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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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Contact Band/Info/Booking: booking@thesournotes.com










"Never short on hooks or ambition, The Sour Notes play brittle pop for star-crossed post-grads…on rising tides of lonesome guitars and glimmering synths, the band patiently builds its postmillennial laments, making the occasional nod to Krautrock and frequent concessions to soundtrack-worthy mood."
- Erik Adams, The Onion AV Club
http://www.avclub.com/austin/events/rumble-the-sour-notes-hollywood-gossip-literature,195623/

"Somewhere between Fountains of Wayne's Teflon hooks and the Shins' minor-key reveries, The Sour Notes...emote anything but the same ol' song and dance, especially here in cow town."
- Raoul Hernandez, The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:977600

"For a band as prolific as the Sour Notes, the quartet has not only proven remarkably excellent in their quality of output, but also continue to impressively push themselves in new directions. Each release, beginning with the 2008 EP The Meat of the Fruit, has taken their instinctive pop-rock pulse and expanded their sound in arrangements and sensibilities."
- Doug Freeman, The Austin Sound
http://www.austinsound.net/2010/01/14/the-sour-notes-it’s-not-gonna-be-pretty-sr/

"…soft melodies with a vulnerable streak, set to a revolving and airtight pop backdrop…"
- Austin Powell, The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:938179

"The creative equilibrium that sets the band apart from the vast majority of young indie musicians is paradigmatic of the foursome’s serendipitous beginnings and unwavering commitment to fusing substance with style."
- Mary Lingwall, The Daily Texan
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/dt-weekend/paradigms-shift-above-heads-1.1769996

"...three- and four-minute songs that don't go verse-chorus-verse-chorus-chorus-chorus but move from one cool new part to the next. In a scene where many declare their intentions to go pop but then neglect to include any melodies the Sour Notes toss them out carelessly enough to make it seem easy."
- Big Western Flavor, Local Austin Music Critic
http://bigwesternflavor.blogspot.com/search?q=the+sour+notes

"The recent release of the Sour Notes’ It’s Not Gonna Be Pretty marks big things for the Austin fourpiece; the pop confections are easy on the ears, but they’ve got the chops to cover Jawbreaker."
- Audra Schroeder, The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/AMDB/Profile?oid=oid:619225

"The Sour Notes have taken classic songwriting and seasoned it with the innocence of being 16 again."
- Darcie Stevens, The Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:740041

"With yet another new album ready to drop next January, The Sour Notes remain one of the brightest, and probably most under-appreciated, groups in town."
- Doug Freeman, The Austin Sound
http://www.austinsound.net/2009/11/19/singles-roundup-tv-torso-the-sour-notes-follow-that-bird/

"Their allure is an easy one–dreary yet rich pop ballads that ease you through the gloom with melodic charm and earnest sweetness.”
– Michael Byrne, Baltimore City Paper
http://www2.citypaper.com/calendar/review.asp?rid=14315

"…Shinsy male lead vocal and crystalline female harmonies…the sound quickly goes a-rockin’…somehow melding Sonic Youth energy with the accessibility of Versus…sometimes dabbling with a taste of Band of Horses"
- Rebekah Goode-Peoples, Atlanta's A-List
http://atlalist.com/record-review/record-review-sour-notes-gonna-pretty/

"Principle Note Jared Boulanger crafts beautiful and questioning melodies that are rife with a direct pop angst. Yet that angst is sweetly plied, never over-bearing or melodramatic, and the quartet continually upends its pop stylings with unexpected samples and keyboard bursts that manage to keep the songs fascinating through repeated listenings"
- Doug Freeman, The Austin Sound
http://www.austinsound.net/2009/02/19/the-sour-notes-–-received-in-bitterness-sr/

"...a knack for piling on the echoes in certain spaces to give their music a spacious Animal Collective charm to it. On the other hand lead singer Jared Paul Boulanger’s voice is so smooth and star-like I wouldn’t be surprised to hear some Fleet Foxes comparisons. "
- Laurent of PastaPrimavera, Baltimore based Music Blog
http://pastaprima.net/artist-reviews/new-music-the-sour-notes/

"…spacey, catchy, lyrically complex, and deep as a well."
- Travis Ekmark, Loco Nunca
http://loconunca.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251:records&catid=7:records

"Their melodies and structures are time-honored examples of catchiness and accessibility; it’s their use of these elements that’s unique, playfully experimenting with sounds and layering with no reserves."
- Liz Levine, Knocks From The Underground
http://www.knocksfromtheunderground.com/knocks-from-the-underground/2010/2/19/checkin-in-with-austin-its-not-gonna-be-pretty-by-the-sour-n.html

"…“Doers & Sayers” — a brash and catchy indie pop tune that stands out as a particular favorite of ours. The Sour Notes sound something like We Are Scientists with a bit of Death Cab for Cutie added for softness. We’re really looking forward to seeing their growth in 2010."
- Paige Maguire, The Austinist
http://austinist.com/2009/12/14/sour_notes_get_ready_for_tour_suppo.php

"Austin’s Sour Notes play lulling, ghostly, fully realized melodies not terribly far fromBright Eyes or the Decemberists. And they do so with a degree of bitterness and rancor — directed both inward and outward — that places the quartet closer to noted indie-folk grouches like Bill Callahan and Cat Power."
- Chris Gray, The Houston Press
http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-05-22/calendar/sour-notes/full

"…arguably released more material in the last couple of years than any other local band."
- Ryan Ray, Austin Town Hall
http://austintownhall.com/2010/01/27/a2w-the-sour-notes/

"...they had the audience dancing in front of the stage by the end of their set."
- Roger Cullman, BlogTO (Toronto)
http://www.blogto.com/music/2010/06/the_sour_notes_at_the_horseshoe_plus_trap_tiger/

"Don’t let the name fool you, there’s nothing sour about this band."
- Erika Gradecki, Skope Mag
http://skopemag.com/2010/04/06/the-sour-notes-it’s-not-gonna-be-pretty







▼SAT.4.28 ▼MR FEST at Taxis Piano Bar, 8PM, 129 E Hopkins St Ste 120 (San Marcos)
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WAIT // WHITE (RELEASED JANUARY 2012) The Sour Notes // Marmalakes Split 7-inch..


Last Looks (2011) CD


Hot Pink Flares / Psych Thrill (2011) 7-inch


It's Not Gonna Be Pretty (2010) CD


Never Mix, Never Worry / Rose Puzzles (2009) 7-inch


Received in Bitterness (2009) CD


The Meat of the Fruit (2008) CD

ALSO AVAILABLE AT:
iTunes
CDbaby
Waterloo Records (Austin)
End of an Ear (Austin)
Cheapo Discs (Austin)
Cactus Music (Houston)
Sound Exchange (Houston)

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