Jenny Owen Youngs
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Montclair, New York NJ, United States (2005 – present)
After exploring the flute (elementary school) and the tuba (junior high), Jenny finally stepped up to the guitar at the age of fourteen.
She graduated from State University of New York at Purchase with a degree in studio composition.
Her album Batten The Hatches was self-released in 2005. In 2006, a song from that album,
Fuck Was I, appeared in the second season premiere of Showtime’s Weeds, resulting in Batten the Hatches being re-released on April 10, 2007 with new artwork and an extra track, Drinking Song on the Canadian indie label Nettwerk.
“Fuck Was I” was also released on the soundtrack album Weeds: Music from the Original Series, Vol. 2.In addition to her solo career, she is in the band The Robot Explosion, a side project with fellow musicians and friends Bess Rogers, Andrew Futral, and Saul Simon-MacWilliams. She also takes part in an online podcast through MySpace with Bess Rogers and Andrew Futral, titled ‘Once More With Feeling’ (named after the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer).
Youngs released her second album, Transmitter Failure, on May 26, 2009. Youngs’ third album An Unwavering Band of Light, was released on February 7, 2012.
She recently toured with Regina Spektor (whose phone message also appears on
Voice On Tape) and has opened a few shows for Amanda Palmer.Youngs covered Have You Forgotten by Mark Kozelek for American Laundromat records’ upcoming charity CD Sing Me to Sleep - Indie Lullabies due out in Spring 2010. Tanya Donelly, Dean & Britta, Say Hi, Julie Peel, Stars, The Real Tuesday Weld, and others are contributing to the project which helps children with cancer and rare blood disorders.
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Transmitter Failure
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Batten The Hatches
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ahall32
It's absolutely imperative that I see her in concert.
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anchorlight
Disappointed more of the new album's tracks aren't on that chart up there. It's a fabulous album. Needs moar luv.
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funkmotor
OMG - am a top listener. Not surprised - even when my ipod is turned off I can still hear "Dissolve", stuck on repeat, in my head.
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daile
she is amazing
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anchorlight
♥♥♥ THIS WOMAN
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Evertonmoretto
Muito bom!
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ZooeyLewis
Can we just all stop to appreciate the fact that An Unwavering Band of Light exists? Good gracious, album's bodacious.
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BrigidGH
Jenny Owen Youngs = J.O.Y. :D
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zombiederek
The new album may be one of the best damn albums I have ever heard in my life. Cannot...stop...listening.
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crugglesrun
saw her last night, she put on a great show and was so down to earth! so excited.
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anchorlight
New album is completely and totally perfect.
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MarcosKarazu
<3
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StudleyUK
Streamy streamy: http://jennyowenyoungs.bandcamp.com/album/an-unwavering-band-of-light
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brandneweyes_
fuck yeah an unwavering band of light is streaming into my heart
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asterkometes
Getting the new cd in my email box this am was a GREAT treat! It's fantastic!
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bertiedav
new album is F L A W L E S S
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InSinU8
So excited to have gotten my copy of the new album! Awesome!
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LekuBauer
"FUCK WAS I" - "DRINKING SONG" :-D
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jc6855
Hear 'Your Apartment' from the new album here now: http://jennyowenyoungs.bandcamp.com/ Beautiful.
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