The Jealous Girlfriends

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The Jealous Girlfriends

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Like Brooklyn's answer to Toronto's <a href="spotify:artist:7lOJ7WXyopaxri0dbOiZkd">Broken Social Scene</a> and San Francisco's <a href="spotify:artist:7AZwAitWq1KcFoIJhRWb6V">Deerhoof</a>, the Jealous Girlfriends make a virtue out of eclecticism, moving easily from noisy, <a href="spotify:artist:5UqTO8smerMvxHYA5xsXb6">Sonic Youth</a>-style fractured guitar raveups to jazzy ballads with trip-hop keyboards, and neatly navigating a near-total change in musical direction between their first and second albums. The Jealous Girlfriends began in 2004 as a duo featuring singer/guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:0CNehpGYdxk87YYMiBpnyP">Holly Miranda</a> and multi-instrumentalist Alex Lipsen. Being a producer and studio owner by trade, Lipsen had produced or engineered records for <a href="spotify:artist:3HJIB8sYPyxrFGuwvKXSLR">TV on the Radio</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7AhDVqsNA5q46WKsRPXvoe">Son Volt</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3TNt4aUIxgfy9aoaft5Jj2">the Yeah Yeah Yeahs</a>, and his Williamsburg studio -- Headgear Recording -- provided <a href="spotify:artist:0CNehpGYdxk87YYMiBpnyP">Miranda</a> and Lipsen with a low-pressure space to explore their own music during off-hours.

The Jealous Girlfriends' 2005 debut, Comfortably Uncomfortable, was recorded as a duo and self-released on their own label; the album's first single, "Lay Around," appeared on an episode of the Showtime series The L Word, raising the band's visibility. For the live shows after the album's release, Lipsen's studio manager, Josh Abbott, was recruited as the duo's drummer, but after revealing an ability to sing and write songs, he became the Jealous Girlfriends' co-frontperson, sharing guitar and vocal duties with <a href="spotify:artist:0CNehpGYdxk87YYMiBpnyP">Miranda</a> while Lipsen moved to keyboards and new drummer Mike Fadem took over the throne. Adopting a new band persona as a democratic mini-collective in the style of a slimmed-down <a href="spotify:artist:7lOJ7WXyopaxri0dbOiZkd">Broken Social Scene</a>, with all four members contributing to the songwriting and special guests drafted in for specific songs, the Jealous Girlfriends released their quite different self-titled second album in 2007. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi

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19 tracks
1
Something in the Water

Something in the Water

Apr 22, 2008

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Lay Around

Lay Around

Jan 1, 2005

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Carry Me

Carry Me

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Roboxulla

Roboxulla

Apr 22, 2008

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Organs on the Kitchen Floor

Organs on the Kitchen Floor

Apr 22, 2008

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Secret Identity

Secret Identity

Apr 22, 2008

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Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

Jan 1, 2005

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How Now

How Now

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The Pink Wig to My Salieri

The Pink Wig to My Salieri

Apr 22, 2008

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Whoever You Are

Whoever You Are

Jan 1, 2005

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