My Jerusalem
| My Jerusalem | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Post-punk, Dark Wave |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | The End Records, One Little Indian |
| Associated acts | The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins, Polyphonic Spree, Jeff Klein, Okkervil River Prince |
| Website | www |
| Members |
Jeff Klein Jon Merz Ross Dubois |
| Past members | Dave Rosser (deceased) Ashley Dzerigian Geena Spigarelli Cully Symington Grant Van Amburgh Kyle Robarge |
My Jerusalem is an American Indie Rock band based in Austin, Texas. The band consists of Jeff Klein (vocals), Jon Merz (guitar), Grant Van Amburgh (drums), and Ross Dubois (bass guitar). The band rose to acclaim after releasing their debut album Gone For Good.
In its initial stages, My Jerusalem was a revolving door collective. My Jerusalem's connecting thread was Jeff Klein, who had played with each of the band's current members on his solo tour and as a touring and recording member of The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins Jeff first met Dave Rosser, a touring member of the Twilight Singers, through producer Mike Napolitano. Drummer Cully Symington was in bands like Cursive and Bishop Allen and The Gutter Twins. Rick Nelson, who plays violin, viola, cello and keyboards in the band, is a longtime member of the Polyphonic Spree and St. Vincent. Matt Bricker, also a member of the Polyphonic Spree, has been playing with The Low Lows. Klein said that "I didn't actually start out thinking of forming a band. I'd played with all of them at different times, and I was like, 'How great would it be to play with all of these people at the same time?' And then when we did it made perfect sense for that to be what we do. We clicked immediately.".
Their grand introduction was at SXSW 2009, in what band members considered their "opening night." My Jerusalem's debut EP, Without Feathers, was released March 10, 2010, consists of five tracks: Sweet Chariot, Under Your Skin, Heroin(e), Turtledove, and Remember Everything, through 2:59 Records. In June 2009, both AOL/Spinner and Apple declared My Jerusalem as buzzworthy and promoted the song Sweet Chariot. In October 2009 My Jerusalem embarked on a US tour with Har Mar Superstar and also played the CMJ Music Festival
In late 2010, The band released their debut album Gone For Good to much critical acclaim. The band quickly gained support from well respected outlets such as BBC 6Music which hosted a live session on Marc Rileys show and NPR featuring them on All Songs Considered. The album contains 12 tracks, including two from their EP (Sweet Chariot and Remember Everything).
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