Jeff Blancato plays guitar and harmonizes,
Kevin Emerson plays the drums and sings,
Eric Goetz plays the keys and harmonizes.
Influences
Ben Folds, Aimee Mann, The Shins, New Pornographers, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Wilco, Fountains of Wayne, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Elliott Smith, 70's-era Genesis, Yes and the like, an unhealthy dose of 80's pop, Stereolab, Stanton Moore, Medeski Martin & Wood... etc
The origins of Central Services can be traced back 12 years and across the country, to a sunny Connecticut suburb where Jeff and Kevin went to high school. Three bands and a long stint in the Boston music scene later, the two found themselves in Seattle collaborating on the kind of pop they'd always dreamed of playing. Kevin and Jeff are joined by keyboardist Eric Goetz.
The band released a 4-song debut EP, titled "We're All Smarter Now," in December 2005, and their new, self-titled LP was released in September 2006. Both are available in Seattle at Sonic Boom and Easy Street, and on the web at CDBaby.com and Amazon.com.
Great performance on the Christmas in the Northwest TV show! Can't wait for all of your fans to see you on TV. Thanks for your involvement in our project. It means so much!
We think you are soooooo imaginary! Our new writer, imaginary chelsea, recently reviewed your performance at Folklife! It's her very first review - we hope you like it! You can see the review right here.
Well, I woke up Sunday afternoon to the sound of wonderful music playing outside my apartment on the Ave. That sounds like Central Services, I thought, but it couldn't be because they played yesterday while I was at work. I must go and see who this can be. And then I managed to get downstairs just in time to see you guys packing up. So thanks for the lovely wakeup call at least ;->
Great set last night! I posted a photo of Jeff over at the Seattle Powerpop Blog. For some reason myspace won't let me link (stupid myspace). So, here's the cut and paste version:
Hey Fellas! We are looking forward to raisin the roof off of El Corazon with you and Scarlet Room on April 13th! Lets partner together to PACK THE HOUSE! Rally all your fans... and even folks you DON'T know :) HA! Some industry folks will be there... time to shine!
Saw you with Awesome a couple weekends ago and went completely mad with esctasy when you played your verison of "I Don't Want Your Love". Just thought someone should own up to the screams.
