Jonah

Since the March 2007 release of Trust Everyone Before They Break Your Heart, the second full length from Portland band Jonah, the band has been steadily garnering attention. From press in SPIN Magazine and the Studio City Sun to radio play on Portland's Alternative KNRK 94.7, KINK, KEXP in Seattle, and sold out shows with Youth Group and the Silversun Pickups.

About Jonah
For a year and a half Jonah did little but write and record, churning out songs and sending the demos on to their management. The recordings made their way to several producers, including Marshall Altman, who took an immediate interest in the band. Altman, who had been an A&R rep at Columbia and Hollywood Records but had quit to devote his time to producing (Marc Broussard, Matt Nathanson, Zebrahead), offered to make a new record with the band in Los Angeles. He enlisted the engineering talents of Joe Zook (Modest Mouse, Remy Zero, Counting Crows), and in the spring of 2006 Jonah traveled to LA to record their second full-length release. The result: a tightly wound pop testament that displays the breadth of Jonah's talents. From the centerpiece of Henry Curl's bright and elegant tenor to the shimmering waves of Chris Hayes' understated, less is more guitar playing; the songs are statements to the whole, anchored by the concise and seemless pulse of Matt Roger's bass and Jake Endicott's drums.

This Portland quartet's new album, Trust Everyone Before They Break Your Heart, [is] a gorgeous, lush collection of Britpop tinged with classic Northwest melancholy.

SPIN Magazine - March 2007

For a Pacific Northwest band to get favorable comparisons to Coldplay and Radiohead is no easy feat, and the good news in Jonah's case is that they're entirely deserved.

Bill Bentley - Studio City Sun February 23-March 1 2007
Here are a song from our Crystal Ballroom show with Silversun Pickups and Sea Wolf...more to come.

Some video from the sold out Crystal Ballroom show...