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Effingham

Rank #13 Durham, NC Indie / Folk Rock / Americana

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Members: Jeremy Blair, John Hill, Alex Harris, Michael Dwiggins, Tara Nixon, Matt Osment, Kayla Vix, Shawn McCune

Sounds Like: Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, The Pixies

Bio: Effingham can be called a folk rock band inasmuch as they have discovered the sweet well water of American music and have drunk deeply. Seeking out all compass points of the American songbook for inspiration, their songs move effortlessly from the call & response of old miner's folk tales to late... See Full Bio

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“Lead vocalist Jeremy Blair’s voice crackles to life, and a nice homegrown folk sound is present, with a chorus that is instantly memorable.”

— Mac Gushanas, Daily Tarheel

“Monster Study, the new eight-song LP from Durham's Effingham, boasts tunes about heartbreak and proletariat solidarity, mass murder and ideological upheaval. The songs themselves swivel from gentle ballads to bracing rock. But they're all united by frontman Jeremy Blair's deftness with hooks, delivered uniformly with his worried rasp. ”

— Grayson Currin, Independant Weekley

“a sharp indie folk act with a dark Pixies-ish swagger”

— Chris Parker, Indyweek.com

“The second annual tribute to Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt at the Nightlight was excellent, as I expected it to be. Everyone was good but my unquestionable highlights were EFfingham doing “My Mother the Mountain” (creepiest EVER)”

— Agatha Donkar, brand new kind of photography

“Classic LA in the 60s folk rock with an almost Neil Youngesque sense of hooks.”

— Kym at The Pinhook donchaknow, thepinhook.com

“These guys stole my heart last year with their soft pop track “I Do and I Don’t,” which was one of my top songs of 2009”

— Adam Kincaid, wknc.org/blog

“Named for the small Kansas town where songwriter Jeremy Blair was raised (population: 542, he says), the Durham quartet Effingham comes about its Americana honestly. The songs tell unhurried tales over steady acoustic jangle, echoing the vastness of his native landscape. Yet Blair's voice indicates simultaneous frustration and resignation, seething and snapping alongside John Hill's lyrical guitar. If that dichotomy between the clichéd freedom of the open road and the isolation of such remote places defines Americana, then Effingham is the real deal.”

— Corbie Hill, The Independent Weekly

“favors dreamy pastoral folk-rock”

— Chris Parker, The Independant Weekly

“Blair’s writing has a distinct dreary, sad twang to it, but the songs are delivered with a rock urgency lending the music a rawer, driving edge. Stories wind and ramble through the verses, but each chorus offers a break and allows Blair a chance to explore his knack for writing a moving pop hook.”

— Chaz Martenstein, WNn'G

“more concerned with crafting a song than cranking their amps and blasting through a batch of disposable booze tunes.”

— Spencer Griffith, The Independant Weekly

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Discography

Monster Study Released on Mar 9, 2013

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The Pinhook
Durham, NC, US | 9:00pm
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Durham, NC, US
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awesome!
Old North State
Hello. We are touring through Chapel Hill this February. We are looking for local acts to work with. If your interested contact oldnorthstatebooking@gmail.com Thanks
My Blue Hemi
Very nice
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Super cool
Karlheinz Fey
Hi Jeremy, thanks a lot! I enjoy your music very much. Great tunes, voice and sound! Have a lot of success and a great weekend! Best regards Karlheinz