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The Narrative

May 01, 2024

This article is about the American indie rock band. For the band's self-titled album, see The Narrative (album).

The Narrative (or Narrative) is an American independent indie rock band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2008. They are currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2011, the band has consisted of Suzie Zeldin (vocals, keyboards) and Jesse Gabriel (vocals, guitar). Previously, the group featured the drummer Charlie Seich. The group started its musical career with their debut EP Just Say Yes, released in 2008, where "Eyes Closed" stands out as the most popular song with more than four million views on YouTube. Its debut album The Narrative was released in 2010. As well the group release two supporting tour-EP, Nothing Without You in 2010 and Kickstarter in 2011. A follow-up EP b-side compilation album, B-Sides and Seasides was released online in 2012. The Narrative released its second studio album, Golden Silence, on December 2, 2016.

The Narrative
The Narrative (Jesse Gabriel and Suzie Zeldin) at VINYL on April 26, 2011
Background information
OriginLong Island, New York, United States
Genres
Years active2007–present
Members
Past members
  • Charlie Seich
  • Brandon Strothman
Websitewww.thenarrativemusic.com

History edit

2006–08: Formation edit

In 2006, after graduating, Jesse Gabriel decided to find some musicians to begin a musical project. He wrote a three-page open advertisement and submitted it to Craigslist. After some answers, he looked saw Suzie Zeldin's response, who was also looking for musicians to form a band, and they decided to meet.[1][2] They found that they had studied in the same school on Bellmore, Long Island, but never met. The two decided to collaborate in music, around October 2006, naming the band "January Window", before changing it to the Narrative. Zeldin spoke to U-T San Diego, explaining the following about the change of band name, "We came up with the name while we were recording the 'Just Say Yes' EP. At one point, we had put together a list of random band names, mostly from literary terms, poems, or song lyrics we liked and sent them around to our friends. For a short time, we settled on January Window which is from a Sylvia Plath poem. We ended up not liking it after a while and revisited the list and found The Narrative Paradigm which seemed a little wordy and pretentious so we shortened it to The Narrative. We decided it was a good name and have been happy with it."[3]

The band's first song released was the demo version of "End All Arrival", under the name January Window on January 1, 2007 on MySpace,[4] which was later used on their debut album. Jesse would not sing in the band initially, but Suzie asked him and he decided to sing "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls. Following this "audition", Suzie was pleased by his voice and Jesse was thus included in the lead vocals and the back vocals.[5] Drummer Charles Seich was added to the band after being introduced to Jesse and Suzie for the purposes of recording their EP.[6]

In 2007, Suzie participated in many band projects, singing in Russian on "I'm Breathing... Are You Breathing Too?" by Envy on the Coast,[7] Fairmont's song "Melt Your Heart" from the album Transcendence,[8] and The Minus Scale's song "No Matter What I Say You're Going To Do It". She also sang guest vocals on the Dashboard Confessional side of the New Found Glory split EP Swiss Army Bromance song "All About Her", as well as on at least one track on the newest edition of the released Dashboard Confessionals, Wire Tapes Vol 2. Before the Narrative she also released solo material, such as the Excuses EP, featuring four songs.[9]

2008: Just Say Yes edit

Main article: Just Say Yes (EP)
 
"Eyes Closed"
"Eyes Closed" taken from the band's EP Just Say Yes features the male-female vocals combination that brings attention to their music.
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The Narrative spent the next couple years (2007–08) on Zeldin's cramped Upper West Side apartment writing songs to their first EP entitled Just Say Yes. The production of Just Say Yes was made without a big idea; Jesse explains, "we're really just excited about recording the songs we worked on."[5] The EP was produced by Bryan Russell, who gave to the group a directional help on developing its sounds, influenced by bands as Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Eat World. Just Say Yes was released independently on August 30, 2008.

Since its release, the band received two large promotions, when Myspace Canada featured the full EP for streaming on the website's front page. Through the years and late 2011–2012, songs from Just Say Yes were featured on episodes of MTV's reality TV shows: Real World: Brooklyn and Real World: Cancun, Jersey Shore,[10] Savage U,[11] TV shows on MTV2, MTV's Canada Peak Season as well on VH-1, Nickelodeon's TeenNick series Gigantic,[12] National Geographic and Starz. They also received an unsigned showcase on Absolutepunk.net,[13] Friends or Enemies Unsigned VIP Band and named in the AbsolutePunk Top 100.[14] On May 1, 2009, the band announced via Facebook that they would have a short tour with Destry to support the EP, in June staying within northeastern America. The East Coast tour started on June 18 to June 28.[15]

2010–11: Debut album: The Narrative edit

Main article: The Narrative (album)

In 2009, The Narrative began to record their debut album, entitled The Narrative. The band recorded the self-titled with the same producer of their debut EP, Bryan Russell on his studio Red Wire Audio in New York.[16][17] Different from their first release, production of The Narrative took an original direction, "We're not looking to sound like anything or anyone else. We might say, "Hey, this part reminds me of this song. Maybe we can take it in that sort of a direction and it'd be cool, but we never start out trying to write a song like one that has already been written," explained Jesse.[5] Without a bassist member, the group called their friend Ari Sadowitz to be the studio bassist for the album.

On July 23, the Narrative premiered the song "Silence and Sirens" in an acoustic version on the program of WOOD-TV West Vibe Eight West.[18] The Narrative was officially released on July 27, 2010, through the project "The Record Collective". On July 29, the band premiered the album live on a show at Gramercy Theater with Relient K and The Gay Blades.[19][20]

The album was featured on the front page of MySpace U.S and PureVolume.com who declared them one of the "Top Unsigned Bands of 2010",[21] The American Creative Top 20 Albums[22] as well featured in the national campaign, launched by Propellerhead Software[23] and leading A&R consulting agency Room 64, "RM64 Artists Record".[6][24] The band has been touring nationally with Eisley,[25] Relient K, Mae, including CMJ playing in the Big Picture Media showcase[26] and SXSW showcases during the year supporting the self-titled.[27][28] In September 2010, they were a featured band in the Alternative Press article "Unsigned Bands, AP Wants You!", stylized as AP&R in the issue No. 267.[29] On June 1, 2011 they appeared live on Fox 5 San Diego, while touring with Eisley, featuring a small interview and also performing the acoustic version of "You Will Be Mine".[30]

The band parted ways with their drummer Charlie in early 2011, later explaining that he left the band due to the financial difficulties of the band's expenses on the Eisley tour and personal needs.[31] The Narrative then brought out touring drummer and Long Island native Jay Scalchunes to help them complete a five-week stint of the Vans Warped Tour,[32] playing on Kevin Says Stage from July 19 to August 14, 2011.[33][34][35] On October 19, 2011, the Narrative made another showcase at the CMJ Marathon on Sullivan Hall.[27] The Narrative's song "Fade" was featured in the soundtrack of the film produced by Bob Fugger, The Chateau Meroux, released in 2012.[36]

2012–2016: B-Sides and Seasides and Golden Silence edit

Main article: Golden Silence

On March 26, 2012, it was announced that the band had started work on their second studio album titled Golden Silence.[37][38] The album was produced by Bryan Russell and Justin Long and recorded in an English cathedral barn, built in 1900, in Upstate New York.[39][40] Zeldin said that the band took a new direction with the album, "We do feel like the [...] songs we recorded are more mature than our previous releases" she explains "We feel much more confident in the kind of music we want to make".[41] The band was helped by Jay Scalchunes to be the session drummer and Ari Sadowitz the bassist for the recordings of the album.[42]

To support the album production, the Narrative released through digital download their b-side compilation album B-Sides and Seasides on April 4, 2012.[43] The b-side features acoustic versions of the album The Narrative and Just Say Yes, and also two new songs "Hallelujah",[44] and "Make It Right". It also features covers of Radiohead, "Karma Police"[45] and from Brand New, "Tautou".[46][47] These songs were produced for the tour EP Kickstarter, supporting the band's 2011 Spring Tour; the campaign on Kickstarter raised about $8,500.[48] Some acoustic songs were also released on the support tour EP Nothing Without You.

On July 18, Jesse posted a note about the new album on Tumblr, where he talked about the desired release date in the same year and the difficulties from its releases.[49] On November 25, Z100 started they annual contest "Z100 Hometown Hero". The Narrative was nominated with twenty-seven other musicians for one-month competition of "demands" through Eventful. The band stayed in the second step the contest with five, and won the 2º place.[50]

In 2013, Suzie Zeldin joined the folk/Americana project Twin Forks created by Chris Carrabba when he was recording the solo album Covered in the Flood.[51] The group first formation consisted in Chris Carrabba, Suzie Zeldin, Jonathan Clark and Ben Homola from Bad Books.[52] The band debut happened on the SXSW 2013.[53] While Suzie went on tour with Twin Forks, Jesse recorded in the beginning of 2014 a solo project with Bryan Russell titled Here, Sit, Stay, released on October 22, through digital download.[41][54]

On January 27, 2014, the band re-issued the EP Just Say Yes through VIDA Records and (주)프로시마뮤직엔터테인먼트 (Prossima Music Entertainment Co., LTD) in South Korea.[55]

On February 15, 2014, it was announced that the lead single from Golden Silence, titled "Chasing a Feeling", would be released online on June 3, 2014.[56][57] The accompanying music video was premiered on July 28, 2014 on Idolator.[58] On January 12, 2016, The Narrative released the promotional single titled "Moving Out" through digital download.[59] Following, "Toe the Line" also as promotional single, was released on January 27, 2016.[60] On October 28, 2016, The Narrative premiered its last single "California Sun", announcing the album release date.[61] Golden Silence was released on 2 December 2016 independently by the band through digital download.[62]

2021–present: Folk singles and New Anxieties EP edit

On February 3, 2021, after five years on hiatus, the Narrative announced via Twitter the upcoming releases of new songs through the year.[63] On May 20, the band announced their first song since the release of Golden Silence, titled "Monoliths". The song was released through digital download and stream on July 14, 2021. Gabriel stated about the song as being "a reflection on the state of humanity and our lack of respect for our planet and fragile existence."[64] The process of writing the song started in around 2017, according to Gabriel, after moving to Nashville. The band finished the song in 2021, recording the song separated due to Covid-19, said Zeldin. The song was produced by Bryan Russell and recorded at Red Wire Records. With the production teased through social media over 2021,[65] the band released on October 14, 2022 the song "Little Boys Break Hearts". The acoustic song was inspired by Zeldin's sister's past relationship story.[66]

On August 25, 2023, the Narrative released their song "New Anxieties", part of a four-song EP with the same name, expected in 2024, on which the band started working shortly after the 2022 releases.[67]

Style and influences edit

The Narrative are most often described as indie pop and pop rock, featuring combined male-female vocals. The Narrative has expressed appreciation for Death Cab For Cutie,[68] Brand New, The Academy Is..., Counting Crows, Destry as the indie/folk of Bon Iver.[69] Suzie have influences of ska, punk and emo and Jesse, the sound of hip-hop and 1960s rock. On their first EP release, the band used samples from Death Cab For Cutie's "Company Calls" on their song "The Moment That It Stops". For their second album release, the band explored the synthpop and the contemporary pop music, utilizing mixing synthesizers, ambient elements, and orchestral instruments.[41] The Narrative's last release explores the folk and world music.[70]

Social support edit

 
The Narrative performing on Keep A Breast Foundation's "Imagine If There Was No Cancer" Act at Vans Warped Tour in 2011

On December 5, 2012, the Narrative was featured in the Christmas compilation Yuletides & Stage Dives released by the Catalyst Publicity Group and Keep A Breast Foundation, with other 40 artists to fight against the breast cancer. Its sale was finished on December 28, 2012.[71] They also supported the act "Imagine If There Was No Cancer" of Keep A Breast on Vans Warped Tour (celebrating 10 years of the association) in 2011, performing acoustics songs in the event.[72]

On May 7, 2013, Rock for Justice, a non-profit organization, released the project Songs for Justice, a charity compilation that invokes the power of art and creativity to further positive social change, put out by Rock for Justice, a movement that sponsors collaboration between artists and social justice causes. The compilation have 12 cover-songs compose by indie, alternative bands.[73] "They recruited a slew of insanely talented artists to cover other (insanely talented) artists".[74] The Narrative released in the compilation a cover version of Neil Young, "Heart of Gold". The song was recorded earlier in 2012 to be released on it.[75][76] The project began in 2012, supporting Invisible Children, Inc. which has also been chosen as one of the beneficiaries of the proceeds such as , and The Hunger Project.

On February 25, 2014, Fadeaway Records and Enjoy The Ride Records released a 35-song 3xLP compilation called Friends. After ten years on hiatus, the label came back with the compilation of friends Michael Dubin who runs the label alongside Neil Rubenstein. "I lost my father to Pancreatic cancer in 2002 and I wanted to put together an amazing compilation and donate all of the proceeds to cancer research charity in his memory," declared Michael Dubin about the project.[77] The Narrative released in the compilation, the song "Hallelujah", featured in B-Sides and Seasides.[78]

Band members edit

Current members

Born in (1984-10-27) October 27, 1984 (age 39), Jesse Gabriel grew up as a child who did not want to learn music as his parents wanted him to. Jesse says: "My parents liked to push instruments on me, but I wasn't really having it, I didn't have the motivation back then to do much of anything other than play video games, but I liked to write songs".[2] After briefly attempting to pick up the piano, violin and tenor sax, Jesse finally learned guitar and fell in love with it. He married on 3 September 2011 to pastry chef Cecilia Cámara.

Born on (1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 (age 41), Susan Tania Zeldin Russell (Suzie Zeldin artistically) started to sing in her childhood. "My grandma would teach me to sing Russian folk songs and then record them on a tape player, but didn't really start focusing on it in any serious way until I got to college."[2] She graduated from New York University with Bachelor's degrees in English literature and American literature. On 27 April 2014, she married the music producer Bryan Russell.

Former members
  • Charles J. Seich – drums (2008-2011)
Touring members
  • Jay Scalchunes – touring drummer (2011–present)
  • Ari Sadowitz – studio/live bass (2010–present)

Timeline edit

Tours and live performances edit

Critical reception edit

Evan C. Jones from Alternative Press wrote, "The Narrative is a bit lengthy (eight tracks are more than four minutes long), and the craftsmanship the trio took into creating the album is evident. Hopefully this will be the last time The Narrative will have to self-release their music; labels, take notice."[83]

Tris McCall of the Newark Star-Ledger wrote, "The Narrative joins a wave of young, independent bands that recently have reaffirmed their commitment to the album concept, lavishing attention on sequencing, packaging, cover art, typesetting and, in some cases, old-fashioned storytelling..." and "The Narrative is the rare modern rock album that feels like a dialogue between equals – young songwriters struggling with romantic longing and interpersonal dissolution."[1]

Sean Reid of Alter The Press! wrote, in a review of their self-titled album:[84] "...with their self-titled full-length, its [sic] likely you could hear more from them, as its [sic] a record that is filled with depth, variation and there are moments where the band sound extraordinary [sic] good" and "With Straylight Run no more and Lydia soon to follow, I think fans will find an honest replacement in The Narrative, as this full-length is (at times) refreshing, captivating and filled with plenty of talent. 'The Narrative' covers a lot of ground and the trios [sic] hard work, creativeness and overall talent deserves all the credit it deserves [sic]."

In another article for Alter The Press!, Edward Strickson wrote, "When a record plays on personal weaknesses by playing dueling backing vocals like that it's hard not to sing its praises, but they are praises that are truly deserved, wielding might that lesser elements would have found it hard to conceive."[46]

Glenn Gamboa wrote in Newsday, "The band's Warped Tour shows will likely be their final tour for the year, as they get ready to work on the follow-up to their gorgeous debut The Narrative from last year."[35]

In another Newsday article, Gamboa wrote: "In the year since their CMJ debut, The Narrative has released its eponymous debut, gone on national tours and heard its music used on several MTV shows. And now, The Narrative is ready to play the festival again, hoping the indie-popsters will continue their momentum."[27]

On March 14, 2014, the Narrative was featured in Newsday's "Notable bands from Long Island"[85]

Becky Bain wrote in a "Popping Up" column on Idolator: "Their six-song album caught the attention of tons of music fans and MTV—so we can already imagine the good things to come when the band releases their debut 13-song LP this summer."[2]

"Seanholio" wrote, in a review on the Cool Try site: "I will start this review out by saying that I usually wouldn't review a rarities/b sides album BUT The Narrative are a special case. What other band would take the time out of their busy schedule to video chat with not just 1 but over 40 of their fans who helped fund their tour. During this video chat Vocalist/Keys player Suzie Zeldin mentioned that whilst they are working hard on their follow up to their debut self titled album they didn't realize how this album is more than just a b sides album. It has some brand new songs, it has alternate versions and it has covers. It is safe to say that this is a decent and proper release for 2012. And when a band is as dedicated to their fans as their fans are to them I felt it only fair to promote them as much as I could."[86]

Absolutepunk.net wrote, about the Unsigned Showcase: For our latest Unsigned Showcase, we are bringing you a stream of The Narrative's excellent EP, Just Say Yes, along with an exclusive new demo named "Fade." If you like Lydia, Death Cab for Cutie, or old Straylight Run, head to the band's AP.net profile to check out all the goodness.[13]

They too wrote in the "AbsolutePunk.net Top 100": "The Narrative are the kind of raw, young talent that makes lesser bands envious. The charming duel vocals of Jesse Gabriel and Suzie Zeldin on Just Say Yes are some of the best you'll ever find on an introductory EP, and the music is alluring in its own right."[14]

Another Absolutepunk.net article wrote: "The Narrative are easily one of the best unsigned bands out there and should find fans wherever they find listeners."[87]

Review Rinse Repeat said, "The Narrative have undoubtedly grown as a band since releasing Just Say Yes. Their self-titled album is an incredibly strong debut, laced with an abundance of wonderful songs, and a few slight, forgivable, missteps. From here, the world is in The Narrative's palm, they can only go on to bigger and better things."[88]

The Patriot-News, PENNLIVE wrote: "As heard on MTV's "Real World Brooklyn" and "Real World Cancun," The Narrative is known for its intoxicating vocals and diverse lyrical arrangements. This New York-based group is making its mark on the music industry with its story-telling theme."[89]

On Flavorpill, Andrew Phillips wrote: "Sure, they sound like wayward members of the Ben Gibbard brigade, but NYC indie-poppers The Narrative add an inspired pair of female pipes to the jangly emoisms of Photo Album-era Death Cab for Cutie. While their homage is strikingly similar — enough so that some may consider them a carbon copy — The Narrative's embrace of the former Barsuk band is so well wrought that, at times, they really do rival the original. The band hits town tonight alongside dancey, guitar-driven acts MakeupBreakup and Robes" [90]

Lushbeat wrote: "This young band knows how to structure not only a song, but an entire album, which is one of the most important aspects of the listening experience."[91]

Discography edit

Main article: The Narrative discography

See also edit

Notes edit

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This article is about the American indie rock band For the band s self titled album see The Narrative album The Narrative or Narrative is an American independent indie rock band from Long Island New York formed in 2008 They are currently based in Nashville Tennessee Since 2011 the band has consisted of Suzie Zeldin vocals keyboards and Jesse Gabriel vocals guitar Previously the group featured the drummer Charlie Seich The group started its musical career with their debut EP Just Say Yes released in 2008 where Eyes Closed stands out as the most popular song with more than four million views on YouTube Its debut album The Narrative was released in 2010 As well the group release two supporting tour EP Nothing Without You in 2010 and Kickstarter in 2011 A follow up EP b side compilation album B Sides and Seasideswas released online in 2012 The Narrative released its second studio album Golden Silence on December 2 2016 The NarrativeThe Narrative Jesse Gabriel and Suzie Zeldin at VINYL on April 26 2011Background informationOriginLong Island New York United StatesGenresIndie rock indie pop soft rockYears active2007 presentMembersJesse Gabriel Suzie ZeldinPast membersCharlie Seich Brandon StrothmanWebsitewww wbr thenarrativemusic wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 2006 08 Formation 1 2 2008 Just Say Yes 1 3 2010 11 Debut album The Narrative 1 4 2012 2016 B Sides and Seasides and Golden Silence 1 5 2021 present Folk singles and New Anxieties EP 2 Style and influences 3 Social support 4 Band members 4 1 Timeline 5 Tours and live performances 6 Critical reception 7 Discography 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External linksHistory edit2006 08 Formation edit In 2006 after graduating Jesse Gabriel decided to find some musicians to begin a musical project He wrote a three page open advertisement and submitted it to Craigslist After some answers he looked saw Suzie Zeldin s response who was also looking for musicians to form a band and they decided to meet 1 2 They found that they had studied in the same school on Bellmore Long Island but never met The two decided to collaborate in music around October 2006 naming the band January Window before changing it to the Narrative Zeldin spoke to U T San Diego explaining the following about the change of band name We came up with the name while we were recording the Just Say Yes EP At one point we had put together a list of random band names mostly from literary terms poems or song lyrics we liked and sent them around to our friends For a short time we settled on January Window which is from a Sylvia Plath poem We ended up not liking it after a while and revisited the list and found The Narrative Paradigm which seemed a little wordy and pretentious so we shortened it to The Narrative We decided it was a good name and have been happy with it 3 The band s first song released was the demo version of End All Arrival under the name January Window on January 1 2007 on MySpace 4 which was later used on their debut album Jesse would not sing in the band initially but Suzie asked him and he decided to sing Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls Following this audition Suzie was pleased by his voice and Jesse was thus included in the lead vocals and the back vocals 5 Drummer Charles Seich was added to the band after being introduced to Jesse and Suzie for the purposes of recording their EP 6 In 2007 Suzie participated in many band projects singing in Russian on I m Breathing Are You Breathing Too by Envy on the Coast 7 Fairmont s song Melt Your Heart from the album Transcendence 8 and The Minus Scale s song No Matter What I Say You re Going To Do It She also sang guest vocals on the Dashboard Confessional side of the New Found Glory split EP Swiss Army Bromance song All About Her as well as on at least one track on the newest edition of the released Dashboard Confessionals Wire Tapes Vol 2 Before the Narrative she also released solo material such as the Excuses EP featuring four songs 9 2008 Just Say Yes edit Main article Just Say Yes EP nbsp Eyes Closed source source Eyes Closed taken from the band s EP Just Say Yes features the male female vocals combination that brings attention to their music Problems playing this file See media help The Narrative spent the next couple years 2007 08 on Zeldin s cramped Upper West Side apartment writing songs to their first EP entitled Just Say Yes The production of Just Say Yes was made without a big idea Jesse explains we re really just excited about recording the songs we worked on 5 The EP was produced by Bryan Russell who gave to the group a directional help on developing its sounds influenced by bands as Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Eat World Just Say Yeswas released independently on August 30 2008 Since its release the band received two large promotions when Myspace Canada featured the full EP for streaming on the website s front page Through the years and late 2011 2012 songs from Just Say Yes were featured on episodes of MTV s reality TV shows Real World Brooklyn and Real World Cancun Jersey Shore 10 Savage U 11 TV shows on MTV2 MTV s Canada Peak Season as well on VH 1 Nickelodeon s TeenNick series Gigantic 12 National Geographic and Starz They also received an unsigned showcase on Absolutepunk net 13 Friends or Enemies Unsigned VIP Band and named in the AbsolutePunk Top 100 14 On May 1 2009 the band announced via Facebook that they would have a short tour with Destry to support the EP in June staying within northeastern America The East Coast tour started on June 18 to June 28 15 2010 11 Debut album The Narrative edit Main article The Narrative album In 2009 The Narrative began to record their debut album entitled The Narrative The band recorded the self titled with the same producer of their debut EP Bryan Russell on his studio Red Wire Audio in New York 16 17 Different from their first release production of The Narrative took an original direction We re not looking to sound like anything or anyone else We might say Hey this part reminds me of this song Maybe we can take it in that sort of a direction and it d be cool but we never start out trying to write a song like one that has already been written explained Jesse 5 Without a bassist member the group called their friend Ari Sadowitz to be the studio bassist for the album On July 23 the Narrative premiered the song Silence and Sirens in an acoustic version on the program of WOOD TV West Vibe Eight West 18 The Narrative was officially released on July 27 2010 through the project The Record Collective On July 29 the band premiered the album live on a show at Gramercy Theater with Relient K and The Gay Blades 19 20 The album was featured on the front page of MySpace U S and PureVolume com who declared them one of the Top Unsigned Bands of 2010 21 The American Creative Top 20 Albums 22 as well featured in the national campaign launched by Propellerhead Software 23 and leading A amp R consulting agency Room 64 RM64 Artists Record 6 24 The band has been touring nationally with Eisley 25 Relient K Mae including CMJ playing in the Big Picture Media showcase 26 and SXSW showcases during the year supporting the self titled 27 28 In September 2010 they were a featured band in the Alternative Press article Unsigned Bands AP Wants You stylized as AP amp R in the issue No 267 29 On June 1 2011 they appeared live on Fox 5 San Diego while touring with Eisley featuring a small interview and also performing the acoustic version of You Will Be Mine 30 The band parted ways with their drummer Charlie in early 2011 later explaining that he left the band due to the financial difficulties of the band s expenses on the Eisley tour and personal needs 31 The Narrative then brought out touring drummer and Long Island native Jay Scalchunes to help them complete a five week stint of the Vans Warped Tour 32 playing on Kevin Says Stage from July 19 to August 14 2011 33 34 35 On October 19 2011 the Narrative made another showcase at the CMJ Marathon on Sullivan Hall 27 The Narrative s song Fade was featured in the soundtrack of the film produced by Bob Fugger The Chateau Meroux released in 2012 36 2012 2016 B Sides and Seasides and Golden Silence edit Main article Golden Silence On March 26 2012 it was announced that the band had started work on their second studio album titled Golden Silence 37 38 The album was produced by Bryan Russell and Justin Long and recorded in an English cathedral barn built in 1900 in Upstate New York 39 40 Zeldin said that the band took a new direction with the album We do feel like the songs we recorded are more maturethan our previous releases she explains We feel much more confident in the kind of music we want to make 41 The band was helped by Jay Scalchunes to be the session drummer and Ari Sadowitz the bassist for the recordings of the album 42 To support the album production the Narrative released through digital download their b side compilation album B Sides and Seasides on April 4 2012 43 The b side features acoustic versions of the album The Narrativeand Just Say Yes and also two new songs Hallelujah 44 and Make It Right It also features covers of Radiohead Karma Police 45 and from Brand New Tautou 46 47 These songs were produced for the tour EP Kickstarter supporting the band s 2011 Spring Tour the campaign on Kickstarter raised about 8 500 48 Some acoustic songs were also released on the support tour EP Nothing Without You On July 18 Jesse posted a note about the new album on Tumblr where he talked about the desired release date in the same year and the difficulties from its releases 49 On November 25 Z100 started they annual contest Z100 Hometown Hero The Narrative was nominated with twenty seven other musicians for one month competition of demands through Eventful The band stayed in the second step the contest with five and won the 2º place 50 In 2013 Suzie Zeldin joined the folk Americana project Twin Forks created by Chris Carrabba when he was recording the solo album Covered in the Flood 51 The group first formation consisted in Chris Carrabba Suzie Zeldin Jonathan Clark and Ben Homola from Bad Books 52 The band debut happened on the SXSW 2013 53 While Suzie went on tour with Twin Forks Jesse recorded in the beginning of 2014 a solo project with Bryan Russell titled Here Sit Stay released on October 22 through digital download 41 54 On January 27 2014 the band re issued the EP Just Say Yes through VIDA Records and 주 프로시마뮤직엔터테인먼트 Prossima Music Entertainment Co LTD in South Korea 55 On February 15 2014 it was announced that the lead single from Golden Silence titled Chasing a Feeling would be released online on June 3 2014 56 57 The accompanying music video was premiered on July 28 2014 on Idolator 58 On January 12 2016 The Narrative released the promotional single titled Moving Out through digital download 59 Following Toe the Line also as promotional single was released on January 27 2016 60 On October 28 2016 The Narrative premiered its last single California Sun announcing the album release date 61 Golden Silence was released on 2 December 2016 independently by the band through digital download 62 2021 present Folk singles and New Anxieties EP edit On February 3 2021 after five years on hiatus the Narrative announced via Twitter the upcoming releases of new songs through the year 63 On May 20 the band announced their first song since the release of Golden Silence titled Monoliths The song was released through digital download and stream on July 14 2021 Gabriel stated about the song as being a reflection on the state of humanity and our lack of respect for our planet and fragile existence 64 The process of writing the song started in around 2017 according to Gabriel after moving to Nashville The band finished the song in 2021 recording the song separated due to Covid 19 said Zeldin The song was produced by Bryan Russell and recorded at Red Wire Records With the production teased through social media over 2021 65 the band released on October 14 2022 the song Little Boys Break Hearts The acoustic song was inspired by Zeldin s sister s past relationship story 66 On August 25 2023 the Narrative released their song New Anxieties part of a four song EP with the same name expected in 2024 on which the band started working shortly after the 2022 releases 67 Style and influences editThe Narrative are most often described as indie pop and pop rock featuring combined male female vocals The Narrative has expressed appreciation for Death Cab For Cutie 68 Brand New The Academy Is Counting Crows Destry as the indie folk of Bon Iver 69 Suzie have influences of ska punk and emo and Jesse the sound of hip hop and 1960s rock On their first EP release the band used samples from Death Cab For Cutie s Company Calls on their song The Moment That It Stops For their second album release the band explored the synthpop and the contemporary pop music utilizing mixing synthesizers ambient elements and orchestral instruments 41 The Narrative s last release explores the folk and world music 70 Social support edit nbsp The Narrative performing on Keep A Breast Foundation s Imagine If There Was No Cancer Act at Vans Warped Tour in 2011 On December 5 2012 the Narrative was featured in the Christmas compilation Yuletides amp Stage Dives released by the Catalyst Publicity Group and Keep A Breast Foundation with other 40 artists to fight against the breast cancer Its sale was finished on December 28 2012 71 They also supported the act Imagine If There Was No Cancer of Keep A Breast on Vans Warped Tour celebrating 10 years of the association in 2011 performing acoustics songs in the event 72 On May 7 2013 Rock for Justice a non profit organization released the project Songs for Justice a charity compilation that invokes the power of art and creativity to further positive social change put out by Rock for Justice a movement that sponsors collaboration between artists and social justice causes The compilation have 12 cover songs compose by indie alternative bands 73 They recruited a slew of insanely talented artists to cover other insanely talented artists 74 The Narrative released in the compilation a cover version of Neil Young Heart of Gold The song was recorded earlier in 2012 to be released on it 75 76 The project began in 2012 supporting Invisible Children Inc which has also been chosen as one of the beneficiaries of the proceeds such as the Give a Damn documentary project and The Hunger Project On February 25 2014 Fadeaway Records and Enjoy The Ride Records released a 35 song 3xLP compilation called Friends After ten years on hiatus the label came back with the compilation of friends Michael Dubin who runs the label alongside Neil Rubenstein I lost my father to Pancreatic cancer in 2002 and I wanted to put together an amazing compilation and donate all of the proceeds to cancer research charity in his memory declared Michael Dubin about the project 77 The Narrative released in the compilation the song Hallelujah featured in B Sides and Seasides 78 Band members editCurrent members Jesse Gabriel lead vocals lead guitar 2008 present Born in 1984 10 27 October 27 1984 age 39 Jesse Gabriel grew up as a child who did not want to learn music as his parents wanted him to Jesse says My parents liked to push instruments on me but I wasn t really having it I didn t have the motivation back then to do much of anything other than play video games but I liked to write songs 2 After briefly attempting to pick up the piano violin and tenor sax Jesse finally learned guitar and fell in love with it He married on 3 September 2011 to pastry chef Cecilia Camara Suzie Zeldin lead vocals keyboards piano 2008 present Born on 1983 02 26 February 26 1983 age 41 Susan Tania Zeldin Russell Suzie Zeldin artistically started to sing in her childhood My grandma would teach me to sing Russian folk songs and then record them on a tape player but didn t really start focusing on it in any serious way until I got to college 2 She graduated from New York University with Bachelor s degrees in English literature and American literature On 27 April 2014 she married the music producer Bryan Russell Former members Charles J Seich drums 2008 2011 Touring members Jay Scalchunes touring drummer 2011 present Ari Sadowitz studio live bass 2010 present Timeline editTours and live performances editFrom June 18 to June 28 2009 the Narrative toured shortly with Destry in the East Coast Tour 79 15 The Narrative performed at The Iron Gate Lounge at SXSW festival on March 19 2010 28 The band played at CMJ Music Marathon in October 2010 in the Big Picture Media showcase supporting the self titled album 26 On July 23 2010 the Narrative performed at the WOOD TV s Taste of Grand Rapids 18 The Narrative opened for Relient K on July 29 2010 at Gramercy Theater 20 On August 5 2010 The Narrative was the opening act at the Manchester Community College s 2nd annual Spring Bash 80 In the end of 2010 the Narrative toured with The Secret Handshake A Cursive Memory and Speak 81 In 2011 the Narrative toured with Eisley in their Turning Tide Tour started on April 26 until July 4 playing at stages such as Bamboozle Festival 25 On June 1 2011 The Narrative performed on Fox 5 San Diego s Morning News 30 From July 19 to August 14 the Narrative played at Warped Tour 2011 on the Kevin Says Stage 32 33 82 The Narrative performed again on CMJ Music Marathon at Sullivan Hall on October 19 2011 27 Critical reception editEvan C Jones from Alternative Press wrote The Narrative is a bit lengthy eight tracks are more than four minutes long and the craftsmanship the trio took into creating the album is evident Hopefully this will be the last time The Narrative will have to self release their music labels take notice 83 Tris McCall of the Newark Star Ledger wrote The Narrative joins a wave of young independent bands that recently have reaffirmed their commitment to the album concept lavishing attention on sequencing packaging cover art typesetting and in some cases old fashioned storytelling and The Narrative is the rare modern rock album that feels like a dialogue between equals young songwriters struggling with romantic longing and interpersonal dissolution 1 Sean Reid of Alter The Press wrote in a review of their self titled album 84 with their self titled full length its sic likely you could hear more from them as its sic a record that is filled with depth variation and there are moments where the band sound extraordinary sic good and With Straylight Run no more and Lydia soon to follow I think fans will find an honest replacement in The Narrative as this full length is at times refreshing captivating and filled with plenty of talent The Narrative covers a lot of ground and the trios sic hard work creativeness and overall talent deserves all the credit it deserves sic In another article for Alter The Press Edward Strickson wrote When a record plays on personal weaknesses by playing dueling backing vocals like that it s hard not to sing its praises but they are praises that are truly deserved wielding might that lesser elements would have found it hard to conceive 46 Glenn Gamboa wrote in Newsday The band s Warped Tour shows will likely be their final tour for the year as they get ready to work on the follow up to their gorgeous debut The Narrative from last year 35 In another Newsday article Gamboa wrote In the year since their CMJ debut The Narrative has released its eponymous debut gone on national tours and heard its music used on several MTV shows And now The Narrative is ready to play the festival again hoping the indie popsters will continue their momentum 27 On March 14 2014 the Narrative was featured in Newsday s Notable bands from Long Island 85 Becky Bain wrote in a Popping Up column on Idolator Their six song album caught the attention of tons of music fans and MTV so we can already imagine the good things to come when the band releases their debut 13 song LP this summer 2 Seanholio wrote in a review on the Cool Try site I will start this review out by saying that I usually wouldn t review a rarities b sides album BUT The Narrative are a special case What other band would take the time out of their busy schedule to video chat with not just 1 but over 40 of their fans who helped fund their tour During this video chat Vocalist Keys player Suzie Zeldin mentioned that whilst they are working hard on their follow up to their debut self titled album they didn t realize how this album is more than just a b sides album It has some brand new songs it has alternate versions and it has covers It is safe to say that this is a decent and proper release for 2012 And when a band is as dedicated to their fans as their fans are to them I felt it only fair to promote them as much as I could 86 Absolutepunk net wrote about the Unsigned Showcase For our latest Unsigned Showcase we are bringing you a stream of The Narrative s excellent EP Just Say Yes along with an exclusive new demo named Fade If you like Lydia Death Cab for Cutie or old Straylight Run head to the band s AP net profile to check out all the goodness 13 They too wrote in the AbsolutePunk net Top 100 The Narrative are the kind of raw young talent that makes lesser bands envious The charming duel vocals of Jesse Gabriel and Suzie Zeldin on Just Say Yes are some of the best you ll ever find on an introductory EP and the music is alluring in its own right 14 Another Absolutepunk net article wrote The Narrative are easily one of the best unsigned bands out there and should find fans wherever they find listeners 87 Review Rinse Repeat said The Narrative have undoubtedly grown as a band since releasing Just Say Yes Their self titled album is an incredibly strong debut laced with an abundance of wonderful songs and a few slight forgivable missteps From here the world is in The Narrative s palm they can only go on to bigger and better things 88 The Patriot News PENNLIVE wrote As heard on MTV s Real World Brooklyn and Real World Cancun The Narrative is known for its intoxicating vocals and diverse lyrical arrangements This New York based group is making its mark on the music industry with its story telling theme 89 On Flavorpill Andrew Phillips wrote Sure they sound like wayward members of the Ben Gibbard brigade but NYC indie poppers The Narrative add an inspired pair of female pipes to the jangly emoisms of Photo Album era Death Cab for Cutie While their homage is strikingly similar enough so that some may consider them a carbon copy The Narrative s embrace of the former Barsuk band is so well wrought that at times they really do rival the original The band hits town tonight alongside dancey guitar driven acts MakeupBreakup and Robes 90 Lushbeat wrote This young band knows how to structure not only a song but an entire album which is one of the most important aspects of the listening experience 91 Discography editMain article The Narrative discography Just Say Yes 2008 EP The Narrative 2010 studio album B Sides and Seasides 2012 compilation EP Golden Silence 2016 studio albumSee also editList of songs recorded by the NarrativeNotes edit a b McCall Tris August 20 2010 Indie rock trio the Narrative gives its album a dramatic arc Newark Star Ledger Retrieved August 6 2012 a b c d Bain Becky May 18 2010 Popping Up The Narrative idolator BUZZmusic Retrieved August 6 2012 Erika Sorocco Nov 24 2010 CALIFORNIAN The Narrative intend to tell a tale UT San Diego Retrieved Jan 1 2014 End All Arrival DEMO retrieved 2021 10 03 a b c Allan Stackhouse Apr 27 2011 Interview with Jesse Gabriel of The Narrative LA Music Blog Archived from the original on May 18 2011 Retrieved May 27 2014 a b The Narrative at RM64 Artists Retrieved 27 May 2014 Suzie Zeldin Credits on AllMusic AllMusic All Media Network LLC Retrieved 19 August 2014 Fairmont Discography Archived from the original on 2013 10 17 Retrieved 27 May 2014 Suzie Zeldin RTBot Archived from the original on October 23 2013 Retrieved August 9 2012 CMI Team MTV 2011 08 18 Music from Jersey Shore Episode 3 Season 4 MTV Viacom Retrieved 2014 08 19 CMI Team MTV 2012 05 15 Music from Savage U Episode 7 Season 1 MTV Viacom Retrieved 2014 08 19 Tonight s Degrassi and Gigantic Songs TeenNick Viacom Nov 5 2010 Retrieved Aug 19 2014 a b Henderson Steve Unsigned Showcase Spin Media Retrieved September 28 2012 a b Julia Conny Feb 2 2009 The Absolute 100 Sept 2009 AbsolutePunk Spin Media Retrieved May 27 2014 a b AltPress 2009 05 09 Destry announces east coast tour Alternative Press Retrieved 2021 10 19 Noe Pacheco June 23 2010 The Narrative Set Date for Self Titled Album Release Gighive The Buzz Retrieved May 27 2014 Genestout Nov 19 2010 New York City trio The Narrative benefits from a feminine presence Genestout The Buzz Retrieved May 27 2014 a b The Narrative on TV archived from the original on 2014 04 14 retrieved 2014 05 21 My convert archive The Gramercy Theatre New York US a b MELVIN Apr 1 2011 Honda Civic and NYC RelientK com Archived from the original on May 22 2014 Retrieved May 21 2014 PureVolume s Top Unsigned Bands of 2010 PureVolume Spin Music 2010 Archived from the original on 5 Aug 2013 Retrieved May 26 2014 The Narrative 5 The American Creative Archived from the original on 18 April 2014 Retrieved 27 May 2014 Propellerhead Software Newsletter January 20 2010 Propellerhead January 21 2010 Archived from the original on January 3 2011 Retrieved April 16 2015 The Narrative at Sonicbids Sonicbids Retrieved 27 May 2014 a b Scott Heisel Mar 10 2011 Eisley announce U S tour with the Narrative festival appearances Alternative Press AlternativePress Retrieved May 21 2014 a b From The Narrative CMJ in NYC archived from the original on 2012 03 07 retrieved 2014 08 19 a b c d Gamboa Glenn October 15 2010 The Narrative leads LI contingent into CMJ Marathon Newsday Retrieved August 6 2012 a b The Narrative SXSW Tour Blog Absolutepunk net May 21 2010 Retrieved May 21 2014 Big Picture Unsigned Bands AP Wants You Alternative Press Retrieved May 27 2014 a b The Narrative live on FOX 5 San Diego on YouTube Narrative The 2021 04 02 An effort to be back Medium Retrieved 2021 10 19 a b GAMBOA Glenn July 14 2011 Vans Warped Tour takes a diverse direction Explore LI NewsDay NewsDay Retrieved June 1 2014 a b wookubus Feb 3 2011 Eyes Set To Kill Big Chocolate Etc Added To Vans Warped Tour theprp com Retrieved May 21 2014 Common Tyler March 26 2011 Warped Tour 2011 announce main stage bands Alternative Press Alternative Press Archived from the original on 2013 10 12 Retrieved 11 December 2014 a b Gamboa Glenn July 15 2010 The Narrative s story is a dream Newsday Retrieved August 6 2012 The Chateau Merroux Soundtrack Oakdale California USA 3 January 2012 Zarrillo Zack Mar 26 2012 The Narrative Begin Recording New Record Property Of Zack Spin Media Retrieved 19 July 2014 Local Band Works on Third Album Merrick NY Patch 2012 06 21 Retrieved 2020 12 05 Anna Halkidis Jun 19 2012 The Narrative Bellmore duo working on new album NewsDay Retrieved May 27 2014 Jon Ableson Mar 3 2013 The Narrative Start Recording New Album AlterThePress Spin Media Retrieved May 27 2014 a b c Another Reybee Productions present The Narrative Press release Reybee June 3 2014 Archived from the original on September 25 2017 Retrieved July 19 2014 Zack Zarrillo Jun 13 2012 PropertyOfZack Interview The Narrative PropertyOfZack Spin Media Retrieved May 27 2014 Jon Ableson Jan 4 2012 The Narrative To Release B Sides And Seasides Album AlterThePress Spin Media Retrieved May 27 2014 Alyssa Coluccio Nov 22 2011 The Narrative Release New Song Hallelujah PureVolume Spin Music Retrieved May 26 2014 The Narrative Karma Police Radiohead Cover Bandcamp Retrieved 27 May 2014 a b Jon Ableson Mar 12 2011 Album Review The Narrative Kickstarter EP AlterThePress Spin Media Retrieved May 27 2014 The Narrative Tautou Brand New Cover Bandcamp Retrieved 27 May 2014 The Narrative 2011 Spring Tour with Eisley 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