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AMERICAN APPAREL.
Do you have any "music videos"?
Funny, you ask. We do, indeed! Well, we have one so far, but there are more in the works. Do you want to see it?!?!?!?!
Yes.
Here it is.
Wow. That looked like something on Nickelodeon.
Exactly.
We would love it if you were to purchase our album.
But, how do i do that?
Why, just click on one of these circles!
Wait! Before I buy the album, I need to see the album cover. Also, I need to know the name of the album.
Well, what do you know? Because of the wonders of HTML coding, we can show you the album cover right below this text. As you can see, the name of our DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM is:
~~~~~~~~~~All We Could Do Was Sing~~~~~~~~~~
Wait! I have one more question.
Shoot.
What songs are on this album of yours?
Well, here is a list of the songs, in the order that they appear on the album!!!!!
1. I Woke Up Today
2. Stuck on a Boat
3. Fisherman's Son
4. Don't Take My Advice
5. Alive For Nothing
6. Pigeonhold
7. Will You Be There?
8. The Rooftop Song
9. In Vino Veritas
10. Close the Lid
11. Valdez
WOAH! Hold on. Didn't you have an older album??? And wasn't "I Woke Up Today" on that as well?!?!??!
CALM DOWN.
SORRY.
No problems. Yes, we do have one more full-length release. It is called The Wind and the Swell and was released last year on American Dust Records. It is a compilation of self-recorded and previously self-released songs. It does have a more acoustic-style of "I Woke Up Today." People always like telling us which one they like better. We don't think this is really the point, though, you know? Shouldn't songs be able to exist in more than one recorded form and not be inherently compared to the other? In any case, the new version is the way we've always really played the song.
Why are you still talking? Shut Up.
Sorry. Anyway, if you want to buy this release, just click on the cover, and it will take you to "iTUNES."
God, you sing a lot about fishing in Alaska, and nautical-type stuff.
Yeah.
Why? Don't you think its over-kill? I mean, come on? The Decemberists? Will Oldham? Its so cliche! So done.
I know. I guess THIS is the only difference.
Oh. Gotcha.
What are other people saying? You know, like the "press."
I think we can both agree that it doesn't really matter, you know? But, in any case, here is a sampling of samples:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE OBLIGATORY "PRESS" SECTION~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The singer M. Ward named Port O'Brien his Favorite New Band on Pitchfork Media late last year. He also named "I Woke Up Today" as one of his favorite songs of the year. Click here to read the full article.
Recording artists Tegan and Sara named Port O'Brien as one of their six favorite bands in their recent NEW YORK TIMES feature, in the May of 2008.
Regarding All We Could Do Was Sing:
... "everything has come into focus for Port O'Brien, and they have retained their heavy swaying beauty even in this light. You know when you watch old TV shows on new "cleaned up" DVD editions, and you can start to see all the flaws really clearly, and you think "man, just put the 'syndicated re-run' filter on this."? Well, that's not happening with Port O'Brien, they clean up wonderfully. They've gone from curiosity to wonder.
-Said the Gramophone
"Port O'Brien crafts beautiful, melodic tunes that utilize string instruments to their fullest. And the group is not afraid to rock out: "Pigeonhold" has it grinding down on guitars and "I Woke Up Today" revels in an Arcade Fire-style energy."
-Billboard Magazine
"...they are easily developing into one of my favorite new bands and most frequent listens."
-My Old Kentucky Blog
Regarding "I Woke Up Today"...
"It not only captures the considerable force of their live shows, but shows how much this band has grown in a very short period of time."
Pitchfork Media
"...rickety, instantly engaging junk-shop pop."
-Paste Magazine
"Think of the way a really good late-party singalong sounds in your drunken, echoing head: a little sleepy, loosey-goosey with the timing, but ecstatic, brilliant, meaningful, epic. Even sober and by the cruel light of day, that's the sound of Port O'Brien."
-SF Weekly
~~~~~~~~~~~~THE OBLIGATORY "PRESS" SECTION HAS ENDED~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh! What about a web log? Do you have a web log?
What is a web log?
You know! Where you would have all sorts of stories, pictures, videos, and news items?
Oh! A blog. Yes, we do.
Well, how can I find it?
Well, just click HERE !
I suppose I should ask about the biography. What's the story?
Well, here you go...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BIOGRAPHY:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect." Herman Melville
Port O'Brien began early in the year 2005, as a folk-ish duo of Van Pierszalowski and Cambria Goodwin. The two penned songs while Cambria lived in the tiny Californian coastal town she shares her name with and Van lived in an apartment in Oakland…which was about the size of his name. Shortly thereafter, Cambria moved to up to the Bay Area and within the next year, the project added a rhythm section, comprised of Caleb Nichols and Joshua Barnhart.
Every summer, Van works on his father's commercial salmon fishing boat, the Shawnee, on Kodiak Island in Alaska. The work is exhausting and the weather could be much better, but the contrast between the serenity of the wilderness and the rigorousness of the labor seem to cause quite a bit of musical inspiration. Meanwhile, on land and around the corner, Cambria also writes music while maintaining her position as the Head Baker at Larsen Bay. Her days can be even longer, and the work even more tiresome. After both write parts and lyrics separately, they fix them together when Van comes ashore. For the first time this summer, Caleb also joined the ranks at the cannery, and their cumulative effort while up in a latitude and longitude few of us may ever see resulted in the creation of the songs that comprise the band's first studio-recorded album "ALL WE COULD DO WAS SING." Because when you're working all day in the freezing cold, what the hell else are you going to do? "Stuck on a Boat" tells of the frustration related to being so close yet so far away.. Van stuck on a little fishing boat, while Cambria bakes across the bay…yet weeks go by without having a chance to go to port. "Fisherman's Son" speaks of the frustrating, yet contented thought of destiny. "Don't Take My Advice" captures the endless quest for settling, while remaining in awe of the entire world to explore. "In Vino Veritas" expresses the flurry of emotion caused by isolation, while emerged in substance.
The album was recorded in San Francisco, CA by two very talented engineers. Aaron Prellwitz recorded the band at the legendary Tiny Telephone Recording Studios, where he has also recorded Sun Kil Moon, the Mountain Goats, and Death Cab for Cutie. Jason Quever, of the band the Papercuts, recorded the other half of the songs at his Pan-American Recording Studios. Lush string arrangements, raw electric guitar, percussive banjo, pots + pans, a tight rhythm section, group chants and screaming provide the new album with a diverse, but cohesive feel.
In the summer of 2007, the band released a compilation of previously self-released songs titled The Wind and The Swell on American Dust Records. They've become a touring machine since the critically lauded M. Ward first named Port O'Brien his Favorite New Band on Pitchfork Media. They have been able to perform with several of their favorite artists; touring the United States with Rogue Wave, the West Coast with both Bright Eyes and the Cave Singers, and England with Modest Mouse. Now, Port O'Brien is ready to take on the rest of the world, using the little island of Kodiak as a jumping off point.
~~~~~~~~~~~~END OF BIOGRAPHY:~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wow, cool, neat-o, jee-golly-gosh.
Okay.
I have more inquiries! How do I contact the band, and the management, and the booking agents, and the publicist?
By using the "e-mail" addresses found below.
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the "band":
[email protected]
the "management":
christian stavros [email protected]
bryna gootkind [email protected]
north america "booking":
jackie nalpant @ paradigm [email protected]
europe and beyond "booking":
rob challice @ coda [email protected]
"press" inquiries:
dana erickson [email protected]
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Wow. That was an exhausting About Me section.
I know, but you asked the questions.
I guess. If you asked me, I think its plainly obvious that this was all just written by someone in the band, who was most likely bored out of his mind on some lonely night
Yep...
