Hey Marseilles + The Lumineers October 23, 2011

In 2008, three guys embark on a musical adventure instigated by one's first melody on his brand-new used accordion. And, some months later, seven guys-the original trio plus a few old friends-get together in a garage in Seattle and record an album. To Travels and Trunks is both Hey Marseilles' mission statement and its hazy dream put to music.

The Hey Marseilles sound is immediate, evocative, mostly acoustic, always emotive. It's classically-trained brothers Sam and Jacob Anderson on cello and viola, their strings grand and mournful on To Travels and Trunks' sweeping title track. It's the wheeze and moan of Philip Kobernik's accordion, simultaneously the gawkiest and most romantic of all instruments, opening the gorgeous "From a Terrace," and his kid-at-a-carnival Rhodes on the 6/8 spin of "Gasworks." It's Nick Ward's electric guitar on the epic "Calabasas," stretching into the distance like an open road. It's the Dixieland swagger of Patrick Brannon's trumpet on uptempo lead single "Rio"-recently Song of the Day at NPR, Spinner.com, and KEXP. It's a songwriter's urgent expression via vocalist Matt Bishop, expanded with huge singalong choruses, unraveled by a virtuoso band's sinuous arrangements. It's modern vintage, a folk-pop jam session at a vanished cabaret on the Seine, an indie rocker's fantasy of his grandparents' first kiss.
http://www.heymarseilles.com/

The Lumineers have "floored people with their ability to engage infamously stationary crowds." - Jen Kelley of Band in Boston Podcast

Winner of the "Best Surrounding Area Band" in the 2009 HMA's (Hoboken Music Awards)

"Honest and unadorned orchestral folk" with an EP that is "top-to-bottom, full of wisdom." - Kiernan Maletsky of Westword

"Disarmingly simple, sincere music that's as raggedy and ramshackle as it is heartfelt and human" - Eric Eyl - The Denver Post
http://www.thelumineers.com/

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com/