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The Honest Mistakes consider themselves a band
out of time.
The story starts with 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. After one more release as The Chris and Joylene
Show, they are now The Honest Mistakes.
On their final release under the old name, A Family
Portrait – a split album with the seminal
low-fi act pupa's window –
the band 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 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 band 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 Honest Mistakes are quietly making
a case for their resurgence.
The band is hard at work on the first Honest Mistakes record,
due later this year.
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DISCOGRAPHY
A Family Portrait
(released under the name The Chris and Joylene Show)
BRL 3001 // CD // 2007
SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT
WEBSITE
www.myspace.com/thehonestmistakes
PRESS RESOURCES
see Press section for hi-res photos,
press sheet, etc.
REVIEWS
Reviews for A
Family Portrait
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