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The Morning Benders

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"Colonel Popcorn"

Location: Berkeley/Oakland

Website: http://themorningbenders.com/

Bio: the morning benders caught our eyes, ears and hearts in 2007 with their inspiring ambition to become an international band, while staying true to their ... (more) hometown of Berkeley and building things the right way.

Over 2007, the morning benders - chris (vocals, guitars, organ, rhodes, pianos), joe (guitars, rhodes, pianos, organ), julian (drums, percussion) and dp (bass) - self-released 2 very raw but charming EPÕs. ÔLoose ChangeÕ was recorded on a laptop with one microphone and ÔBoarded DoorsÕ was recorded at the bands home practice space in a basement. They began to build a passionate and loyal fan-base by feverishly gigging around the Bay Area and Los Angeles at everything from house parties to supporting noteworthy bands such as Yo La Tengo, Two Gallants, MGMT, White Rabbits, Au Revoir Simone, Yeasayer, The Long Winters, Oh No! Oh My!, The Deadly Syndrome, The Rosebuds and more.

Through the release of these EPÕs and word spreading on their kickin' live shows, the morning benders began to receive a groundswell of support from the San Francisco media, including SF Bay Guardian ('perfectly perculating pop thrills') and SF Weekly ('brill building-like melodies'). The blog community began to take notice, including online tastemakers Stereogum, Pitchfork, My Old Kentucky Blog, The Tripwire, Idolator, Little Radio, and more.

Oh, and they also decided to record a full-length album. Lead Singer Chris Chu got a gig as an engineer at Different Fur studio and in exchange for getting paid, he received studio time. In 2 months time, he was engineering records for other bands and had finished his own record. Did we mention that he was 20 years old at the time?

Well, when you have vision, dedication, a magnetic personality, and, of course, a knack for writing a mean tune, good things happen...

the morning benders are now poised to reap the benefits of their hard work and vision and we will be taking their Cali-pop jams to the world in 2008 with the release of... (less)