The Jealous Sound

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Name = The Jealous Sound


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Origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre = Indie rock
Emo
Post-grunge
Years_active = 2000–present
Label = The Militia Group
Better Looking Records
Associated_acts = Knapsack
Sunday's Best
URL = [http://www.jealoussound.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Blair Shehan
Pedro Benito
John McGinnis
Adam Wade
Past_members = Michel Bravine
Tony Palermo

The Jealous Sound is a Los Angeles indie rock/emo band composed of vocalist and guitarist Blair Shehan (formerly of Knapsack), guitarist Pedro Benito (formerly of Sunday's Best), bassist John McGinnis, and drummer Adam Wade.

History

The band's eponymous debut EP "The Jealous Sound" was released in 2000. In 2003 they shopped around their demos for a full-length follow-up to the EP. The band were set to release an album on Mojo Records, but soon after their signing, Mojo parted ways with Universal leaving them without a distribution deal. Shuffled over to Mojo/Jive and with little interest in the band they decided to leave the label and return to Better Looking Records to record "Kill Them With Kindness" with producer Tim O'Heir. The album was named by "Spin" magazine as one of the Top 40 albums of 2003.

In 2005 they announced via their website that they had signed to The Militia Group for their second album which is to be produced again by Tim O'Heir. The official band website has not been updated since 2005, and rumor has spread that lead singer Blair Shehan has decided to quit the band. Variations on the rumor say that he has given up performing music. However, on June 1, 2006, the band posted a blog on their MySpace, commenting that work on their upcoming LP for The Militia Group is progressing. There has been no news posted since this June Myspace blog once again bringing speculation of the band's demise. They remain on The Militia Group's website but there is no *official* news on the band's status.

On August 24th, one of Militia Group's staff said, "I have heard the new songs myself. They're still putting out a material."

On August 15th, 2008, the band posted a blog on their MySpace page confirming the title of their new cd, "Got Friends." The blog said the album would be out "real soon" and to stay tuned.

On September 4th, 2008, The Jealous Sound "MySpace" page posted the following: "Got Friends" available on itunes 10/14/2008.

Discography

*"The Jealous Sound" EP (2000, Better Looking Records)
*"Kill Them With Kindness" (2003, Better Looking Records)
*"Got Friends" (2008, The Militia Group)

Videography

*"Bitter Strings" from "The Jealous Sound (EP) (2000)
*"The Fold Out" from "Kill Them With Kindness" (2003)

References

* [http://www.betterlookingrecords.com Better Looking Records]
* [http://www.themilitiagroup.com The Militia Group]
* [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=297184 Absolute Punk News on New EP]

External links

* [http://www.jealoussound.com/ The Jealous Sound official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thejealoussound The Jealous Sound] on MySpace
* [http://jealoussound.tripod.com Troublesome] a Jealous Sound fansite
* [http://www.timmcmahan.com/jealoussound.htm Lazy-i Interview: May 2004]
* [http://www.cmykyle.com/clips.php?id=34 2003 Interview] from Rockpile magazine
* [http://www.becomingadot.com/albums.aspx?category=11&id=96 Review of "Kill Them With Kindness"]