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The Chris and Joylene Show considers itself
a band out of time.
The story starts with the namesakes, Chris and Joylene. They met
in a band called CheapPaperbackRomance. The band didn't work out.
They did. They continued playing together as The Chris and Joylene
Show from 2000–2004, until life crept in and took them out
of the live scene for a while. But then in 2006 they came back,
having stayed in contact with their loyal bassist Adam, and found
their drummer Frank. And now they play as The Chris and Joylene
Show once again. It should be noted that The Chris and Joylene
Show is a partnership between four people, not a couple with a
faceless backing band; there's entirely too much arguing not to
be equals.
On their upcoming release, A Family Portrait
– a split album with the seminal low-fi act pupa's window
– the band has traced together an intricate and dynamic
set of songs that at once warm right up to the listener. The material
for this record was recorded over the course of 2 years, during
the band's absence from the Baltimore music scene. The tension
and release of their emotions during that time is clearly outlined
in each of these bittersweet musical essays on love, loss, growing
old, and triumph. The EP is indeed a portrait of a family that
is loving, and at the same time longing for something more.
The sound of A Family Portrait is shaded with hints
of R.E.M., Grenadine, Ida, The Little Ones, and M Coast, but above
all, it finds The Chris and Joylene Show refining their own unique
sound.
The band's blend of musicianship, melodic sense, subtle wit, and
emotional punch have truly come together here – and while
those qualities may have been valued more in other times and places
than they are in today's music world, The Chris and Joylene Show
is quietly making a case for their resurgence.
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DISCOGRAPHY
A Family Portrait
BRL 3001 // CD // 2007
This Is Where You Will Be Lost
Unheardof 0003 // CD // 2003
SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT
WEBSITE
www.myspace.com/thechrisandjoyleneshow
PRESS RESOURCES
see Press section for hi-res photos,
press sheet, etc.
REVIEWS
Reviews for A
Family Portrait
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