The Sour Notes

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Sour Notes

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Img_capt = The Sour Notes, May 2008
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Flagicon|USA Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genre = pop
Years_active = 2008–present
URL = [http://www.thesournotes.com/ thesournotes.com]
Current_members = Jared Boulanger Brandi Dipietro Chris Page Travis Hacket

The Sour Notes is the moniker of musician Jared Paul Boulanger who lives and performs in Austin, TX with pianist Chris Page, percussionist Travis Hackett and bassist Brandi Dipietro (also of Woozyhelmet). Their sound is often jaded, bittersweet [Citation
last = Stevens
first = Darcie
title = Texas Platters deEP end
url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A658174
accessdate = 2007-9-23] and heavily influenced by Yé-yé music and the films of Ingmar Bergman, which Boulanger is known to be fanatic about. Many of their songs feature vocal contributions from Sarah Harrison, Heba Kadry, Liz Molina and more recently, vocalist Micaila San Miguel.

History

Though debut album The Meat of the Fruit was recorded and produced solely by Boulanger and recording engineer Steve Christensen [Citation
last = Breakfast on Tour
title = Album Review: The Sour Notes - The Meat of the Fruit
url=http://breakfastontour.com/drupal/the+sour+notes+the+meat+of+the+fruit+album+review
accessdate = 2007-9-23] while living in Houston, TX, it wasn't until re-locating to Austin in the Summer of 2007 that The Sour Notes would transform from a solo recording project into the current performing ensemble. Since their formation in 2008, The Sour Notes have recorded 2 new albums while playing in and around Texas with bands like Ume, Pataphysics, Lymbyc Systym [Citation
last = Breakfast on Tour
title = Ume, Lymbyc Systym and The Sour Notes @ The Mink/Backroom
url=http://breakfastontour.com/drupal/ume+lymbyc+systym+the+sour+notes+at+the+mink+backroom+houston
accessdate = 2008-9-23] , Flowers to Hide and have appeared on the popular KVRX-FM radio program, 'Local Live'. They plan to tour in early 2009 in support of their new album, 'Received in Bitterness'.

Discography

Albums

* "The Meat of the Fruit" (2008) self-released
* "Received in Bitterness" (December 2008) upcoming release

Compilations

* "Landmark Music Fall 2008 Film Club Series" (October 2008) Landmark/Filter Mag

Trivia

* The song 'Leslie Burke' is inspired by the Katherine Paterson novel "Bridge to Terabithia".
* The Sour Notes have been known to cover The Ronettes' song 'When I Saw You' and Jawbreaker's 'Accident Prone' during live performances.
* Passages from Paul Éluard's Capitale de la Douleur were sampled on the song 'Your Pretty Sphinx Voice' from the 1965 Jean-Luc Godard film Alphaville.

References

; Sources consulted
* Citation
last = The Skyline
title = (Album Review) The Sour Notes - The Meat of the Fruit | url=http://www.theskyline.net/2008/05/review-sour-notes-meat-of-fruit.html
accessdate = 2008-9-23
* Citation
last = Gray
first = Chris
title = The Austin group releases The Meat of the Fruit EP
url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-05-22/calendar/sour-notes/1
accessdate = 2008-9-23
* Citation
last = Breakfast on Tour
title = Ume, Lymbyc Systym and The Sour Notes @ The Mink/Backroom
url=http://breakfastontour.com/drupal/ume+lymbyc+systym+the+sour+notes+at+the+mink+backroom+houston
accessdate = 2008-9-23
* Citation
last = Mills
first = William
title = Le Diamant Brut: Frog Eyes & The Sour Notes
url=http://austinist.com/2008/06/26/le_diamant_brut_frog_eyes_the_sour.php
accessdate = 2007-9-23
* Citation
last = Cobb
first = David
title = Review: The Sour Notes, The Meat of The Fruit
url=http://houstoncalling.net/2008/07/08/review-the-sour-notes-the-meat-of-the-fruit/
accessdate = 2007-9-23
* Citation
last = Breakfast on Tour
title = Album Review: The Sour Notes - The Meat of the Fruit
url=http://breakfastontour.com/drupal/the+sour+notes+the+meat+of+the+fruit+album+review
accessdate = 2007-9-23
* Citation
last = Stevens
first = Darcie
title = Texas Platters deEP end
url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A658174
accessdate = 2007-9-23

; Endnotes

External links

* [http://www.thesournotes.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thesournotes Myspace]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Sour+Notes Last.FM]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sour-Notes/18492369411 Facebook]
* [http://locallive.kvrx.org/performance.php?pid=909 Live@KVRX]