Jamie's Elsewhere is an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2007. They are currently signed to Victory Records and have released two full length albums thus far, Guidebook for Sinners Turned Saints in 2008, and They Said a Storm Was Coming in 2010
Formation and first releases
The band was formed early in 2005 when brothers Matthew and Anthony Scarpelli (guitar and drums, respectively) began writing songs together. In order to audition for the guitar part, Anthony Carioscia flew over 2,000 miles.
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Jamie's Elsewhere is an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2007. They are currently signed to Victory Records and have released two full length albums thus far, Guidebook for Sinners Turned Saints in 2008, and They Said a Storm Was Coming in 2010
Formation and first releases
The band was formed early in 2005 when brothers Matthew and Anthony Scarpelli (guitar and drums, respectively) began writing songs together. In order to audition for the guitar part, Anthony Carioscia flew over 2,000 miles. He was welcomed into the band, and soon after, they picked up locals Mike Spearman on keyboards and Nick Rodriguez on bass. The five came together under the name Jamie's Elsewhere, the name being derived from an 80's Chicago area venue (which has since burned down) where the Scarpelli's father used to perform.[1][2] They began writing material for their debut album for year and a half while still looking for a vocalist. Some of the band members attended a party where Chris Patterson, who had ironically missed an original audition due to an automobile accident, happened to be performing. They invited him to join the band, and upon accepting, they entered the studio the very next day.
As a result of the recording session, Jamie's Elsewhere was able to self-release an EP. They toured the west coast for a year in support of the album and sold over 5,000 albums personally. This work ethic drew the attention of Victory Records, and Jamie's Elsewhere was quickly signed to the label at the end of 2007. After hiring Casey Bates (Chiodos, Fear Before) to produce the album, they entered the studio to record their debut album, A Guidebook for Sinners Turned Saints. Matt Scarpelli explained that this title was selected because Patterson's lyrics focused on personal hardships. The album was released in May 2008
Rebuilding and follow-up album
After the release of A Guidebook, the band faced hard times. Patterson, Carioscia, Rodriguez, and Anthony Scarpelli left the band, leaving only Spearman (keyboards) and Matt Scarpelli (guitars) left in the band. In July 2008 before his departure, however, Anthony Scarpelli invited friend Aaron Pauley from the recently disbanded Razing Alexandria to try out for the vacant vocalst position.[3] He was invited to join the band, and after finding Scott Daby (drums), Chance Mederios (bass) and Mike Wellnitz (guitar), Jamie's Elsewhere was back on track. In 2009, they wrote all the material for their sophomore album over the course of eight months and recorded it in three weeks.[1] On February 16, 2010, They Said a Storm Was Coming was released.
The band's style during A Guidebook is difficult to describe, crossing styles of hard rock, pop-punk, hardcore, and even utilizing auto-tune. The lyrical content focuses on themes of "regrets, love, hate, happiness and forgiveness,"[1] however, the song titles tend not to reflect the subject matter of each respective song. Rather, the majority of them are lengthy comical phrases, juxtaposing them with the more serious content held within the lyrics. With the release of They Said a Storm Was Coming, however, the band's sound has shifted radically to a more post-hardcore sound with some metalcore influences. The mix of screaming and singing remains the same as before, but the prominence of the keyboards and synthesizers has been increased drastically.[4] The band's mixture of electronica and post-hardcore influences is often refered to as "electronicore". The song titles have taken on a more serious tone as opposed to the previous album due to the arrival of new vocalist Aaron Pauley. Lyrically, the album also takes a more dark approach, and is a concept album written entirely by Pauley, focusing on a mapmaker in the 1800s.
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