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The Long Winters
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The Long Winters is an American indie rock band based in Seattle, USA.
Singer-songwriter John Roderick was born in Seattle, Washington, and later moved to in Anchorage, Alaska while in elementary school. He later returned to Seattle, and formed the Bun Family Players and the Western State Hurricanes. Following the collapse of the latter, he acted as touring keyboardist for Harvey Danger.
In 2001 Harvey Danger singer/songwriter Sean Nelson suggested that he and Roderick record an album —half of the songs penned by John, and the other half by Sean. Death Cab for Cutie band member Chris Walla had recently opened up the Hall of Justice studio in Seattle, and agreed to help them record.
John recruited Joe Bass of Sky Cries Mary and Brian Young of Fountains of Wayne to flesh out several of the songs, and gradually the album evolved to feature only John’s songs. After several months, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm was finished.
John traveled to New York, where he played solo shows and quickly began to pen new songs —several of which would eventually be included on the Long Winters’ second album, When I Pretend to Fall.
While there he was contacted by Barsuk Records —the label that would release The Worst You Can Do Is Harm – who made it clear they wanted John to tour to promote the release. He traveled back to Seattle, and was joined by Chris Caniglia, former Western States Hurricanes drummer Michael Shilling and Eric Corson on bass. Thus, The Long Winters were born.
Singer-songwriter John Roderick was born in Seattle, Washington, and later moved to in Anchorage, Alaska while in elementary school. He later returned to Seattle, and formed the Bun Family Players and the Western State Hurricanes. Following the collapse of the latter, he acted as touring keyboardist for Harvey Danger.
In 2001 Harvey Danger singer/songwriter Sean Nelson suggested that he and Roderick record an album —half of the songs penned by John, and the other half by Sean. Death Cab for Cutie band member Chris Walla had recently opened up the Hall of Justice studio in Seattle, and agreed to help them record.
John recruited Joe Bass of Sky Cries Mary and Brian Young of Fountains of Wayne to flesh out several of the songs, and gradually the album evolved to feature only John’s songs. After several months, The Worst You Can Do Is Harm was finished.
John traveled to New York, where he played solo shows and quickly began to pen new songs —several of which would eventually be included on the Long Winters’ second album, When I Pretend to Fall.
While there he was contacted by Barsuk Records —the label that would release The Worst You Can Do Is Harm – who made it clear they wanted John to tour to promote the release. He traveled back to Seattle, and was joined by Chris Caniglia, former Western States Hurricanes drummer Michael Shilling and Eric Corson on bass. Thus, The Long Winters were born.
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The Long Winters "Seven"
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The Long Winters
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The Long Winters - Fire Island, AK
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Long Winters - Clouds
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calsimon wrote:
I want new album
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WoodstockJohnny wrote:
Clouds is THAT good!!!
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Zanderfeder wrote:
Please come to Berlin again.
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purpletoupee wrote:
I like the old days, but not all the old days.
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xoxkatiexoxo wrote:
COME TO SASQUATCH 2009!!!!
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maxcasanova wrote:
teaspoon<3
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snooden wrote:
Surprised Commander Thinks Aloud is so low on the list. Do not miss this track...
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BridgeTheStars wrote:
Just saw them two days ago at a show in manhatten they played for free. Complete bliss. :D
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hahalove wrote:
i keep coming back to this band. they're just so great.
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shadedballroom wrote:
finally they are going back into the studio. I have missed them dreafully.
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mattDMBFan wrote:
Scent of Lime is sublime.
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Iechium wrote:
I'm not typically a huge fan of their type of indie-rock (the nerdy pop sensibilities), but The Worst You Can Do Is Harm really took me. I'm not as big of a fan of the other albums, though. I just read their full description for the first time now and I'm thinking it's probably the constant lineup changes. Oh well, Worst is still a fantastic album.
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Colmesperanza wrote:
too good.
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CatalystDM wrote:
The '06 KEXP in studio was amazing... one of my favorite in-studios ever. http://kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=15456&pID=528&fID=4032&artist=JR
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CatalystDM wrote:
It goes by weekly plays, not overall plays.
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swanky21389 wrote:
Teaspoon and seven are amazing!
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HeEatsFaces wrote:
one of the most underrated bands around. people need to ch-ch-check themselves before they wr-wr-wreck themselves. haha. xo!
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Eddie1604 wrote:
It sounds like Maximo Park, why can't I find them on the similar artist list??? Never mind! It sounds nice! :-)
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nuckinfutters wrote:
yeah hingsight has been my favorite for the last couple months
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Jay_Fiedler wrote:
Hindsight's my favorite.
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- jeffguytx wrote about The Long Winters in Found a new group I like, thanks to Last.fm. last month
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- slenke wrote about The Long Winters in yes i’m a nerd and here’s the survey to prove it. last month
- nickyp77, mysoloproject, indy133 and 6 other people added The Long Winters to their libraries. last month
- WillemdeGelder tagged The Long Winters with ‘indie rock’. last month
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Found a new group I like, thanks to Last.fm
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22 Nov 2008 | 
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yes i’m a nerd and here’s the survey to prove it
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21 Nov 2008 | Add comment
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Seen live! (updated 28-11-2008)
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4 Oct 2008 | Add comment
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