NPR: "Sweet harmonies and catchy, carefully plotted melodies... the kind of music that leaves you humming and feeling a little better about the world."
Music Row Magazine: "Buy and believe. Quite an amazing arrangement accomplishment... This is one highly addictive record."
The Big Takeover: "'Halleluiah Chorus'... the best crazed Viking anthem since Led Zeppelin’s 'Immigrant Song.'"
Connect Savannah: "One of the coolest pop/rock bands I’ve heard in years... I can’t stop smiling when their album is on. Tremendous."
The Tennessean: "(It's) uncommon for a young, unsigned band to pull out as instrumentally ambitious an album as The Mezzanine as gracefully as they have — when tuba bleats, cello swells and flute flutters appear, they come off as smart adornments, never gratuitous ones."
The Nobility is a humble little rock band based in Nashville, TN. On new album The Mezzanine, The Nobility broadens their musical repertoire with a deeper exploration of narrative lyrics and less conventional arrangements, with orchestrations featuring cello, tuba, saxophone, flute, violin and French horn. The sessions were documented to magnetic 2-inch tape on classic 1970s analog gear at Brian Carter’s Murfreesboro, Tennessee studio.
Legendary saxophonist Jim Hoke (Guster, Billy Joel, Bob Seger) makes an appearance, as do several soon-to-be legendary Middle Tennessee State University music students. While making The Mezzanine band members continued to listen to early Paul McCartney and Kinks records, as they have since they were chubby lads just out of diapers.
In between recording sessions and federal holidays, The Nobility squeezed in five (5) national tours since 2006, performing over 130 concerts everywhere from clubs and universities to libraries and schools. Following The Mezzanine’s Summer 2007 release, The Nobility was profiled by NPR, added to rotation on radio tastemaker WOXY, and showcased at the 2008 SXSW music festival and 2007 CMJ Music Marathon.
Sean Williams is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist, Stephen Jerkins dabbles in piano, organ, guitar and backing vocals, Brian Fuzzell plays drums and percussion, and Ben Harper plays bass guitar and backing vocals.
Previously The Nobility was Jetpack, but another band had the copyright or at least a better lawyer and so a name change occurred.
I should've just stuffed you guys in my pockets and took you home with me because I miss you guys already! Sigh.
I actually pulled a stomach muscle or something whenever I ran from Walgreens back to Bread and Bagel, and was in pretty bad pain for most of the show, but I jumped and screamed and sang and cheered anyways. :D
I also have the Happy Birthday, Michael song on camera. Bwahahaha. Come back to me, gentlemen! Come back!!
If you had any idea how incredibly excited I am to see you guys tomorrow, you would probably prefer that I didn't show up at all. It's a little overwhelming.
Possibly! I've got two people that would kill to get there so I'll probably be their ride there. :]
I can't wait we haven't seen you guys in forever, The Brother's has gotten pretty lame lately. There's been a lot of cops being called and fights going on, They had tow trucks there one night taking away vehicles that were parked in the Beyond the Brim parking lot, I was sitting in my car and they tried getting close enough to hook me up to their truck. : /
Hey guys! Yes, it's been a while...we're doing more recording as well as looking for a couple of new crew members for the Starship! We'll see you on the 5th, though. Brian
Dude. That is only one of the biggest days of my year. We actually have OK GO at Hendrix that night. They're ALMOST as fresh as you guys. But perhaps I will catch you all again soon. Trying to find a spring show for you guys here!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo...that's how much we're totally crushin' on you right now, Seanpack,, Benjability, Bryfuzz, Stephenoble.
