"Fleeting Frequencies" cd

1) Blue Line
2) You're It, I Quit
3) If You're Sure
4) Bint
5) Exclusively Windermere
6) I'll Have What She's Having
7) Looks Familiar
8) Buxtry Berkeley Mews
9) Science Credits
10) The Way She Looked Away
11) Coal Enough For Steam

Due out September 2007 on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records.

"HHBTM Vol. 4" comp cd

1) Antediluvian

Released August 2007 on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records.

"Parallel Plots" EP cdep/mini-lp

1) Cynics And Critics
2) The Velveteen Rabbit
3) Little Mouthfuls
4) Too Forthright
5) Unpublished

Released September 2006 on Jigsaw Records.

I've been looking forward to hearing more from Patience Please and when I heard that their latest EP, titled Parallel Plots, was stocked at local record stores here in Seattle, I couldn't resist running out to pick them up. I was so early, in fact, that the stores had yet to put them onto the shelves. First I swung by Easy Street Records, where I snagged a copy of the CDEP. Then I drove to Sonic Boom Vinyl Annex in Fremont, Parallel Plots blasting through my lovely Volvo speakers, where the 12" EPs rested atop a pile of yet-to-be-sorted Lps on the counter next to the cashier. He had yet to even hear about them, checking his database before we realized they were right in front of our faces. Ray Proudfoot fronts the group on gratey vocals and guitar while Keenan Dowers, the sole female, provides the group with organ and backup vocals hummed into the microphone. Rounding out the group are Jordan Michelman on bass and IndiePage's Chris McFarlane on percussion. When they began playing, friends kept asking when the EP would be ready. At this time the group had no name and they, according to the group's bio, kept saying: "Please, be patient." Now... can you imagine where they got the name? I was curious to hear the new tracks, as I was already familiar with "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "Little Mouthfuls." Needless to say, I was quite pleased. The EP begins with "Cynics & Critics," a lovely track filled with the group's signature organ and poppy guitar strumming. As I mentioned before, "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "Little Mouthfuls" were not new to me. Keenan Dowers steps up behind Proudfoot with much stronger backup-vocals in "Little Mouthfuls," undoubtedly adding to the track. "The Velveteen Rabbit" was one of my favorite childhood stories, though sad. It's a strong track. Patience Please write very mature songs for Parallel Plots being their debut. The contrast between the loud and the soft is outstanding, and it is most apparent in these final two songs, "Too Forthright" and "Unpublished." The former has a soft beginning that picks up as the song progresses until two-thirds in, when the instruments drop out for a cappella vocals before kicking back in at the end of the song. "Unpublished" begins with a pop guitar jangle and (my favorite thing in music!) hand claps. In a debut it can be difficult to pull together a track list of powerful songs. Patience Please seems to have succeeded effortlessly. Not since Voxtrot's Raised By Wolves EP have I heard such a powerful debut. In fact, Parallel Plots may be moreso. Their sound remains consistent as does their songwriting - something that's rare not only in debuts but throughout careers. Thus, Patience Please has talent that should not go unnoticed.   [Fensepost]

You've got to love a compressed, sparking little pop-rock recording like this. Five songs and then they're out: each song marked by choppy guitars, forward energy, catchy tunes, friendly harmonies. Nothing innovative, but wonderfully spunky and sweet, with both charged rock energy and a pure-pop side. I love the optimism of the hooks, the lonely but hopeful crush side of some songs' lyrics, the detailed scene-setting here and there (like on the first track, "Cynics & Critics"), the moments when keyboardist Keenan Dowers asserts her voice from the background closer to the forefront, balancing with the two male singers' voices. I love the sparser, slower complicated-live song "Too Forthright" and the romantic glow it gains near the end, as the instruments mostly drop out. And I especially love the anxiety and longing in the final song, "Unpublished."   [Erasing Clouds]

Patience Please promises that their new Parallel Plots EP is going to be the best 14 minutes you've had all day. I can't say for sure that I agree with them, as the day is exceptionally young. I can assure you, however, that if you enjoy tight, energetic twee-influenced power pop with lyrics that are more literary than cute, you'll at least enjoy the quarter of an hour you spend with the record greatly. Patience Please is a four-piece from the Pacific Northwest, but… uh, aren't all the good bands from that area these days? I swear, you could send some craptastic band like, say, Nickelback up there for a few months of forced exile and I'm willing to be they'd improve at least a teensy bit. Oh wait, that fucktard from Everclear is from Portland, so nevermind. Regardless, the bandmates known as Patience Please are not fucktards from what I can deduce. Nope, they like their pop served upbeat and coated with guitar tones reminiscent of Bunnygrunt and The Weakerthans, a "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" electric organ and joyous backing vocals by the Twice As Cool Choir (who sound really, really happy to be there, in a good way). Parallel Plots is a perfect introduction to a really good pop band. You get five songs in under fifteen minutes… all building up to the cleverly literary lyrics of "Unpublished", which works best while chair-dancing. Just enough to make you press the play button again and start it all over again. It's good stuff, folks.   [Retro Lo-Fi]

Nice to see Mr. Chris McFarlane (Mr Indiepages to you) back in a performing band (Suretoss was a long time ago). In this new Seattle band he is hitting the skins while vocalist Ray Proudfoot croons like a indiepop Bobby Darin and the rest of the band (Jordan Michelman on bass and secret weapon Keenan Dowers on the Fender Rhodes (yeah!). And for a debut it’s the perfect size n’ length, 5 songs in under 15 minutes (no wanking off here folks). All the songs are a rollicking good time but my fave has to be “The Velveteen Rabbit” with it’s whirring organ and skittish rhythms (“Little Mouthfuls” is killer as well). Being only 3 hours away from Portland I do hope these guys do plan on dragging their butts down here for some gigs. Not sure about anyone else but I can guarantee I’ll be dancing!   [Dagger Zine]

Their vocalist really reminds of John Linnel from They Might Be Giants. And their music is just as jangly and obtuse. Hailing from the Emerald City, Patience Please turn in quirky pop numbers that will be known forever as great upbeat rockers led by organ and keyboards. The songwriting really reminds me of some Elvis Costello hits which is not a major surprise as Costello is a musician that the band aspires to be on the same level with—maybe not quite yet but "Parallel Plots" is a sure footed step in the right direction.   [Smother]

This stuff simply bounds from the speakers. It's not loud or throbbing; perky is a much better word. The five tunes here are all strikingly pleasant and bouncy. Sounds milquetoast, I suppose, but that would be the wrong interpretation. Call it straightforward and play it again.   [A&A]

Another five-song EP, this CD is classic garage-sale organs and garage-band guitar, with a boy/girl vocal combo and decidedly Attractions-esque sound. Nothing too incredible here, just good, fun pop rock music, with relaxed singing against energetic guitaring and drumming. The sound is cheap and that's pretty cool, 'coz when the big crunchy guitars kick in, it's like a stereo revelation (see "Little Mouthfuls"). Too bad the bass is barely audible most of the time, the drums sound paper-thin, and the whole thing seems to be mixed with too much emphasis on the center of the stereo field. Nice, smart Generation X indie-pop rock music you can take home to your mom (no guarantees she'll actually understand it - so that's pretty much a success as well).   [The Chicken Fish Speaks]

This Seattle group's debut EP lasts a mere 14 minutes but in that short time they manage to make a small impression with their indie/new wave sound. The group are avowed fans of early REM and Elvis Costello and those influences are easily noticeable in the organs which sound lifted from an old Costello record with The Attractions and in lead singer Ray Proudfoot's voice which sounds like a shakier version of Michael Stipe's mumblings. The group do better during their punkier moments like "Little Mouthfuls", but they're far less engaging on geeky twee-pop songs like "Too Forthright" which wastes a good vocal harmony break-down on a campy song. If they can tighten up their songwriting and do away with the goofiness, then maybe they can convince me to give them another chance.   [Losing Today]

Os presento hoy a este grupo de Seattle formado por Ray Proudfoot, Keenan Dowers, Jordan Michelman y Chris Mcfarlane. El proyecto comenzó a gestarse en el verano del año 2005 entre Ray y Keenan, que habían coincidido en el instituto, pero necesitaban más miembros, por lo que decidieron contar con Jordan y Chris. En abril del presente año 2006 fue cuando grabaron su primer ep, parallel plots, compuesto por cinco canciones, entre las que se encuentran las que os facilito para descargar. Me gusta especialmente el tema little mouthfuls, una alegre canción que incluso me recuerda en sus primeros acordes a throw that beat in the garbage can. Tampoco hay mucho más que contar, ya que el grupo está empezando, a ver si en breve nos obsequian con su primer larga duración y vuelvo a hablar de ellos.   [Lito Music]