boris smile
boris smile
Los Alamitos, CA
Alternative / indie / pop
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BORIS SMILE:
Boris Smile is a folk-pop band from Long Beach, CA. They mainly create up-beat pop music mixed with an array of orchestral sounds. Main songwriter, A. Wesley Chung, writes honest, amusing, and heartfelt lyrics that open a dialogue with the listener.
The band got its start in 2004 as Chung was graduating high school. He had fallen out of love with the pop music he had been creating with his band Bangarang (a short-lived high school pop/punk group) and began writing music on his own. By 2004, he had a small repertoire of songs under his belt and began to perform under the name Boris Smile, named after his young Russian neighbor. The solo project became a band and the band quickly became a fixture in the local music scene.
In 2005, the band tried to record its first full-length album, recording 10 songs in three days. After months of mixing and frustration, the band decided the best thing to do was to record the album anew. The "Kurt EP" was released in the summer of 2005, a collection of most of the tracks from this first swipe at the album.
After allowing a few years for the arrangements to become matured and comfortable, Boris Smile released their first full-length record entitled "Chapter I" in the summer of 2007. The album follows Chung's personal experiences in high school, documenting the angst, self-doubt, and absurdity of youth.
During the final stages of “Chapter I,” the band began working on the next full-length record, a collection of B-sides and lo-fi home recordings entitled "Young and it Feels So Good." Chung produced, engineered, and mixed the whole 18 track record, recording almost all of it in his dining and living room. After six months of work, the album was released in the spring of 2008. “Young and it Feels so Good” is an exploration of youth culture that touches on four main themes of celebration, social separation, the “culture of cool”, and growth.
The band is working on an EP entitled “The Beartooth EP” that will be released sometime in late 2008.
MEMBERS (as of December 2007):
A. Wesley Chung – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, arrangements
Jon Palsgrove – drums, percussion
Abigail Davidson – vocals, clarinet, percussion
Avi Buffalo – electric guitar, lap steel
Meagan Christie – trumpet
Matt Proffitt – trombone
Hannah Ellis – vocals, percussion
Doug Brown – bass
Rory Felton - bass
Seth Shafer – tuba, keys, arrangement
Boris Smile is a folk-pop band from Long Beach, CA. They mainly create up-beat pop music mixed with an array of orchestral sounds. Main songwriter, A. Wesley Chung, writes honest, amusing, and heartfelt lyrics that open a dialogue with the listener.
The band got its start in 2004 as Chung was graduating high school. He had fallen out of love with the pop music he had been creating with his band Bangarang (a short-lived high school pop/punk group) and began writing music on his own. By 2004, he had a small repertoire of songs under his belt and began to perform under the name Boris Smile, named after his young Russian neighbor. The solo project became a band and the band quickly became a fixture in the local music scene.
In 2005, the band tried to record its first full-length album, recording 10 songs in three days. After months of mixing and frustration, the band decided the best thing to do was to record the album anew. The "Kurt EP" was released in the summer of 2005, a collection of most of the tracks from this first swipe at the album.
After allowing a few years for the arrangements to become matured and comfortable, Boris Smile released their first full-length record entitled "Chapter I" in the summer of 2007. The album follows Chung's personal experiences in high school, documenting the angst, self-doubt, and absurdity of youth.
During the final stages of “Chapter I,” the band began working on the next full-length record, a collection of B-sides and lo-fi home recordings entitled "Young and it Feels So Good." Chung produced, engineered, and mixed the whole 18 track record, recording almost all of it in his dining and living room. After six months of work, the album was released in the spring of 2008. “Young and it Feels so Good” is an exploration of youth culture that touches on four main themes of celebration, social separation, the “culture of cool”, and growth.
The band is working on an EP entitled “The Beartooth EP” that will be released sometime in late 2008.
MEMBERS (as of December 2007):
A. Wesley Chung – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, arrangements
Jon Palsgrove – drums, percussion
Abigail Davidson – vocals, clarinet, percussion
Avi Buffalo – electric guitar, lap steel
Meagan Christie – trumpet
Matt Proffitt – trombone
Hannah Ellis – vocals, percussion
Doug Brown – bass
Rory Felton - bass
Seth Shafer – tuba, keys, arrangement
