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"A local band with plenty of playing experience."

About Me

"The bands songwriting craft and daring use of dynamics creates songs that are simultaneously unpredictable and accessible. We hear Death Cab as well as Jeff Buckley in this blend, which mixes influences flawlessly while creating something a major label could get excited about."--- Music Connection Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 9 5/7/06Since forming in Detroit late 2003 (known then as the band Blend), The {edit} Concern have been playing shows of every manner while solving their own musical puzzles. The result was the December 2005 release of their album, Deadlines, a fresh new addition to a Detroit music scene that continues to explode. Describing what The {edit} Concern sounds like is a daunting task. If you can imagine Wilco taking a dance class with Jamiroquai, or Beck playing Yahtzee with Ben Folds while Thom Yorke slowly strums a guitar in the corner of the room, singing to no one in particular, youre in the vicinity of The {edit} Concern. The songs rage and whisper at the same time. They pick fights without apologizing. The lyrics are sincere, yet occasionally sarcastic.The constant tug and pull within the music that The {edit} Concern writes is exactly what they want you to notice. The members of this band are writing about their lives, and everyones lives around them. And like life, the music is both unpredictable, and predictable. Its happy, and its sad. Its difficult, and its easy. Its a picture mirror of things exactly as they are.

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Member Since: 2/2/2005
Band Website: theeditconcern.com
Band Members: Josh Clemens- lead vocals and guitarist Erik Pendergrass- lead guitarist Joe Moultrup- keys and vocals Bobby Jankowski- drums and persussion Mike Schneider- bass and vocalsThe Edit Concern 5th Avenue

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Influences: They draw on grooves not heard since the days of classic Motown, while at the same time exploring the intricacies of arrangements favored by such bands as Beck, Flaming Lips, and Radiohead.
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Sounds Like: Combination of tones and rhythms from many genres including Motown soul, beat infused groove, and progressive pop rock. great gig posters
Record Label: Blend Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Years Eve. Everything you need to know. Right here.

Folks. We're ending another year soon. And of course we're going to be celebrating on New Years Eve and would like you to join us. It's taking place at the International Grand Ballroom in the Athen...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:11:00 PST

Magic Bag...let's get down

On Friday, October 6th, we're taking over the Magic Bag for an evening of high energy rock & roll that will make you want to scream and take your clothes off.  In all seriousness...we're prep...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:57:00 PST

Detroit Radio

We've been getting some play on 89X in Detroit over the last couple of months.  We've been fortunate to get any airplay at all since we haven't really pushed it that hard.  Over the past few...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:28:00 PST

Magic Bag on July 28th!!

Over the next couple of weeks we're playing a few shows.  This is important because we're taking a little break in August, and then everything will get kicking again as we move into Fall.  S...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:45:00 PST

Lyrics for two new songs! yesss

Here's a couple more songs for you.  We'll be playing these two...along with the rest of our songs at the Magic Bag on July 28th.  The Fight   I think we'd all feel better if you'd bur...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:40:00 PST

Big news...name change

The rumors are true.  We are changing our name.   Lots of reasons really.  The easiest one would be that the name Blend is a little too common.  If you try to look up the band...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:53:00 PST

Lyrics for new song, "Letters"

This song has just started popping up in sets.  Here's some lyrics for everyone to scrutinize.   love ya, josh   Letters   Sleep comes when caffeine renders itself useless And she ...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 10 May 2006 11:41:00 PST

'Deadlines' gets reviewed in Music Connection Magazine

Check it out!Music Connection Magazine
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:27:00 PST

Sterling Sound calls us an Emerging Artist

Big news, listen up...Sterling Sound, the studio that mastered our scrumptious album 'Deadlines', has added 'Say Your Lines' to their Emerging Artist Player. Sterling Sound is a HUGE mastering studio ...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:31:00 PST

Lyrics from our first album! And some more...

We've had some more requests for the lyrics to be posted.  SO...here you go.  We've included some brand new songs that should be recorded shortly.  Those songs follow the songs from our...
Posted by the {edit} concern on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:35:00 PST