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Jenny Owen Youngs
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Coming up strong behind R. Stevie Moore as the most talented singer/songwriter to be based in the nondescript bedroom community of Montclair, NJ, Jenny Owen Youngs fuses Liz Phair's perceptive and brashly funny lyrics with the orchestrated folk-pop of Regina Spektor and Erin McKeown, adding just a hint of Nellie McKay's jazzy cabaret leanings and Cat Power's throaty, confessional angst. Born in New Jersey in 1981 and raised in the usual suburban surroundings, Youngs first picked up the guitar at the age of 14 and attended the music program at the State University of New York at a time when that previously obscure art school was single-handedly populating what would become the entire New York "anti-folk" scene: besides Youngs and Spektor, Jeffrey Lewis, Langhorne Slim, and the Moldy Peaches' Adam Green and Kimya Dawson were all SUNY-Purchase graduates. Maintaining a friendship with Spektor, who chose Youngs as her opening act on the tours following her breakthrough album, Soviet Kitsch, Youngs wrote and recorded her debut album, 2005's self-released Batten the Hatches. Although the album garnered generally positive reviews, it attracted little notice until one of its highlights, the rueful "Fuck Was I," was used in the second-season opener of the popular cable sitcom Weeds. Signing with the Canadian indie Nettwerk Records, Youngs released a remixed and repackaged version of Batten the Hatches in early 2007. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music GuideMore

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Jenny Owen Youngs
When is the last time you picked up a brand new album and listened to it from start to finish (and b...
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Jun 18th, 12:14pm
Hi Jenny.. thnks for invitation to be your friend.. your songs are very cool!! I love it..
Jun 15th, 12:03am
hey pretty girl!
Jun 11th, 12:00am
Jenny, you're awesome. I love your music. Thank you for the friend request. I love artists and entertainers who are personable as well as talented. Keep on jamming :D
Jun 4th, 6:15am
LOVE the album and design. both are awesome and brilliant. and you have new fans in pittsburgh. :)
Jun 3rd, 5:37pm
thanks for the add :D
I very much appreciate your music
I am Portuguese and many of my friends also enjoy your music
like to see you in portugal
Jun 3rd, 3:23pm
Appreciate the add and the heads-up on the new release. I became aware of your work through the show, Weeds, and I've been a fan ever since. Thanks for putting the intelligence back into songwriting, welcome relief and much appreciated!
Jun 3rd, 2:42pm
Thank you for the addition :)
Jun 3rd, 11:05am
hey tanx! by the way nice music!!!!!!!
Jun 3rd, 10:51am
i love your muzic...thx!!!
Jun 3rd, 4:32am
Hi Jenny Owen Youngs, your my only friend on imeem.