My Body Sings Electric

My Body Sings Electric
Origin	Denver, Colorado, USA
Genres	Alternative Rock, Indie, Punk, Hardcore
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Dance Gavin Dance Gatsby's American Dream Minus The Bear The Epilogues Tickle Me Pink Single File
Website	http://MyBodySingsElectric.com www.myspace.com/MyBodySingsElectric www.facebook.com/MyBodySingsElectric
Members
Brandon Whalen Nick Crawford Jason Bower Jeff Fedel Ben Scarboro
Past members
Kalen Bigg Dennis Dejnowski

My Body Sings electric is an American Alternative Rock and post-hardcore band formed in Denver, Colorado in 2007. In their early days, the band played music that was heavy and experimental, but in 2010, the band has changed its musical focus. The band, tired of being a self-procalimed "musician's band," concentrated on writing more pop sensible music for their debut full-length album.

The band has a full length record, Changing Color to be released early in 2011. "Changing Color" was recorded at Interlace Audio in Portland, Oregon owned by Kris Crummett. Stephan Hawkes produced, recorded, engineered, mixed, and mastered the album.

History

They Don't Want Music (2007–2009)

My Body Sings Electric was originally formed out of the remains of two bands, Nemonic, and Arms Over Colorado. Nick Crawford, Jeff Fedel, Dennis Dejnowski, and Kalen Bigg arrived from Nemonic, and Brandon Whalen arrived from Arms Over Colorado. The bands decided to join forces after Nick Crawford and Jeff Fedel of Nemonic expressed displeasure with their lead singer at the time. Brandon Whalen offered to join the band as the lead vocalist.

The band's name "My Body Sings Electric" was derived from the poem I Sing the Body Electric (Whitman) by Walt Whitman. The band was driven by a common love for bands like The Sound Of Animals Fighting and The Mars Volta. Original bassist Dennis Dejnowski left the band in summer 2008 and was promptly replaced with current bassist Jason Bower.

My Body Sings Electric released their first self-produced EP, The Don't Want Music, in 2008. Though the album was praised for "admirable instrumentation" and "lyrical ambition,"^[1] it was criticized for its "spaced-out noodling" and a lack of discipline.^[2]

Warped Tour Appearance (2009)

In Summer 2009, My Body Sings Electric was selected by Ernie Ball to play the Denver stop of Warped Tour 2009 at Invesco field at Mile High. The band was elated for an opportunity to play at the festival. Lead singer Brandon Whalen was quoted as saying, "To a lot of people, just seeing our name associated with a big tour like Warped Tour sort of legitimizes what we are doing."^[3]

A Shift in Musical Focus and Member Changes (2010)

Late in 2009, the band began writing songs for a full-length album to be recorded in 2010. The band was dissatisfied with the level of support they were receiving in the local music scene at the time. Having grown weary of playing heavy music, and having grown bored with the direction of hardcore in the Denver music scene, the band decided to change their musical style and concentrate on writing catchy, pop music with Indie Rock and Punk Rock influences.

In early 2010, drummer Kalen Bigg left the band. He was unable to meet the level of commitment to the band that was demanded by the rest of the members. Ben Scarboro, of Denver hardcore band The Skyline Surrender took over the drumming duties.

Feeling refreshed and motivated by the member change, the band continued to write new music and prepared to record a full-length album in late 2010.

Channel 93.3's Hometown For the Holidays (2010)

Late in 2010, My Body Sings Electric was selected as one of the top three acts in KTCL 93.3's Hometown For the Holidays contest.^[4] The band was able to rise above a tough group of competitors including the Swayback, Nautical Mile, and Bob Skizzum (Featuring members of the Flobots).

The band's first single, Step Into The Light, was selected by radio listener surveys as one of the top three songs in the contest, along with songs from Air Dubai, and The Heyday. As a top three selectee, the band joined an elite group of successful Denver bands who have made the top three in the contest including, Flobots, Tickle Me Pink, and The Epilogues.

The band was invited to play the Hometown for the Holidays show at Casselman's in downtown Denver. There were over 850 people in attendance to the show.

Changing Color (2010–Present)

In November 2010, My Body Sings Electric traveled to Portland, Oregon to record at Interlace Audio. The members were huge fans of many albums recorded at Interlace, including records from Dance Gavin Dance, Fear Before, and Closure In Moscow.

"Changing Color" marked the completion of the bands transformation into a radio-ready act. The production quality of the album was a huge improvement over "They Don't Want Music" and enhanced the band's new pop-sensible sound.

Stephan Hawkes produced, engineered, recorded, mixed, and mastered the album. "Changing Color" was scheduled to be released in early April 2011.

Band members

Current members

• Brandon Whalen - lead vocals
• Jason Bower - bass guitar, backup vocals
• Nick Crawford - guitar, backup vocals
• Jeff Fedel - guitar
• Ben Scarboro - drums

Former members

• Kalen Bigg -
• Dennis Dejnowski - bass

Discography

Studio albums

• Changing Color (2011)

EPs

• They Don't Want Music (2008)

External links

• My Body Sings Electric on Myspace
• My Body Sings Electric on Facebook
• My Body Sings Electric on Twitter

References

1. ^ September 2009 "My Body Sings Electric - AbsolutePunk.net". 4 September 2009. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1305932 September 2009. 
2. ^ September 2009 "My Body Sings Electric - A.V. Club Denver". 8 September 2009. http://www.avclub.com/denver/articles/my-body-sings-electric,32404 September 2009. 
3. ^ August 2009 "Q&A with Brandon Whalen of My Body Sings Electric - Denver Westword". 7 August 2009. http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/08/qa_with_brandon_whalen_of_my_b.php August 2009. 
4. ^ December 2010 "Hometown For The Holidays 2010 Rewind". 20 December 2010. http://www.area93.com/pages/contests_hometown.html?feed=150947&article=1544359 December 2010.