Pomegranates
Pomegranates hail from Cincinnati, OH, where drummer Jacob Merritt, guitarist Isaac Karns, and vocalist/guitarist Joey Cook launched the pop-based indie rock band in 2006. Taking influence from early Modest Mouse and Wolf Parade, the musicians honed their craft and issued the Two Eyes EP in June 2007. Bassist Josh Kufeldt joined the following year, and Pomegranates released their full-length debut, Everything Is Alive, that May. After sharing stages with the likes of Javelins, Islands, and Headlights, the band decamped to northern Kentuck...[more]
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During a busy 2008, self-professed art-pop denizens Pomegranates found time to hunker down for a few weeks to record the bulk of Everybody Come Outside. Creatively and sonically, the album shows a marked improvement from its predecessor Everything Is Alive. Channeling influences ranging from Talking Heads and Brian Eno to French Kicks and Fela Kuti, the band decided to concoct a narrative in which each song would reveal a little bit about the unusual story of a character leaving home only to b [ read more ]
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What? You haven't heard that Pomegranates are good for you? After self-releasing critically acclaimed EP Two Eyes, the boys put together a record.. and a highly anticipated record at that. Everything Is Alive is the band's debut full length and is pure popecstasyfrom start to finish. Drawing from influences like The Beach Boys and The Kinks, Everything Is Alive is timeless and has been compared to early Modest Mouse. Melodic guitar lines, gusto vocals, unorthodox song structures.. what more could a kid want [ read more ]
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