trial a couple of months ago. Thanks Liz, and Happy Birthday!http://www.lizsteiner.com/videosandlinks.cfm
Reviewer: Tamara Turner, CD Baby
Using Wilco, Dashboard Confessional and Ryan Adams as a springboard for their own mix of spiraling emo, indie, psych folk and spacious jam, Summer Blanket hones in on the points of connection between sweet guitar lines, introspective harmonies and this cleverly composed ache that is both lush and empty-feeling. Speaking to the quality Dashboard fans have come to love (a hazy, stripped down, exquisite nakedness of soul met with a juicy tenderness, a budding sentiment of hope and meaning), "Whisper Louder" gives all that and more, exploring the inner landscape for all its crags and canyons, its precious gems and its rotting sludge. In short, this is a gorgeous little 11-track album.
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Whisper Louder, the follow-up to 2004's acclaimed debut Charm Wrestling from Summer Blanket, reveals that the simple pleasures of Keith Michaud's songwriting continue to evolve. The subdued yet bubbly folk pop of this South Florida songsmith features a few more electric guitars this time around. His melodic, introspective acoustic-based rockers circle on themes of the lovelorn and hearts battered and bruised. But all is not melancholy in this pastoral, chamber pop realm, especially in Michaud's sprightly additions of piano, xylophone and sunny production details. (Milesofmusic.com)
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"terribly beautiful" -the honeycomb
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Member Since: 12/3/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/summerblanket
Band Members: Keith - guitar / voice
Nathan - guitar
Steve - bass
Rob - drums
Influences: Sebadoh, the Shins, the Flaming Lips, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, Guided By Voices, Fugazi, Pavement, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Cash
Sounds Like: Jimmy Eat World, Wilco, Sebadoh, the Promise Ring
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Keith’s Myspace... finally...

Hey all,Just wanted to direct people looking for my solo shows and music over to myspace.com/keithmichaudLook for songs from the upcoming solo release 'mirrorframes' to be up in the next 24 hours or s...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST

Charm Wrestling going out of print!

Hey all,Just a short update on Summer Blanket goings-on...We're going on the last 30 copies of Charm Wrestling, the first Summer Blanket record, before it's going to be completely out of print! Crazy....
Posted by Summer Blanket on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:06:00 PST

Summer Blanket on YouTube?!

Yeah, so I never Google us anymore. I used to Google us a lot back in the day when people were willing to release our records and stuff, but I've stopped all that now. It's far healthier. But I was on...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Sat, 26 May 2007 03:49:00 PST

And heeeeere we go!

Hello from the front.Just posted a bunch of new shows. My normal shows will be sacrificed for the Thursday nights at Bamboo Room, but thats alright. I'd rather rock than get rolled, if you catch my dr...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:46:00 PST

Sin City Day

So yesterday I dropped off my love at work and headed back home with the intention of sitting on my butt all night doing nothing. Which is what I did. Nothing. Flipped a couple channels, thought about...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:09:00 PST

what is new...

A couple of new songs. Semi-promising. New Jeremy Clark demos sound great. Someone should tell him he's good. And get him to believe it, as well. Got a new bicycle. It's got White-Wall Tires. It...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

Rest in peace, Chris Whitley

I heard this news last week, and added "Living with the Law" back to my set list immediately. I still remember listening to that record and singing every note in my basement bedroom in connecticut. th...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:54:00 PST

New Song... "Vinyl Siding"

(Note: This was written while I was messed up on painkillers 'cause my damn back won't stop hurting... it's an extended metaphor about missing the places you grew up... enjoy!) "Vinyl Siding" wa...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:31:00 PST

Palm Beach Post TGIF

Awww shucks... thanks Mr. Meredith! http://www.palmbeachpost.com/tgif/content/entertainment/tgif /epaper/2005/08/05/a39tgi_feamus_meredith_0805.html
Posted by Summer Blanket on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the drowning fish...

Just a new lyric idea I've been dreaming up... THE DROWNING FISH do you hear the humming underneath our boat tonight? the waters so deep that the sea might swallow the whole thing down and we mi...
Posted by Summer Blanket on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST