The Long Winters
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Seattle, United States
Singer-songwriter John Roderick was born in Seattle, Washington, and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, during his elementary school years. He later returned to Seattle and formed both Bun Family Players and the Western State Hurricanes. Following the collapse of the latter, he acted as touring keyboardist for Harvey Danger.
In 2001, Harvey Danger singer/songwriter Sean Nelson suggested that he and Roderick record an album, with half of the songs penned by John and the other half by Sean. Death Cab For Cutie band member Chris Walla had recently opened the Hall of Justice studio in Seattle and agreed to help them record.
John recruited Joe Bass of Sky Cries Mary and Brian Young of Fountains of Wayne to flesh out several of the songs, and the album gradually evolved to feature only John’s songs. After several months, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm was finished.
John traveled to New York, where he played solo shows and quickly began to write new songs, several of which would be included on the Long Winters’s second album, When I Pretend to Fall.
While in New York, John was contacted by Barsuk Records — the label that would release The Worst You Can Do Is Harm — who made it clear that they wanted John to promote the release by touring. He returned to Seattle, where he was joined by Chris Caniglia, former Western States Hurricanes drummer Michael Shilling, and Eric Corson on bass. Thus, The Long Winters were born.
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farmgirlblues JOHN. I know that you'll find this sooner or later. You were positively amazeballs in NYC and promised to come back soon (with a new album in tow, maybe please?). Let's talk about how you playing "Hindsight" (I'm telling myself that you played it for me 'cause -- let's be honest -- you kinda did) rocked my night even harder than my recovering Goth kid of a husband not having that bad of a time in a sea of awkward indie folk. Thanks for a fabulous show!
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CatalystDM The Worst You Can Do Is Harm snuck up on me, but now I think it's easily their best.
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biron4381 So refreshing, love it!
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rpanayfo The OC
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museum_mouth Australian tour would be jizzzz
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jeesushaych Only just found out about these guys (from the BOAT album cover)...When I Pretend to Fall has the strongest opening salvo of songs I've heard in ages...thanks BOAT!
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Ruud279b Putting the days to bed is one of those albums that never get boring :) thx
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conditionals Damnit John, stop doing pointless crap like fathering children and give us more Long Winters.
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John on tour with Jonathan Coulton
19 Apr 2012 | from www.thelongwinters.com
- Pop My Culture 6 Apr 2012 | from www.thelongwinters.com
- More Than Shapes 15 Feb 2012 | from www.thelongwinters.com
- Roderick on the Line 4 Dec 2011 | from www.thelongwinters.com
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