May 16 2008
Jamies Elsewhere - A Band That’s Already Hit
I’ve never seen Jamies Elsewhere live and I’d actually never even heard of them before checking them out on Myspace. However, I was totally blown away when I did listen to them. I guess the sign of a really good band is when they can just grab you from hearing their music and you don’t have to hear any hype about them. I could tell I wasn’t the only one who had found their music…they have over 28,000 friends on Myspace and hundreds of fans who have signed up to receive their mobile alerts using Broadtexter.On first listen you can hear that this band is the real deal. The vocal range of the lead singer is truly amazing. Not only is his range incredible, but the way he phrases each word is really what makes me love the songs. The song ‘O’ The Trophy Bearer’ is actually quite an operatic song in its melody and musical production. It’s incredible how big a sound they are able to create at the beginning of the song with just piano, vocals, and strings. The album was produced by Casey Bates who produced bands like Chiodos and Fear Before the March of Flames.
Jamies Elsewhere’s story is pretty amazing. The band was started by two brothers, Matthew and Anthony Scarpelli…Matthew played guitar and Anthony drums. They always wrote songs together growing up but really decided to take it to the next level in 2005. They named their band Jamies Elswhere after an 80’s Chicago area venue that held warm memories for their father. The band held auditions and found lead guitarist Anthony Carioscia who flew over 2,000 miles for the audition. They then found keys and bass, but no lead vocals. Even in the face of not having a lead singer they began writing music (THAT is determination or some kind of faith). Then, about a year and a half later, some of the guys in the band were at a party and heard Chris Paterson singing acoustically. It turned out that Chris had wanted to audition for the band but was not able to make it due to a car accident he had been in (now, I’m not going to say that this was ‘meant to be,’ but it’s certainly weird).
They toured the entire west coast for over a year, sold over 5,000 copies of their D.I.Y. EP. and caught the eye of Victory Records in 2007.
There latest album Guidebook For Sinners Turned Saints is a mix of songs about regret, love, hate, happiness, and forgiveness…and you really get a sense of all five of those things through the music. Lead singer Chris Paterson definitely has a style of singing/screaming that is unique compared to a lot of the other indie, emo, and alternative bands out there today.
Be sure to check out this band as they tour all over the country through June 25th.
Jamies Elsewhere - Links
MySpace
Mobile Club
May 19th, 2008 at 10:42 am
This is a great group of guys. I just love this band.
May 19th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
these guys have such a great repour, it seems that they are truly blessed in every way. i think they are great!
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Screamo is over. Way over. Take out those “vocals” and their songs are pretty tolerable.
Also, they all need to put down the hair straighteners. Really.
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
some people have a jealousy problem. I hope you are not one of them.