Message From The Jesus Rehab - Our Kickstarter Fundraiser

Hello fans, friends, and family! 
We have really enjoyed hanging out with you and getting to know a lot of you in the last year. You have inspired us and supported us more than we ever could have dreamed and because of you this past year has ended up being the most prolific period of our career. To capture all of these creative burst of energy we have recorded a new EP that will be out on April 7th! We have picked 6 songs that we feel will rock your world and instantly become one of your favorite records on your shelf....or ipod list?

We have finished much of the process ourselves but in order to give this project the proper launch that it deserves we have decided to ask our fans for help. We have paired up with a company called Kickstarter that helps unsigned artist raise money for their projects. The way it works is that artist put together a list of packages containing pre released copies of the record, limited edition merch, and other special items and "backers" (that's you) get the opportunity to pick the package they want by pledging to the project. It has been a very successful way of allowing fans to help their favorite indie artist succeed and since we needed a little help we thought we would give it a try!

To start all you need to do is click the link below and watch the video we have created which includes a sneak listen of one of the the new tracks!

Kickstarter Video 

For those of you who would prefer to help in other ways, passing this link along to anyone you think would like what we do would be much appreciated. Thanks for helping us make music!

Jared and Dom

BREAKING NEWS: 
Dom and I have always made it a point to use our art as a direct extension of our experiences and in that spirit we have chosen to call the EP Drunken Hillbilly Fight Bar to pay homage to the places we feel this collection of songs was best received over the past year. Here's to you 12:00 a.m. gigs!

Our Mission: Be Real Yo

Hello world!  The Jesus Rehab have been enjoying life and hopefully you have been too.  We wanted to write and give you an update on all of the cool Jesus Rehab related events that you have to look forward too.  

In October Dominic was featured in a new music video for his other band Julia Massey and The Five Finger Discount's single "Aghadoe."  Jared also made a small cameo so look out for this to hit Youtube in early 2012.

November was a busy month.  The Jesus Rehab released our first single which we gave away to everyone!  If you would still like to listen to the song or download a copy for yourself it will be available at www.thejesusrehab.bandcamp.com until the end of time (or until someone pays us millions of dollars for the rights.  Then you will have to ask them.)  We were happy to give away "No More Tears" to our fans as a precursor to the new EP we are working on as we speak.  We recorded it with Seattle producer David Miner at the famed London Bridge studios, and we feel the new record will be a fresh sound with a new energy that was not displayed on The Highest Highs and The Lowest Lows.  So stay tuned!  

The band also headlined the first Pancake Party of the season joined by new friends To The Sea.  If you would like to see both performances click the Pancake Party link to be attached to the new YouTube channel now featuring these and many other videos by Pancake Party bands.  Subscribe and get notices on new videos!

To finish off the month Jared joined up with Julia Massey and director Andrew Birchall (Aghadoe video) to write the soundtrack for a short film titled "French Maid."  Both "French Maid" and the "Aghadoe" video are planned to be released on the same date in early 2012 at a local Seattle theater.

December has been incredible thus far.  We have a gig at Le Voyeur in Olympia on Friday December 16th, and another weekend gig at Conor Byrne that we are extremely excited about, along with lots of cool shows with lots of cool bands coming up in the near future.  We are also continuing our work on production of the new EP and are working on our KickStarter video, which we are hoping to get out before the new year.  There will be lots of awesome reward packages to be had so save some of that Christmas money you got from your Grandparents this year.  You won't want to miss out!

In closing here are our next four calendar dates along with upcoming shows for our Pancake Party friends.  We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and we can't wait to see you soon!

Jared and Dom

TJR Calendar
December 16th - Le Voyeur
Olympia, WA - 10:00 pm (We play first)

December 23rd - Conor Byrne
Seattle, WA - 8:30pm (We are headlining)

January 7th - Cafe Venus Mars Bar
Seattle, WA - 9:00 pm (Not sure when we play)

January 21st - Darrell's Tavern (Benefit Show!!!!) 
Shoreline, WA - 9:00 pm (We play 2nd or 3rd out of 4)

Pancake Party Bands

Julia Massey and The Five Finger Discount
Le Voyeur - Olympia, WA - Friday December 16th
Conor Byrne - Seattle, WA - Friday December 23rd

Three Ninjas
White Rabbit - Seattle, WA - Tuesday December 20th

DvOD
No shows at this time.

Clutch Douglas
No shows in January or February. 

"Single Release Party" November 3rd @ The High Dive

The Jesus Rehab premier their new single "No More Tears (for me)."  Get a free copy + 1 other unreleased track to take home with you.   Why?  Because we love you and you deserve free stuff!  

Click here for all the details

New Single In November And More

You have all noticed we have been playing new stuff non stop at our shows over the past few months.  We really appreciate all of the encouragemnt and complements we have been receiving, and we have been wanting to get into the studio to show our appreciation to you as soon as possible.   On November 3rd at The High Dive we will be able to do that!  We are playing with our new friends from Austin Gashcat, and local band Spillway, and releasing our new single "No More Tears" we just recorded with local producer Dylan Fant of the indie pop band J Minus.  We will also be giving away a free copy to everyone who attends so don't miss it!!

 

Aside from the single we are preparing to go into the studio again to record our first collection of songs since "The Highest Highs and The Lowest Lows."  These tracks will display the evolution of our band and bring a new kind of energy to The Jesus Rehab catalog.  Stay tuned!  

Needless to say with all of this exciting news we are happy that Fall is finally here.  Don't get us wrong we are not masochist, pining for sunless skies and no reason to leave our caves like Three Ninjas and Tangentbot.  We are just so pumped that we are releasing new music!  And after that releasing more new music!!! And..... we are also playing in new towns on a regular basis so keep track of our show calendar.  Here is what the next month looks like.  

October 7, 2011
The Trillium Cafe - Hood River, OR
The Jesus Rehab, Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount, Kyle Peterson

October 9, 2011
Metronome Coffee - Tacoma, WA
The Jesus Rehab, Julia Massey, Terrapin Productions 

October 29, 2011 
The Skylark Cafe - Seattle, WA (West Seattle)
Performing as The Arcade Fire w/ Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount 

November 3, 2011
The High Dive - Seattle, WA 
The Jesus Rehab, Spillway, Gashcat

Hope to see you all soon!

Jared and Dom 

What's Up Summer!

Summer is finally here Seattle!  Don't worry I will definitely knock on wood since nature has had its way with us this year. Anyways, there have already been some amazing shows this Summer and plenty are still on their way.

Jared and Dom attended composer Shenendoah Davis's cd release on July 29th and confirmed that she is a unique talent mixing serious pop skills and compositional genious, blending Classical Romantic Period piano with Jazz Harmonies and dizzying arrangements.  Dom stated that "It sounded like Fantasia man."

Another must see show of the Summer is Dom's other band and fellow pancake partier Julia Massey's Cd Release on August 6th at the Black Lodge.  Julia and the gang again worked with Portlandia Producer and local rock phenom Thomas Suprenant to create a record filled with creativity, experimentation, and Julia's signature voice that once again accomplishes a happy sad vibe that only the Five Finger Discount can do right. "Come for the distortion stay for the music" says bassist Geoff B. Gibbs.

The Jesus Rehab have also been playing around town honing their craft in preparation for their first cd as a two piece.  The brothers Cortese have been wood shedding in the Cortex all Winter and Spring and have launched a series of show dates including performances at: 

Mars Bar/Cafe Venus - July 30th

Hempfest - August 19th

XIY Festival - September 10th

Skylark "Come As You Aren't" - October 29th

The band is very excited to announce that have decided to sign on local producer David Miner for the new record.  David is an accomplished Producer/Engineer/Saxophonist that has worked the boards with members from Head Like a Kite and The Black Whales.   They are planning on starting preproduction as early as August and tracking in October.  Stay tuned for information to come in the near future.  

In the meantime make sure to pick up a new Jesus Rehab t-shirt featuring artwork from Lamar Soderstrom and to check out the bands new sound!   See you at a show!