The Davenports

The Davenports

The Davenports are an American rock band. Formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York, the band has released two albums on Mother West records. A third release titled “Why The Great Gallop?” is scheduled for release in 2008. The band's song “Five Steps” from the album “Speaking of The Davenports” is the theme song to the A&E television series Intervention. [ [http://www.aetv.com/intervention/int_about_the_show.jsp A&E Intervention] ]

Members

* Scott Klass - vocals, guitars
* Angela Webster - persussion
* Thomas Ward - bass guitar
* Tommy Borscheid – guitar

History

After performing with Fountains of Wayne co-founder Chris Collingwood in the band “Smalltown Criers, [ [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/davenports-hitech.shtml Popmatters review of Hi-Tech Lowlife] ] ” Scott Klass formed The Davenports. In 2000 the band released their first album “Speaking of The Davenports” to positive reviews. [http://www.allmusic.com Allmusic] described the album as having “taken subtle college power pop to an infinitely pleasing level. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfixq8kldte Allmusic review of Speaking of The Davenports] ] ” MTV licensed music from the record for the shows “Undressed” and “The Sausage Factory. [ [http://cdbaby.com/cd/davenports CD Baby review of Speaking of The Davenports] ] ”

The band’s follow-up recording “Hi-Tech Lowlife” was released in 2005 again to positive reviews. [http://www.popmatters.com Popmatters] described the record as “subtle power pop at its most pleasant, [ [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/d/davenports-hitech.shtml PopMatters review of Hi-Tech Lowlife] ] ” while AllMusic critic Jason Damas cited the band as “ [offering] some of the most lyrically and musically rich modern guitar-pop. [ [http://www.music.msn.com/album/?album=42202318&menu=review AllMusic review of Hi-Tech Lowlife] ] ”

In an April 2008 interview with The Deli Magazine, Scott Klass said that the band's next record "Why The Great Gallop?" will be released "likely in the next month or two." [ [http://www.thedelimagazine.com/FeatureView.php?artist=davenports The Deli Magazine interview with Scott Klass] ]

Discography

* "Speaking of The Davenports", 2000
* "Hi-Tech Lowlife", 2005

External Links

* [http://www.motherwest.com/thedavenports/ Band's official website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Davenports/12938459223/ Band's Facebook page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thedavenportsnyc Band's MySpace page]

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