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Medejin - The Garden single (Official Video)
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Nestled in the Aburrá Valley of the Andes Mountains in Colombia lies Medellín, city of eternal spring. Named after the birthplace of band leader Jenn Taranto (vocals/guitar/keyboard), Seattle’s Medejin creates lush, ethereal dreamwave often born out of feelings of restless nostalgia. Featuring Rebecca Gutterman (guitar), Ramsey Troxel (bass) and Matthew Cooke (backing vocals/drums), their sound is euphoric with a disarming intimacy.
Exploring themes of love, loss, self-doubt and motherhood, Medejin's highly anticipated debut LP "The Garden” (on Icy Cold Records and Den Tapes) is heavy and fragile all at once, wistful yet joyous. Floating between dreampop, post-rock and indie, the album has received much acclaim from famed radio station KEXP, hitting #5 on the station's Top 10 the week of its release, #58 on its Top 90.3 albums of 2023, and landing in several DJs' Top 10 releases of the year. The Seattle Times also named “The Garden" among the best albums of 2023. Medejin have performed live in-studio on KEXP's "Audioasis" with Eva Walker and were included in this year's lineup for Seattle's Belltown Bloom with artists such as L7, Mannequin Pussy, Skating Polly and La Fonda. They were also invited to perform at Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle and have collaborated with the likes of EMA and Tomo Nakayama. Jenn has recently been a guest DJ on KEXP's "Midnight In A Perfect World."
Press
Jenn Taranto could probably project deep longing singing housing listings in the newspaper… “Real Ones” is lovers rock for the space between us, no matter how far that space stretches. - Martin Douglas, KEXP
Medejin's new single, "World's Fair," is probably their most engaging and fully realized song to date. As drummer Matthew Cooke tattoos the skins with a complex pattern, guitarists Rebecca Gutterman and Taranto pluck a constellation of gorgeous spangles. Taranto's voice is a silky, languorous delight, and the whole thing recalls Cocteau Twins, but without the booming beats and million-dollar production values. "World's Fair" is a dreamy sigh of a song. - Dave Segal, The Stranger
A similar dissonance can be felt in Seattle dreamwave quartet Medejin’s new single. Titled “World’s Fair,” the song barrels in with a bright and sunny, almost surfy, disposition but a dark cloud looms and slowly envelopes the song by the end. Like their ethereal forebears Cocteau Twins and PJ Harvey, Medejin may not be capable of making a truly “happy” song and I’m quite okay with that. - Jasmine Albertson, KEXP
Dreamy guitars meet dreamier vocals ... the Emerald City band floats like mist atop sand - Jacob Uitti , American Songwriter
“Everything a great dream-pop track needs is here, in spades: Jenn Taranto’s ethereal vocals pas de deux with her’s and Rebecca Gutterman’s textural guitars while the bittersweet melody’s given a mesmerizing pulse by bassist Ramsey Troxel and drummer Matthew Cooke (the latter’s rolling, complex but incredibly musical work is especially striking). Damn, this is pretty.” - Tony Kay, Artist Home
Releases
Real Ones (single) / 2020
Produced by Tomo Nakayama & Jenn Taranto. Mastered by Rachel Field.
World's Fair (single) / 2019
Produced by Simon Nicol & Jenn Taranto. Mastered by Ed Brooks.
Eleni EP / 2018
Produced by Simon Nicol & Jenn Taranto. Recorded by Tracy Winjum. Mastered by Matt Stegner.
Jenn Taranto - vocals, lyrics, guitar, keyboard
Rebecca Gutterman - guitar
Ramsey Troxel - bass
Matthew Cooke - drums, backing vocals
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