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Jennifer Gentle
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Though most young Italian underground rock bands circa 2000 expressed an open sonic infatuation (like many other groups of their age elsewhere) with Anglo-American post-rock -- often sleepily so --
Jennifer Gentle
showed that there was more going on than playing
Slint
to death. Formed in 1999 in Padua,
Jennifer Gentle
originally formed as a duo, with 19-year-old
Marco Fasolo
as vocalist/guitarist and
Alessio Gastaldello
on drums. The band later expanded to a four-piece with multi-instrumentalist
Isacco Maretto
and bassist
Nicola
. With an ear for playful psych humor as well as more epic zoned and stoned space rock, the band won initial attention thanks to a variety of live appearances, notably as the opening act for
Sonic Youth
drummer
Steve Shelley
's side project,
Two Dollar Guitar
. The band's recording debut came courtesy of a track on 2000's
Homesleep Home
compilation, alongside such fellow travelers as
Quickspace
and
the Notwist
. 2001 brought the group's first full album,
I Am You Are
, winning the group further attention at home and, increasingly, overseas. A second album,
Funny Creatures Lane
, and more accolades followed in 2002, as did
Wrong Cage
, a collaboration with
Makoto Kawabata
of
Acid Mothers Temple
. The following year a double CD of
Jennifer Gentle
's first two albums,
Ectoplasmic Garden Party
, was released by the Australian label Lexicon Devil. The year 2004 saw the band sign with the U.S. label Sub Pop, who released their third full-length,
Valende
, in 2005. After an extensive international tour in 2006, they put out two experimental releases, a limited-edition
Sacramento Sessions
LP and
A New Astronomy
on the Italian label A Silent Pace. After the departure of drummer
Alessio Gastaldello
,
Fasolo
left to record
The Midnight Room
alone in his Ectoplasmic Studio. This album marked a slight departure from the band's previous sound into more psychedelic and personal territory. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
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