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One of the most prolific, consistent, and unsung acts of the slowcore movement, California’s Idaho centers itself around four-string guitarist and vocalist Jeff Martin, a talented songwriter who has gained comparisons to Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters), and Neil Young from the few journalists who have paid attention. Despite the lack of recognition from the press and a low profile, Idaho has gained a decent-sized underground following through a steady release schedule and sporadic touring.
Martin and high school friend John Berry began writing songs together in the ’80s, meeting up occasionally throughout the years as something to do without a great deal of seriousness to it. They gave a tape of their work to an acquaintance who knew someone at Caroline, and soon enough, the duo found themselves with a recording contract. The duo actually debuted with the “Skyscrape” single on Ringer’s Lactate in 1992 and released their first EP, Palms, on Caroline the following year. The full-length Year After Year was released by the end of 1993, with Mark Lewis and Unsane’s Vincent Signorelli providing help on drums.
Berry exited for 1994’s improved This Way Out, leaving Martin to himself. Receiving assistance from another batch of guest drummers (including frequent aide Joey Waronker), he played every instrument, including piano (Martin is classically trained).
Martin and high school friend John Berry began writing songs together in the ’80s, meeting up occasionally throughout the years as something to do without a great deal of seriousness to it. They gave a tape of their work to an acquaintance who knew someone at Caroline, and soon enough, the duo found themselves with a recording contract. The duo actually debuted with the “Skyscrape” single on Ringer’s Lactate in 1992 and released their first EP, Palms, on Caroline the following year. The full-length Year After Year was released by the end of 1993, with Mark Lewis and Unsane’s Vincent Signorelli providing help on drums.
Berry exited for 1994’s improved This Way Out, leaving Martin to himself. Receiving assistance from another batch of guest drummers (including frequent aide Joey Waronker), he played every instrument, including piano (Martin is classically trained).
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Hearts of Palm
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Levitate
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Year After Year
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Vieux Carré
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Scrawny
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Rope
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Levitate
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The Sun Is All there Is
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juizyyy wrote:
Hearts of palm...
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Uniontrade wrote:
To be the one....sound vey intimate love sex!
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ithinkx wrote:
Idaho featured on the Hallowe'en edition of the ithinkx Podcast: http://ithinkxblog.blogspot.com/
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tridentgum0 wrote:
Addictingly good.
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riigo wrote:
warm
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moramedia wrote:
Anyone willing to share links of the discography? Can't find a lot of albums.
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bellaceti wrote:
fell in love with Three Sheets to the Wind back in 1997. Looking forward to more Idaho in 2010.
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H-A-G wrote:
what a great band!
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m0rph0x wrote:
never mind, found it: http://www.slidingpast.com/lyrics/
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m0rph0x wrote:
anyone know any lyrics pages for Idaho? i've searched, and it's almost like they don't exist... sickening.
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sarawhite wrote:
Since most of you here love Idaho i assume you have a great taste in music. Then you might like my music too. Were three girls from sweden check out our myspace: WWW:MYSPACE.COM/SHIVERINGHEIGHTS
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darthsketch wrote:
"Idaho is the most underrated band of the past 20 years..." [2] Nuff said right there. <_<
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jonathan3 wrote:
New CD out early '10. Nice!
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akamin wrote:
Hearts of Palm (the album) blows my fucking mind. I need more of this band.
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xKOSUKExHAGAx wrote:
awesome. greaat find.
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Uniontrade wrote:
Amazing, lovely intimate
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RyanTheWen wrote:
Dank ass shit!
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sankathi wrote:
i fucking love this band.
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InASafePlace wrote:
Gotta agree... I'm almost at 1000 plays of this band, didnt believe it at first :P
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basso4honge wrote:
saiko-!!! i love idaho's tune.
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