Jennifer O'Connor

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Jennifer’s career began in Atlanta, where after college she joined Violet, a band compared to X and the Pixies. She started playing solo after quitting Violet and moving to NYC. Her influences are other artists with a fresh take on self-awareness, from Destroyer, Silver Jews, Aimee Mann, and Smog, to Dylan and Petty, as well as Jay Z, Kanye West, and Dizzee Rascal.

Jennifer released her debut EP, Truth Love Work, in 2000. ‘Time Out’ wrote, “O’Connor is another Liz Phair or Elliott Smith waiting to happen. Her understated guitar-based songs lack the primping, preening and obviousness of Phair and the sad-sack whining of Smith. Rather, her matter-of-fact lyrics tell stories that us regular joes can relate to.” Her self-released, self-titled debut followed in 2002, and Red Panda released the acclaimed ‘The Color And The Light’ in May 2005.

‘Over The Mountain…’ is her 3rd full-length, but it has the immediacy of a debut. The past year saw many personal upheavals which informed it more than she expected. “It’s been so tumultuous, I think that inevitably crept into my songs,” she says. “I wouldn’t say that I always write from experience, but I did a lot of it on this record.” For her most emotional songs yet, she self-produced and got rid of reverb and extraneous sounds, giving them an urgency that her other records didn’t always have. She explains, “There’s a lot of space; we purposefully pared everything down to what was necessary for the song.”

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singer-songwriter, female vocalists, indie rock, daytrotter, zone indie
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Rarn wrote:
December 2008

she was thoroughly underwhelming live : \

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Le23aout wrote:
August 2008

Here With Me is my new favourite song!

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farmolio wrote:
January 2008

She was great in DC last night.

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Le23aout wrote:
November 2007

Love Jennifer O'Connor! Listening to Tonight We Ride right now. Excellent.

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edejong wrote:
May 2007

new pics, vote!

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hcmack wrote:
January 2007

jen's the best

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