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JAILL

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BIO

Vincent Kircher, Austin Dutmer, Andrew Harris and Ryan Adams are a somewhat sneaky, rarely sleazy group of guys from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Together, they are Jaill, a self-described psych-pop combo who play with undeniable guts. Jaill rocks enough to let the guys feel tough and still make the girls shake their asses till there’s sweat on their ankles. They’ll make your heart shake its ass a little, too.

Long-time friends and musical partners, Kircher and Dutmer started the band back in 2002. It was a continuation of what they’d already been busy at for years: try some speed, smoke some weed, and record albums and albums worth of material destined only for the collections of friends. Dutmer remembers working on an album in Kircher’s spare bedroom for months. “It’s listed as ‘sold out’ on our website but we only made like 25 burned CDs and gave them away.”

The two had struck on a winning formula: up-tempo, guitar-driven twang-twee with punk attitude courtesy of Kircher’s deeply wry lyrics, disarmingly cheerful at surface level. But, dive into the lyrics and things get weird. Jaill hooks the ears with insistent, upbeat pop and twanged-up garage elements which grow deliciously darker with further investigation. It’s confusion in a major key. The band went through several lineups trying to bring the recordings to the stage. Bassist Andrew Harris recalls feeling nervous about being Jaill’s fourth bass player, but Kircher clarifies: “It’s like eating a box of chocolates with cavities in every tooth. You’re gonna spit every one out until you find the perfect one. Then you’ll just deal with the pain.” The 2006 addition of Harris was the perfect complement to Dutmer’s Animal-esque drumming, and…

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