Bad Dream Good Breakfast

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Whoo! Show at the Chop Suey!

Hello all!

We're pretty excited about our upcoming show with the Submarines and the Color Bars coming up next week Friday. Hopefully you'll all be able to go check it out -- should be a retro-classic-rocking time!

About the Band

As a trio, Bad Dream Good Breakfast, soon realized that they couldn't achieve the lush intricate sounds they desired with guitar loops and distortion alone. Using their musical education (The New England Conservatory of Music, Berklee School of Music, University of Washington, etc…), they set out to expand their songs by orchestrating richer compositions for strings, electronics and vocal harmonies. The escapism and film noir aesthetic of BDGB's first release, Nothing Broken Nothing Damaged, has given way to a kinetic, explosive 12-person live set.

Nick Jones (vox, guitar)
Chris Jones (bass)
Daniel Braithwaite (drums)
Brian Kinsella (piano, rhodes, organ, synth)
Jeff Grant (guitar, vox)
Mara Sedlins (viola)
Valerie Coon (violin)
Sheryl Templora (violin)
Rachael Beaver (cello)

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special guests:

Brittney Williams (vox)
Brittney A. (xylophone)
Leif Dalan (synths)

Reviews

"Perfecting the art of great indie rock accompanied by asst stringed instruments!" -Redefine Magazine

"One of the strangest and most distinctive shows I've seen in ages" -Three Imaginary Girls

"The moods shift quickly, thanks to the flourishing strings, pretty piano, and delicate chimes" -The Stranger

"These folks are super music geeks, in the best of ways. It was like the school orchestra and the marching band and the indie-rockers all joined hands at recess and decided to work together toward a common musical goal. When their songs crescendo, they really made use of all that incredible instrumentation, that's when Bad Dream emerged as something pretty spectacular." -Three Imaginary Girls

About "Nothing Broken Nothing Damaged":
"The second track, 'The Urgency Of Nightlife And The Temptations That Come Of It,' formally introduces us to the orchestra section in the form of an indie-pop tango — and yes, it's as fun as it sounds. Vocalist Nick Jones leads the song with an allure similar to what Jack Skellington would sound like if he had found the door to Moulin Rouge instead of Christmas Town. It's a sexy, piquant, and elegant ballad to the urgency of nightlife and, well, you know. There are innuendos aplenty too, from the not-so-subtle 'I feel the urgency of nightlife in your trembling thighs' to the coquettish line that follows: 'You are a velvet skyline / ooh la ooh la la / divine.' It's a strong start, and a very bold one. The sort of start that demands a payoff." -Three Imaginary Girls

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Whoo! Show at the Chop Suey!

Tuesday, July 24, 2007