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Song Sparrow Research

About Me

download or stream our new album "Welcome to the Potato Famine" for free on bandcamp:
Welcome to the Potato Famine
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Tall Landlords video directed by Miles Burnett

"Hear My" live at Jewelbox Theater

"Catapult" live at Jewelbox Theater

check out our interview/ acoustic in-studio at Publicola .

"MusicNerd" from Publicola gave us another flattering writeup for our CD release show here . Thanks!

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Music:

Member Since: 16/04/2006
Band Website: http://songsparrowresearch.com
Band Members: Hamilton Boyce - guitar, vocals
David Balatero - bass, cello
Nash Turley - drums, harmonica
Evan Woodle - drums
Ryan Batie - glockenspiel, vocals
Thomas Beecham - guitar, vocals
Kendall Becker - upright bass

Influences: Neil Young, Talk Talk, Sigur Rós, Built To Spill, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Broken Social Scene, The Beach Boys, Neutral Milk Hotel, Kinski, Pink Floyd, Sonic Youth, Stevie Wonder, Joanna Newsom, Tom Waits, and other music that makes you close your eyes.
Sounds Like: (see music)
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Write-ups in Tacoma's Weekly Volcano

Tonight we are playing in Tacoma and we got a few mentions in Tacoma's arts publication, Weekly Volcano.Full story:http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/music/features/2010/02/So ng-Sparrow-Research-tacoma-musi...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:23:00 GMT

Check the new video for Tall Landlords

Miles Burnett (from Doctor Doctor and Country Lips) shot a video for our song Tall Landlords. It was filmed in the living room of our old house (1209) at one third speed and then sped up to match the ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:39:00 GMT

Download/ Stream Our New Album "Welcome to the Potato Famine" For Free on Bandcamp

Stream and/or download our new album "Welcome to the Potato Famine" for free on Bandcamp.http://songsparrowresearch.bandcamp.comA physical CD will be available online soon or you can get one from us i...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:38:00 GMT

Colored Paper featurd in episode 60 of Well-Rounded Radio

Our song "Colored Paper" got featured in Episode 60 of Well-Rounded Radio.It's a great episode on 'the future of music' featuring an interview with Scott Kirsner.Check it out here: http://www.wellroun...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:20:00 GMT

CD release show July 11th at Healthy Times Fun Club!!

This will be an epic night. The first full Song Sparrow Research album comes out. The album is called "Welcome To The Potato Famine."The band tonight will feature:Hamilton Boyce - guitar, vocalsDavid ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:53:00 GMT

Publicola interview/ acoustic in-studio

Check it out: http://publicola.net/?p=7252thanks for the kind words gentleman!
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:48:00 GMT

Uploaded a couple new tracks/ playing a show on March 5th

One song from the album that will finished soon. One live recording from 2007 at the Mars Bar of a song that will be on the album we start recording once this one is done. I apologize for our performa...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:38:00 GMT

The latest on the Song Sparrow Research LP

Hello friends and enemies (I would presume that if we have any enemies they probably keep tabs on us to make sure we're not trying anything tricky),I wanted to write to you to tell you how we are. We ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:52:00 GMT

We are in The Stranger

If you are in the Seattle area pick up a copy of this week's Stranger (May 29-June 4) and gander page 53. It's the first time we've been reviewed in print! And it's hilarious... It's not really a posi...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 13:59:00 GMT

Everything's Okay video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkbLsj9fQEQ thanks to Christopher Martin for the footage
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 03:28:00 GMT