Houseguest (band)

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Houseguest
Origin Akron, Ohio, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) Audio Eagle Records
Website Official website
Members
Stephen Clements
Theodore Mallison
David Rich
Gabriel Schray
David Whited

Houseguest is a five-piece rock band from Akron, Ohio. The band was praised by San Francisco-based literary magazine McSweeney's in 2005 as "the best pop band in America."1

Houseguest records for Audio Eagle Records, the label founded by Patrick Carney of the Black Keys.

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[edit] Band Members

Stephen Caynon - bass guitar (2002)

Stephen Clements - percussion, keyboards (2005-present)

Gabriel Fulvimar - keyboards (2002-2003)

Theodore Mallison - vocals, keyboards (2002-present)

David Rich - guitar, percussion (2002-present)

Gabriel Schray - bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, vocals (2000-present)

Jamie Stillman - percussion (2004-2005)

David Whited - guitar, vocals, programming (2000-present)

[edit] Albums

[edit] House Fall Down (Top Hat, 2001)

  1. Tonight, I Have Too Many Plans
  2. Waterworks
  3. Up Nights (at Ghost Sites)
  4. The Captain's Things
  5. My Little Dinosaur
  6. Permanent Federal Eyeball
  7. Came Up Way Too Quick
  8. Today It's One Year Ago
  9. Dead of the Desert

Dave Whited: Vocals, guitar
Gabe Schray: Vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, drums
Ted Mallison: Trumpet, vocals
Recorded and mixed by Gabe Schray and Dave Whited at Top Hat Laboratories in Akron, Ohio.

[edit] Talking Time (Top Hat, 2004)

  1. Where We Left Off
  2. Traveller's Fancy
  3. Fashionable Living Room
  4. Be a Hero to the Tiniest of Babies
  5. Final Call of the Airboatman
  6. On Walden Software
  7. Greatest Gatsbees
  8. My Handsome Hat
  9. Where My Body's From
  10. Our Talking Times

Ted Mallison: Vocals, keyboards
Dave Whited: Guitar
Dave Rich: Drums, guitar, vocals
Gabe Schray: Bass, guitars, keyboards, drums, vocals
Recorded and mixed by Pat Carney at the Rubber Factory in Akron, Ohio.

[edit] Electric Politeness (National Syrup, 2005)

  1. Muted Mesa
  2. Galapaghost Island
  3. Greatest Gatsbees
  4. Dead of the Desert
  5. The Captain's Things

Ted Mallison: Vocals
Dave Whited: Guitar
Dave Rich: Guitar, pants
Gabe Schray: Bass, keyboards
Jamie Stillman: Drums
Recorded and mixed by Chris Keffer at Magnetic North Studios in Cleveland, Ohio.

[edit] High Strangeness (Audio Eagle/Fat Possum, 2006; Audio Eagle, 2007)

  1. Fashionable Living Room
  2. Gone For The Season
  3. Dive Deep
  4. On Walden Software
  5. It's Not You (But That's Just Me)
  6. Are We Us?
  7. King of Crystal Skies
  8. Galapaghost Island
  9. Muted Mesa
  10. Silvereye
  11. Where We Left Off
  12. Gravy Shift
  13. Heliport Impressions
  14. Where My Body's From

Ted Mallison: Vocals, keyboards
Dave Whited: Guitar
Dave Rich: Guitar
Gabe Schray: Bass, keyboards
Steve Clements: Drums, keyboards
Recorded and mixed by Patrick Carney and Gabe Fulvimar at the Eagle's Nest in Akron, Ohio.
Mastered by Chris Keffer at Magnetic North Studios in Cleveland.

[edit] Links

Houseguest's Official Website

Houseguest's MySpace Page

Audio Eagle Records