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Brooklyn, New York, United States (2003 – present)

Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band which formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States in 2003. The band’s core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musicial collaborators. Currently the band consists of Justin Rice (vocals, guitar), Christian Rudder (guitar), Darbie Nowatka-Rice (keyboards, violin), Keith Poulson (bass) and Michael Tapper (drums). Tapper is a former member of the indie rock band We Are Scientists.

The band takes its name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the two lived together after college and has released three albums, “Charm School” (2003), “The Broken String” (2007) and “Grrr…” (2009).

Charm School (2003)

Charm School was Bishop Allen’s first record. Recorded in fits and starts over two years, it grew song-by-song as Rice and Rudder wrote and played in their spare time. They recorded all the instruments on the album’s 13 songs themselves, using drum loops to hide the fact that neither is a drummer, and almost everything on the record was recorded one track at a time in an ordinary bedroom. Backing vocals by Bonnie Schiff-Glenn and Kate Dollenmayer and supplementary drums by Coll Anderson, all added in the album’s final stages, completed the songs.

The EP Project (2006)

In 2006, Bishop Allen recorded and released an EP every month of the year. Each record was titled for the month of its release (January, February, and so on), and, with the exception of August, which was a 14-song live disc, each contained four new studio songs.
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  • sonofawidow

    broken string >>>>>> grrrrrr

    25 days ago

  • name_leshik

    so light.. good, hello from ukraine

    last month

  • tjd9

    The problem with Bishop Allen is their songs are so consistently good.

    last month

  • blueworlder

    "This band writes the most adorably hopeful songs. They're like the nice friend who drops by to cheer me up when I'm having a crappy day. <3!" Couldn't have said it better. They're fucking adorable. :D/-< [2]

    last month

  • Wildwechsel-FM

    Ein wildes Magazin und sein Crew suchen hier Freunde! :-) http://www.lastfm.de/user/PfeffermintzFM

    January 2012

  • rawr_imaliger

    Wonderful. Wasn't Justin Rice in 'Harmony & Me'? Good movie, good music. Props.

    November 2011

  • FolxPunxForLife

    So good, love their range of instruments, vocals, and overall production. Grrr on vinyl is one of the best purchases I've made.

    September 2011

  • redrobet

    cute

    August 2011
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Summer Funner

30 May 2010 | from www.bishopallen.com/

Hey all, So we realize it has been pretty quiet lately here in Bishop Allen land, and as far as shows/albums go, it will probably be a pretty quiet summer to the world (unless you FOLLOW US ON TWITTER …

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