Artist description Moody, textural, groove-driven, rock with deep, melodic guitar melodies, rich, soulful vocals and thoughtful lyrics.

Music Style Rock

Musical Influences Doves, Elbow, The Beta Band, Coldplay, Grandaddy

Similar Artists Doves, Coldplay, Radiohead

Artist History The nucleus of bend have been making music together since 1995. They've been calling Seattle home since 1999 in which time they have established a production company to handle the buisness affairs of the band.

Group Members Jason Cates - Lead vocals, guitars, keyboards. Benjamin Jenkins - Guitars, backing vocals, effects. Sean Shacklett - Drums, percussion. Jefferson Bennett - Bass guitars.

Instruments 2 guitars, bass guitar, drums.

Albums The Bend (self-titled), 2001, Carpooltunnel, 2003.

Press Reviews "...it's a layered-yet-clean sound that is imaginative and well executed, filled with laid-back rock grooves that spiral in on themselves. Cates has a pleasantly languid voice, sounding like he's singing in his sleep, verbalizing dreams to the stream-of-unconsciousness guitar and bass mix." - Tom Scanlon, The Seattle Times "Jay Cates' restrained vocals find a perfectly suitable context in the bend's dreamy, hook-filled guitar wash, but his presence is too haunted and detached to ever get lost in it." - Paul Fontana, The Seattle Weekly "Sparing the too often Radiohead comparison, what's safe to say is they're definitely talented musicians, making surprisingly definite music. Bravo to the bend for their individuality" - Matt Driscoll, Tacoma Reporter

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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