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FOCUS ON: The Willowz
- Official Website >>
- Label: Sympathy For the Record Industry >>
- Genre: Alternative & Punk
The Willowz first release was a 7-inch on Posh Boy Records in 2002 (while the Willowz were still in their teens). Shortly after the release of their first 7-inch they released a 9-song ep on Dionysus Records selling out the first pressing of 1000.
The Willowz reigning from Anaheim, California are:
Richie James Follin, Jessica Reynoza, and Alex Nowicki and Dan Bush. "Punker than the Ponys, and even more childish, but just as vulnerable. Maybe youth is feeling fragile these days" Village Voice
Trash pop, soul punk, nugget freaks, are what the Willowz have been described as, but they also seem to represent their Orange County/Los Angeles roots " Slick and fatty; you could roll corn dogs with it. But live and unpolished, theyre rolling down a hill in a trash can, punky kids pinching Nuggets riffs into sloppy-but-smarter-than-its-supposed-to-be teenage rock ." OC Weekly
The Willowz have been on 3 national tours and 2 European tours and have supported bands such as the Weirdos, the Dirtbombs, the Briefs, the Fever and the Epoxies. Their most recent tour of which was to support their latest UK single on Rex Records, (XL Recordings) which also won single of the year in the UK magazine Infromation.
As well as releasing their first material, this year has also seen them get an incredible start to their career. Michel Gondry (he of Björk, Chemical Brothers and White Stripes video directorial fame) discovered them whilst scouring the web for music for his film, 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and, upon loving what he had stumbled upon, promptly used 'Something and 'Keep On Looking to soundtrack a scene with Kirsten Dunst dancing around in her underwear. Not the sort of thing that happens everyday.
It doesnt end there though. Michel has gone on to make a suitably odd video for "I Wonder" .
