Houseguest (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Houseguest
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Akron, Ohio, USA
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 2000–present
Label = [http://www.audioeaglerecords.com Audio Eagle Records]
URL = [http://www.houseguest.org Official website]
Current_members = Stephen Clements
Theodore Mallison
David Rich
Gabriel Schray
David Whited

Houseguest is a five-piece rock band from Akron, Ohio. The band was praised by San Francisco-based literary magazine McSweeney's in 2005 as "the best pop band in America." [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/recommends/ 1]

Houseguest records for Audio Eagle Records, the label founded by Patrick Carney of the Black Keys.

Band Members

Stephen Caynon - bass guitar (2002)

Stephen Clements - percussion, keyboards (2005-present)

Gabriel Fulvimar - keyboards (2002-2003)

Theodore Mallison - vocals, keyboards (2002-present)

David Rich - guitar, percussion (2002-present)

Gabriel Schray - bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, vocals (2000-present)

Jamie Stillman - percussion (2004-2005)

David Whited - guitar, vocals, programming (2000-present)

Albums

"House Fall Down" (Top Hat, 2001)

#Tonight, I Have Too Many Plans
#Waterworks
#Up Nights (at Ghost Sites)
#The Captain's Things
#My Little Dinosaur
#Permanent Federal Eyeball
#Came Up Way Too Quick
#Today It's One Year Ago
#Dead of the Desert

Dave Whited: Vocals, guitar
Gabe Schray: Vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, drums
Ted Mallison: Trumpet, vocals
Recorded and mixed by Gabe Schray and Dave Whited at Top Hat Laboratories in Akron, Ohio.

"Talking Time" (Top Hat, 2004)

# Where We Left Off
# Traveller's Fancy
# Fashionable Living Room
# Be a Hero to the Tiniest of Babies
# Final Call of the Airboatman
# On Walden Software
# Greatest Gatsbees
# My Handsome Hat
# Where My Body's From
# Our Talking Times

Ted Mallison: Vocals, keyboards
Dave Whited: Guitar
Dave Rich: Drums, guitar, vocals
Gabe Schray: Bass, guitars, keyboards, drums, vocals
Recorded and mixed by Pat Carney at the Rubber Factory in Akron, Ohio.

"Electric Politeness" (National Syrup, 2005)

# Muted Mesa
# Galapaghost Island
# Greatest Gatsbees
# Dead of the Desert
# The Captain's Things

Ted Mallison: Vocals
Dave Whited: Guitar
Dave Rich: Guitar, pants
Gabe Schray: Bass, keyboards
Jamie Stillman: Drums
Recorded and mixed by Chris Keffer at Magnetic North Studios in Cleveland, Ohio.

"High Strangeness" (Audio Eagle/Fat Possum, 2006; Audio Eagle, 2007)

# Fashionable Living Room
# Gone For The Season
# Dive Deep
# On Walden Software
# It's Not You (But That's Just Me)
# Are We Us?
# King of Crystal Skies
# Galapaghost Island
# Muted Mesa
# Silvereye
# Where We Left Off
# Gravy Shift
# Heliport Impressions
# Where My Body's From

Ted Mallison: Vocals, keyboards
Dave Whited: Guitar
Dave Rich: Guitar
Gabe Schray: Bass, keyboards
Steve Clements: Drums, keyboards
Recorded and mixed by Patrick Carney and Gabe Fulvimar at the Eagle's Nest in Akron, Ohio.
Mastered by Chris Keffer at Magnetic North Studios in Cleveland.

Links

[http://www.houseguest.org Houseguest's Official Website]

[http://www.myspace.com/houseguest Houseguest's MySpace Page]

[http://www.audioeaglerecords.com Audio Eagle Records]