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Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny Owen Youngs is an American singer-songwriter from Montclair, New Jersey After exploring the flute (elementary school) and the tuba (junior high), Jenny finally stepped up to the guitar at the age of fourteen. She graduated from State University of New York at Purchase with a degree in studio composition. Her album Batten The Hatches was self-released in 2005. In 2006, a song from that album, Fuck Was I, appeared in the second season prem ... iere of Showtime's Weeds, resulting in Batten the Hatches being re-released on April 10, 2007 with new artwork and an extra track, Drinking Song on the Canadian indie label Nettwerk. "Fuck Was I" was also released on the soundtrack album Weeds: Music from the Original Series, Vol. 2. In addition to her solo career, she is in the band The Robot Explosion, a side project with fellow musicians and friends Bess Rogers, Andrew Futral, and Saul Simon-MacWilliams. She also takes part in an online podcast through MySpace with Bess Rogers and Andrew Futral, titled 'Once More With Feeling' (named after the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer). Youngs released her second album, Transmitter Failure, on May 26, 2009. Youngs' third album An Unwavering Band of Light, was released on February 7, 2012. She recently toured with Regina Spektor (whose phone message also appears on Voice On Tape) and has opened a few shows for Amanda Palmer. Youngs covered Have You Forgotten by Mark Kozelek for American Laundromat records' upcoming charity CD Sing Me to Sleep - Indie Lullabies due out in Spring 2010. Tanya Donelly, Dean & Britta, Say Hi, Julie Peel, Stars, The Real Tuesday Weld, and others are contributing to the project which helps children with cancer and rare blood disorders. See more [+]

Fuck Was I |||||

Love grows in me like a tumor, parasites bent on devouring i...

Clean Break |||||

Make it a clean break Make it a fast cut Don't wanna feel th...

First Person |||||

What's the worst thing that could happen We find out that we...

Here Is A Heart |||||

Here is a heart Here is a heart I made it for you so take it...

Start + Stop |||||

i know you're looking for a start and stop and i could give ...

Next Time Around |||||

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Pre-Chorus, this is a simpli...

Over The Bow |||||

verse 1 Five years from now I can't say that I'll be around ...

Pirates |||||

We could be pirates or go somewhere private I don't wanna ma...

Sandstars |||||

Lonely can't be all that you see Used to be something Now ...

So Long |||||

So the house is wired from floor to attic, You can't get in ...

Why You Fall |||||

Oh god it took a while to come right back to me I?d give up ...

Coyote |||||

Well you're traipsin' up and down my backyard Get too cold, ...

In-betweener |||||

verse 1 I came back from the well without a trace of water B...

Lightning Rod |||||

Heart attack Jack-in-the-box I've been here so long I'm star...

Love For Long |||||

My daddy?s car, you know she?s built to last And I take the ...

Last Person |||||

Well you're sitting on the barstool Keeping motionless as yo...

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