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JONESEZ - Gruffalo "Amazing & Ridiculous" "Crazy" "Seriously Dedicated" "Impressed & Terrified" "We Are Speechless". These are just some of the comments thrown around when Jonesez front man Mark Stewart announced he was donating his body to science to fund the 2nd Jonesez album.After running out of money to finish the new Jonesez record, Mark spent a few weeks thinking up a variety of fast money schemes. He settled on participating in a clinical trial. Mark blogged about his experience on the Jonesez website and through social media where he spoke about his thoughts on the super powers he hoped to gain, boredom & confinement as well as interesting hospital roomies who often yelled confronting obscenities in their sleep. The first single is Magic Beans. A two and a half minute power pop gem, taking cues from bands such as Ash, The Fauves, Supergrass and Jebediah. Jonesez are known for their DIY "Basement Videos" which are all made in the same basement where the albums were written. For Magic Beans they took it up a notch with a 2 day shoot that included grannies, policemen & booby-traps. The new album, titled Gruffalo, follows on from last year's debut, Betty's Soup, which featured in various best of 2010 lists including #8 in Bombshell's Top 20 of 2010 as well as taking out Album Of The Year from Fist2Face.The band has given fans a choice of what they want to pay for the digital album with prices starting from just $2. You can listen to the album in full and buy digital, CD or merch at www.jonesez.com.au. Jonesez launch Gruffalo on Friday 18th November at The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. Special Ticket offers including Ticket to show + Gruffalo CD for $20 from www.jonesez.com.au/store/tickets'Gruffalo' is available now through MGM/Green Media.
JONESEZ - Gruffalo
"Amazing & Ridiculous" "Crazy" "Seriously Dedicated" "Impressed & Terrified" "We Are Speechless". These are just some of the comments thrown around when Jonesez front man Mark Stewart announced he was donating his body to science to fund the 2nd Jonesez album.
After running out of money to finish the new Jonesez record, Mark spent a few weeks thinking up a variety of fast money schemes. He settled on participating in a clinical trial. Mark blogged about his experience on the Jonesez website and through social media where he spoke about his thoughts on the super powers he hoped to gain, boredom & confinement as well as interesting hospital roomies who often yelled confronting obscenities in their sleep.
The first single is Magic Beans. A two and a half minute power pop gem, taking cues from bands such as Ash, The Fauves, Supergrass and Jebediah. Jonesez are known for their DIY "Basement Videos" which are all made in the same basement where the albums were written. For Magic Beans they took it up a notch with a 2 day shoot that included grannies, policemen & booby-traps. The new album, titled Gruffalo, follows on from last year's debut, Betty's Soup, which featured in various best of 2010 lists including #8 in Bombshell's Top 20 of 2010 as well as taking out Album Of The Year from Fist2Face.
The band has given fans a choice of what they want to pay for the digital album with prices starting from just $2. You can listen to the album in full and buy digital, CD or merch at www.jonesez.com.au. Jonesez launch Gruffalo on Friday 18th November at The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. Special Ticket offers including Ticket to show + Gruffalo CD for $20 from www.jonesez.com.au/store/tickets
'Gruffalo' is available now through MGM/Green Media.
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