The Jealous Sound

The Jealous Sound is a Los Angeles indie rock/emo band composed of vocalist and guitarist Blair Shehan (formerly of Knapsack), guitarist Pedro Benito (formerly of Sunday's Best), bassist John McGinnis, and drummer Adam Wade. The band has recently reunited to support Sunny Day Real Estate on tour.^[1].

History

The band's eponymous debut EP The Jealous Sound was released in 2000. In 2003 they shopped around their demos for a full-length follow-up to the EP. The band were set to release an album on Mojo Records, but soon after their signing, Mojo parted ways with Universal leaving them without a distribution deal. Shuffled over to Mojo/Jive and with little interest in the band they decided to leave the label and return to Better Looking Records to record Kill Them With Kindness with producer Tim O'Heir. The album was named by Spin magazine as one of the Top 40 albums of 2003.

In 2005 they announced via their website that they had signed to The Militia Group for their second album which would be produced again by Tim O'Heir. The official band website has not been updated since 2005, and rumor has spread that lead singer Blair Shehan has decided to quit the band. However, on June 1, 2006, the band posted a blog on their MySpace, commenting that work on their upcoming LP for The Militia Group is progressing.

On August 24th, one of Militia Group's staff said, "I have heard the new songs myself. They're still putting out a material."

On August 15, 2008, the band posted a blog on their MySpace page confirming the title of their new release, Got Friends. The blog said the album would be out "real soon" and to stay tuned.

On September 4, 2008, the band posted the following on their MySpace page: "Got Friends available on iTunes 10/14/2008."

On February 13, 2009, the band posted the following blog, entitled "There is hope for us...." on their Myspace page: "Thank you all for standing by our side.... We will post something with a little more detail soon. Promise. Love, The Jealous Sound ^[2]"

The Vinyl Collective Cooperative has pressed Kill Them With Kindness as a double LP gatefold, on 2 colors (333 on baby blue, 667 on white). The pressing will contain the entire album, “Kill Them With Kindness” as well as the Self-Titled EP. The album and EP, which were originally released on CD by Better Looking Records, have been licensed by the cooperative for release on vinyl. ^[3]

According to a blog post on The Village Voice's website, The Jealous Sound broke up in 2005, and the songs on the Got Friends EP are "the last shreds of material recorded before Shehan went crazy and more or less disappeared."^[4]

Recently On the Jealous Sound myspace page:www.myspace.com/thejealoussound a blog entitled "There is hope for us....", in which it appears the group is "Back" together and recording a new album. Another blog post confirmed on June 24, 2009 that the band would accompany Sunny Day Real Estate on their 2009 reunion tour.

Discography

• The Jealous Sound EP (2000, Better Looking Records)
• Kill Them With Kindness (2003, Better Looking Records)
• Got Friends EP (2008, The Militia Group), currently only in MP3 format on iTunes.

Videography

• "Bitter Strings" from The Jealous Sound (EP) (2000)
• "The Fold Out" from Kill Them With Kindness (2003)

References

• Better Looking Records
• The Militia Group
• Absolute Punk News on New EP

1. ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Sunny Day Real Estate / The Jealous Sound @ NYC 9/27". http://intunemusiconline.com/2009/09/27/sunny-day-real-estate-the-jealous-sound-nyc-927/. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
2. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=816655&blogId=470424404
3. ^ http://stores.channeladvisor.com/vinylhome/Items/SH98-1white
4. ^ http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/10/the_jealous_sou.php

External links

• The Jealous Sound official website
• The Jealous Sound on MySpace
• Troublesome a Jealous Sound fansite
• Lazy-i Interview: May 2004
• 2003 Interview from Rockpile magazine
• Review of "Kill Them With Kindness"
• The Jealous Sound's page at MusicIsMyDrug.com