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Grenadine
updated 25 Oct 94 |
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Grenadine are a slippery bunch... just when you think it's safe to call
them a lounge band they turn on their heels. And before you can say
"Tip Toe Through the Tulips" they+jitter bug out of the lounge and
into the speak easy and vaudevillian theatre. Yeah, we know it isn't
really 20's music, but it's music with a distinct 20's flavor.+ A
pleasing show of tap-dancing, joke-telling, coconut wielding pop, and
of course there are a couple of the heart stopping ballads spread
out across the top of the upright piano for the die hard romantics in the
balcony. With three 7" singles, the LP, Goya and this record, Nopalitos, behind them Grenadine is now a band name well established and in the vocabulary of many an indie rock fan. All three of the Grenadine members have long been fixtures on the independent music scene. Jenny Toomey has played in about half a dozen bands around DC and Olympia including Geek, My New Boyfriend, the short-lived acoustic duo Choke and most recently Tsunami. Mark Robinson also has a trail of bands behind him, most notably the power pop trio, Unrest and his current band, Air Miami. Rob Christiansen is most known for his guitar/ trombone playing role in the band, Eggs (Teenbeat). The first Grenadine records, Triology 7" and Goya LP/CD/CS were originally recorded on 24 track 2 inch, one year later they recorded the Don't forget the Halo 7" on 16 track 1 inch. These new gems Nopalitos CD and Christiansen 7" are 8 track straight Adat... (With this history you'd guess they'd be planning to record the next on a portable stereo in your living room.) Jenny and Mark generally take turns at the microphone and the tone takes twists and turns from melancholy ballads to the kind of swing music you might dig up in your grandparents' attic and play on their antique gramaphone...
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