October 4, 2013
We are so excited to team up with Inside Right Wrist for the premiere of our brand new live video! The video was captured at our performance in Wenatchee, WA back in July. You can read the full article and watch the video here: http://www.insiderightwrist.com/featured-big/st-paul-de-vence-mama-first-look-and-listen/
A huge thank you to Julia Wayne and the team at IRW for getting our music to the masses. Enjoy!
September 2, 2013
Bumbershoot is here! And the Stranger gave us a little shout out: “Inspired to begin writing songs about his grandfather’s experience fighting in WWII, Benjamin Doerr’s St. Paul de Vence project has a bit of Beirut’s sepia-toned Old World feel and esoteric instrumental choices (concertina!). Filled to the brim with super-sincere lyrics and swooning harmonies, their debut album was just what the plaid-wearing types needed to hold themselves over until the Fleet Foxes’ new record.”
Glad to bear that torch
May 3, 2013
Ooooooooh! We are VERY excited to announce that we will be at Bumbershoot 2013! We’ll be announcing our time slot real soon, but we’ll be playing Monday with many great Seattle acts we love and some amazing national acts including Allen Stone, Ivan & Alyosha, Justin Townes Earle, The Maldives and Hot Bodies in Motion! What an amazing year this is shaping up to be!!
April 15, 2013
We are super excited to welcome Lydia Ramsey into the St. Paul family. Lydia comes to us sharing her amazing talents on the banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals, concertina, and trumpet while maintaining the creation of her own beautiful music!
March 21, 2013
L.R. Baggs has added Ben to their featured artist line up! He’s in with some pretty great company, too – the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show, Peter Frampton, Justin Townes Earle, Of Monsters and Men and Sean Watkins, to name a few. The band has been delighted to have such a great relationship with the folks at L.R. Baggs. These are the guys, and gals, that make it possible for our lovely acoustic instruments to sound so good on stage. They not only make the best sounding pick-ups and pre-amps, they are the sweetest bunch of people you could find. We want to extend a HUGE thank you to the L.R. Baggs company!!
See Ben, and all the great L.R. Baggs stuff at http://www.lrbaggs.com/artists/ben-doerr
{For you gear geeks out there, pretty much the whole band is using the Para Acoustic DI pre-amps, and Ben is also using an Element pick up in his ’49 Martin D-18 and an Element VTC in his Martin 000-15SM.}
December 29, 2012
We are super honored to be on the KEXP listener-voted Top Albums of 2012!! There were a lot of great albums this year and we are in some wonderful company on that list! We owe a HUGE THANK YOU to KEXP and its listeners for all the support this past year. It’s been an amazing journey and we know 2013 promises more awesomeness!
Happy New Year!
December 11, 2012
Wow-oh-wow! We did it! We sold out the Triple Door! Thank you so much to everyone who come out, and to all of you who have supported us this entire year that brought us to this lovely cloud we are floating on now! And we owe a HUGE thank you to our beloved local indie radio station, KEXP! They have been wonderful to us, playing our music on the air all year and making ‘Pink Wine’ Song of the Day this summer. On top of all that, the day of the Triple Door show they had us in studio to play live on air! That broadcast and video (yes, the filmed it, too!) will be available soon on the podcast at KEXP.org.
And of course big ol’ bear hug thank you to Kale Lotton & Jonny Gundersen of Le Wrens for joining us!
So, wow. Here we are. Looking forward to all the magic 2013 has to offer. Can’t wait!
October 24, 2012
A dream come true! St. Paul de Vence will headline their debut appearance at Seattle’s beloved Triple Door on Friday, November 30th! This will be a very special show including special guests and new sonic landscapes. For tickets visit the Triple Door website.
INFO:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30
The Triple Door
216 Union Street
Seattle
6:30pm doors / 8pm show
$15 in advance / $18 day of
all ages
September 6, 2012
SPdV is closing out the summer with a great show launching Seattle’s newest outdoor venue! They will be joined by Le Wrens and other Seattle favorites for a sweet night of whiskey, food, music and friends – all under the gorgeous late summer skies of this beautiful city!
July 20, 2012
We’re very excited to share the news with you that REI has licensed 5 songs off of the full-length record to use in their online ad campaigns. The first two, featuring “Go” and “Pink Wine” have been released and can be seen while viewing shows on Hulu and elsewhere on the web! Many thanks to the good folks at REI.
April 4, 2012
The boys are excited to find themselves on the KEXP charts into another month! They are currently on the Americana, Northwest and Variety charts and getting spins on air nearly every day. A dream come true! Thank you KEXP!
July 12, 2012
KEXP selected ‘Pink Wine’ as Song of the Day for Friday, July 20. The song will be showcased on the midday show on Friday, so tune into 90.3FM in Seattle, or stream live at KEXP.org from anywhere else in the world. You can also go the website to catch the Song of the Day through the podcast. Thank you KEXP and all of you listeners for all your support!
by Abby Simmons – January 25, 2012
St. Paul de Vence’s “Eventually” Overcomes My Banjo Fatigue
I admit, like many folks, I’m a little burnt out on pretty songs with banjo backing. At this point in Seattle, if you’re going to do it, you better do it damn well … because it has been done. And over-done.
St. Paul de Vence’s “Eventually” does it well. Well enough to burrow through my banjo fatigue and get stuck in my head. Now, I’m not sure if the rest of their debut full-length does it as well, as they’ve only made one song available for streaming, but “Eventually” with its “la-la-la” chorus is Seattle sing-along ready. The song is dramatic and it ebbs and flows in all the right places, seeming to play through your speakers in sepia tones. Which is fitting for an album and band inspired by the World War II adventures of vocalist Benjamin Doerr’s grandfather, Fortune Jean Giordano.
“Eventually” and the story behind it is disarmingly charming. You can download “Eventually” on St. Paul de Vence’s bandcamp for free. They’re celebrating the release of their new self-titled record this Sunday at Columbia City Theater and our Collective buddies The Warehouse have booked a beautiful bill to match the occasion with Best of the New alumni Le Wrens and a band being called “Bonfire So-So.”
link to article at SoundOnTheSound.com