Hey Marseilles is an
indie folk and
chamber pop
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band from
Seattle
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,
Washington
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founded in 2006.
History
The band self-released its first album in 2008 and opened early in its career for groups such as
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band and
Parts & Labor
Parts & Labor was an American rock band formed in 2002 by B. J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, New York. Drummer Joe Wong joined the band in 2007. Parts & Labor released five albums, two EPs, one split album (with Tyondai Braxton), and nu ...
. This album was reissued in 2010. A second album, ''Lines We Trace'', arrived in 2013. They then met Anthony Kilhoffer, an LA-based producer and engineer in 2013. Kilhoffer decided to work with them in producing their third album, ''Hey Marseilles''.
Stream: Hey Marseilles’s new self-titled album
Consequence of Sound, February 3, 2016.
Band members
*Matt Bishop – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
*Nick Ward – guitar, mandolin
*Philip Kobernik – accordion, piano
*Samuel Anderson – cello, electric bass
*Jacob Anderson – viola
Discography
;Albums
* 2008: ''To Travels and Trunks'' (Self-released)
* 2013: '' Lines We Trace'' (Thirty Tigers
Thirty Tigers is an American entertainment company which offers music marketing, distribution, and management services to independent artists. It is based in Nashville.
History
The company was founded in 2002 by David Macias and Deb Markland ...
)
* 2016: ''Hey Marseilles'' ( Shanachie Records/Dine Alone Records
Dine Alone Records is a Canadian and American independent record label, founded in St. Catharines and Toronto by Joel Carriere. The label is now based in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles.
History
Dine Alone was born out of founder Joel Car ...
)
;Singles
*"Rio" (2008)
*"To Travels and Trunks" (2010)
*"West Coast" (2015)
References
External links
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Musical groups from Seattle
American folk musical groups