{"id":669,"date":"2012-10-19T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T18:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2012-10-19T19:09:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T02:09:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Song Sparrow Research incorporates elements of rock, jazz, classical, folk, and experimental with guitar, cello, upright bass, electric bass, glockenspiel, drums, synth, percussion and assorted instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p>In their self-produced recording sessions they\u2019ve utilized unconventional spaces to achieve specific natural sounds, ranging from enormous metal-working shops for spatial echo to local wood-lined cafes for a warm intimate feel.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the members met at Garfield High School while playing music together in various forms. Continuing to\u00a0collaborate in later years,\u00a0they formed Song Sparrow Research in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The band takes its name from a research project that lead singer and guitarist Hamilton Boyce was involved in while studying for his degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Song Sparrow Research has self-produced and independently released two full-length albums and one EP.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Current Band Members:<\/h3>\n<p>Hamilton Boyce (lead vocals, guitar)<br \/>\nDavid Balatero (cello, electric bass, vocals)<br \/>\nEvan Woodle (drums)<br \/>\nKendall Becker (upright bass, vocals)<br \/>\nRyan Batie (glockenspiel, percussion, vocals, synth)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Discography:<\/h3>\n<p>Song Sparrow Research 2012<br \/>\nWelcome to the Potato Famine 2009<br \/>\nThe New Ragtime Revolution ep 2007<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Influences:<\/h3>\n<p>Jeff Buckley<br \/>\nNick Drake<br \/>\nMarvin Gaye<br \/>\nJoanna Newsom<br \/>\nTalk Talk<br \/>\nThe Velvet Underground<br \/>\nBrian Wilson<br \/>\nYo La Tengo<br \/>\nNeil Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song Sparrow Research incorporates elements of rock, jazz, classical, folk, and experimental with guitar, cello, upright bass, electric bass, glockenspiel, drums, synth, percussion and assorted instrumentation. In their self-produced recording sessions they\u2019ve utilized unconventional spaces to achieve specific natural sounds, ranging from enormous metal-working shops for spatial echo to local wood-lined cafes for a warm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/669\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/songsparrowresearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}