Artist description a bunch of kids making music we love.

Music Style power pop

Musical Influences beach boys, beatles, cure, weezer, radiohead, police

Similar Artists jimmy eat world, get up kids, weezer, ash

Artist History Temporary Basement started around the end of July 1994, when I (Mike) got my first guitar for my birthday. Emil picked up drums that October, Erik playedguitar that November, and Kevan played some guitar in December. Chris still hadn't picked up keys but sang with us. We recorded a five song demo at in Summer 1997 atTriskadekaphonic, with Bill Henson. Chris just got his keyboard a month before. We recorded five songs in about five hours. That session yielded Limbo(Pandora's Box), which was on the Vast Records compilation, Here You Me!. Weezer, and other great bands like Kara's Flowers, that dog, and Ozma alsocontributed tracks. That CD came out sometime in December 1997. We went into Neptune Studios on July 10, with JP behind the board. We recorded basic tracks, along with Kevan's vocals that night. The TBCD came out in late February of the next year.

Group Members Mike Favila - guitar, vox Erik Ulsaker - bass, vox Emil Favila - drums, vox Sean Urban - guitar Erik Bruner-Yang - keys, vox

Albums Subscribing To My Youth; JMU Sessions; Temporary Basement (TBCD); Here You Me! (Vast Records Compilation)

Press Reviews Temporary Basement has been building up its popularity on the NOVA/DC scene since 1998. The band’s latest album, Subscribing To My Youth, is their newest and third release. Although it's sound is power pop more than anything else, Temporary Basement also seems to subscribe to a number of other different genres including punk (like parts of “Maybe I”) and reggae (like parts of “Keep Breathing”). I could compare the band to, among many, many others, Saves the Day, OAR, Actual Tigers, Jimmy Eat World, Counting Crows, and the droves of other bands I just can’t place exactly. Temporary Basement sounds like Very Emergency-era Promise Ring, Saves the Day, and the Counting Crows, along with a slew of other bands all playing together in harmony, often playing more technical parts than any of the three mentioned would actually play, and often sounding very young in a very charming sort of way. The band is sometimes “young-sounding” in a couple of ways, like with their hand clapping (used really, really well in “Four Minutes,” among other songs), and lyrics often about high school (“I go outside/ My yellow ride/ front of the steps/ I grit my teeth/ Clench my fist and close my eyes but nothing, I’m still here/ I go outside/ I take my time!/ I don’t want to go to school today!”). But hey, with an album entitled Subscribing To My Youth, what would you expect? Other times Mike Favila sings about things that are more “adult” with lyrics like “I thought that we’d passed that lying stage/ Instead you keep acting half your age/ End up staying home, sneak quietly/ smell of his cologne, you lied to me/ And swore to me you had work so late/ You couldn’t be home at ten past 8.” With this album, the members of Temporary Basement seem to be trying to compare their past to their present, documenting and remembering the emotions of their youth for us while still telling us something about what they’re feeling right now. And it sounds good. (Lost At Sea - Jeanette Samyn)

Location Woodbridge, VA - USA

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