Tuesday, September 4, 2012

FroadZ, Bird Not The Body, & Strawberry Girls @ The Blue Lagoon Wednesday 9/19/12

Wednesday 9/19/12

Post Rock
San Francisco

sometime in 1995, Patrick moved into a house down the street from Jared. shortly thereafter, Patrick called Jared's house and invited him to go ride bikes. then they became friends.
sometime in 2001, Michael and Jared decided to eat toast at Denny's, lamenting recent entrance to high school as well as sharing common fondness for blink-182, the misfits, and general self-deprecation.
sometime in 2010/11, Patrick's old band played at Jared's house in Santa Cruz which prompted Jared to get back in touch with Patrick.
sometime shortly thereafter, Patrick and Jared had some sweet jams in Jared's Santa Cruz garage-room.
sometime shortly thereafter that, Patrick Jared and Michael had some sweet jams in Jared's San Jose basement-hangout.
sometime shortly thereafter that, Patrick Jared and Michael started rehearsing at a sweet practice space in San Francisco (motivational posters hung) and played a word game that led to "froadz".
Patrick and Jared found it hilarious, but Michael was not impressed. Eventually, Michael thought it was funny too.

Math Rock
Monterey

Intrumental
Salinas

Zachary Garren parted ways with his previous band, Dance Gavin Dance, in early 2010. While pursuing his solo project, Good Health, he crossed paths with local drummer, Ben Rosett, who was playing with a local band called The Trees. Ben, who was interested in starting a new project, asked Zac if he wanted to jam to see if anything cool would happen. Fortunately, everything clicked, and Strawberry Girls was formed in April, 2011.
After their first performance as a duo, Ben's friend and previous band-mate, Ian Jennings, excitedly wanted to be a part of the project. Ben and Zac, wanting to take the project to the next level, brought Ian on board to play bass for Strawberry Girls.
During the writing process for their first album, a live demo was released on Bandcamp titled, "Demo 2011", containing 5 raw live studio tracks. Months later, Ben, Zac, and Ian brought these tracks to life, producing the album at their home studio. "Italian Ghosts" was released in August 2011 as their first official EP. Soon after, another demo was released titled, "Do Peace (EP)", comprised of two tracks "Do Peace" and "Fight Club". Those two tracks were recorded live in the home studio, intended to hold their fans over until their next release.
Strawberry Girls have a lot planned for 2012. With their 2nd full length album, French Ghetto, on it's way, they have also taken on the task of remixing and remastering "Italian Ghosts" for a second edition release, as well as currently recording "Acoustic Ghosts", which includes mostly acoustic arrangements of new and old songs played on different instruments. There are also other special projects that may surface eventually. In the midst of all these different musical endeavors, Strawberry Girls has also been releasing various cover songs, filmed live and/or recorded in the studio, and put on YouTube.
You can look forward to Strawberry Girls' upcoming releases in 2012:
• "Italian Ghosts" 2nd Edition [re-mixed/re-mastered]
• "Acoustic Ghosts" [acoustic album featuring old and new tracks]
• "French Ghetto" [sophomore album]
• + more...

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Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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