Dirty On Purpose
MusicBlog
"angels swarm like bees"
Location: Brooklyn
Bio: Dirty on Purpose are Doug Marvin, Joe Jurewicz, DJ Boudreau and George Wilson. They live in Brooklyn, NY, and have been a band since they ... (more)
met randomly through friends in 2002. Their brand of shoegaze pop has earned them some nice press and charmed them some nice fans over the years with their releases Like Bees, Hallelujah Sirens and Sleep Late For a Better Tomorrow. On these releases, they have collaborated with some lovely female singers – Jaymay, Holly Miranda and Erika Forster. Now they will be releasing some more songs on RCRDLBL.com. They hope you like them. They would like to thank you for listening.
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I found these homemade videos for DOP songs on Youtube. It's moving, and weirdly voyeuristic, to peer into the world of total strangers who used our songs to soundtrack a slice of their lives.
The first one is nothing but shots of a woman in training for a marathon. We see her running on overpasses, sidewalks, leafy paths, beaches. I'm guessing she's in Florida, based on the vegetation, and that she's being filmed by her loving husband, cheering her along every step of the way. But who knows? Maybe she's being stalked. The song is "Girls and Sunshine," from our first EP. There's a very small cult that thinks this is our best song and call for it at shows. We pretend not to hear them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUXB5QyfJA
And in this one a young Canadian takes a snowy bike ride around his subdivision, to the tune of "Your Summer Dress." If only we had called the song "Your Winter Dress," this would be the perfect video. I love it. Thanks, nastyrats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh5n05C1FHo
xo
doug
We are playing a show with Band of Horses on Valentine's Day (yeah yeah we know, a commercial holiday, but having a reason to make out is always good). The good folks over at JellyNYC put together the lovefest at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Kinda spooky, kinda romantic? We dig it. We hope you do too. You can purchase tickets at ticketweb.com.
Just some photos from the mixing process of our Dead Volcanoes EP for RCRDLBL.com. We would listen to those songs over and over and over again... They are finally finished! We can't wait for you to hear them... The last three songs come out in February, March and April.
Looks like George is getting hungry...
Doug is the laid-back type.
Paul stares into the abyss of the machine...
Mark, George and DJ are obviously concentrating very hard.
i see you doing dishes
i know you're making wishes
for down the line
we're waiting on the weekend
as if we'll find some peace then
on down the line
you're making your advances
i think i like my chances
i'll hold the line
don't get so defensive
cause everything that ends is
still on the line
you're leaving here tonight
for no good reason
and no words to describe
it makes no difference
if i'm putting up a fight
or if i'm dead or alive
you're leaving here tonight
there's nothing I can say now
i'm like a dead volcano
just passing time
it's not enough to kiss you
i wish i could go with you
on down the line
you're leaving here tonight
for no good reason
and no words to describe
it makes no difference
if i'm putting up a fight
or if i'm dead or alive
you're leaving here tonight
you're leaving here tonight
she's leaving here tonight
it's not a rite of passage
just someone else's baggage
phew. some blog huh?
dirty on purpose hasn't played in the same room together in three months.
we've all been busy doing not a whole lot of anything. George has been painting and working. DJ has been watching football and working. Doug has been playing with other bands and working. I have been moving and working. At least we're all working.
don't start a band if you don't want to work. Unless you're fond of ramen. Isn't that some crappy emo label? fond of ramen? I'll google it later.
We did an interview with some website who kept asking us what our "vices" were. we didn't give them a very good interview. we're friggin boring lately.
time to complain about some stuff.
has anyone seen the reggaeton IO digital cable commercial? it's amazing.
god. blogging. this is the worst.
Dirty on Purpose is in development with EA for a video game called One Man Band, where you strap all that shit to your body, and play it all yourself.
Seriously what is the appeal of that game? you know what rules? wii bowling. that rules.
but only at Jin's house.
hmm, what else sucks?
PRS guitars. those are the worst. no one gives a shit about flamed maple. no one.
uh....
Jin asked Sophie why she was so cute the other day, and Sophie looked at her and said "Because I'm a kid."
I'm going to let Sophie write these from now on.
