about the telephones
Jesse Adelman (guitar + vocals) and Bradley Albert (keyboards) of The Telephones met at Brown University, honing their musical chops in a shared basement before moving to Brooklyn, NY in 2001. Jesse worked to cultivate his natural ability for writing soulful, witty, southern-inflected indie rock, and the two have been consistently recording music ever since.
In 2002, the duo released their first EP, entitled "Music for Babies", following up in 2005 with the full-length "Fight Night at Rodeo Dodo". Bassist Anton Kreisl joined as a full-time member in 2007. The threesome have taken New York by storm, garnering critical acclaim ("Revved up new wave; poignant lyrics; oddball sense of humor" - Time Out New York) and rocking the city's best music venues.
Last year was a big year for The Telephones. Taking control of their own production for the first time, the band produced and recorded "Volume 1" (2009) - the first release in a planned series of self-produced and recorded EPs - in their own studio space. The Telephones are currently working on "Volume 2", slated for release in 2010. The band continues to grow a passionate East Coast following. With the release of “Volume 1” and its lead track "Libertine", The Telephones have made it known that they are the best independent band in NYC, period.
Together, their influences range from Dylan to Pixies to Muddy Waters to Pavement to Canned Heat to T. Rex to Guns and Roses.
inquiries
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This website is designed, coded and maintained by Jesse, who is just barely hanging on, people. It looks best in modern browsers like Safari, Firefox, Chrome and Opera. The site also looks much better if you're packing Helvetica, which, let's be honest, just kicks Arial's sorry ass. The artwork and type treatment in this website's header were created by our good friend, amazing collage artist and all-around Swedish genius Sebastian Wahl.
