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Jessamine


Jessamine was a four-piece psychedelic rock and drone rock band from Galion, Ohio, United States formed in 1992. Like a few people, Kranky first became aware of Jessamine in 1994 when we got a hold of their debut, self-released seven inch single. Wrapped in silver paper and bearing the logo of the Silver Apple label, and an Alan Vega cover, the band was sending out signals to those willing to receive them. A second single followed and Kranky was able to sign the Seattle-based quartet. To play wavering, keyboard heavy music in mid-90s Seattle was no small feat, Jessamine were swimming against a flannel tide. Guitarist Rex Ritter moved to the Pacific Northwest from Ohio (where he played in a band with his brother who contributed drums to some of the early Jessamine recordings) and met up with keyboardist Andy Brown and bassist/singer Dawn Smithson. After signing on the dotted line and getting some recording equipment, the band recorded over the course of three months with the band rehearsing, taping and playing live shows to hammer down the material before finishing basic tracks in two days. The self-titled Jessamine debut album came wrapped in translucent paper and received accolades in the press. And as Dave Segal recognized even though they peddle massive doses of distortion and flirt with chaos, these libertines of the effects box can also craft songs full of memorable hooks and melodies. Sub Pop asked Jessamine to record a single for their label, Drunken Fish asked...

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