Hey Marseilles is an indie folk and chamber pop band from Seattle, Washington founded in 2006[1] and active until 2019.
History
The band self-released its first album in 2008 and opened early in its career for groups such as Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band and Parts & Labor.[2] This album was reissued in 2010.[3] A second album, Lines We Trace, arrived in 2013. They then met Anthony Kilhoffer, an LA-based producer and engineer in 2013. Kilhoffer decided to work with them in producing their third album, Hey Marseilles.[4] Hey Marseilles have been on hiatus since 2019.[5]
Band members
- Matt Bishop – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Nick Ward – guitar, mandolin
- Philip Kobernik – accordion, piano
- Samuel Anderson – cello, electric bass
- Jacob Anderson – viola
Discography
- Albums
- 2008: To Travels and Trunks (Self-released)
- 2013: Lines We Trace (Thirty Tigers)
- 2016: Hey Marseilles (Shanachie Records/Dine Alone Records)
- Singles
- "Rio" (2008)
- "To Travels and Trunks" (2010)
- "West Coast" (2015)
References
- ^ Hey Marseilles biography at Allmusic
- ^ Album Review Archived 2018-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, KEXP
- ^ Hey Marseilles: The Promise Of Faraway Places. NPR, August 12, 2010.
- ^ Stream: Hey Marseilles’s new self-titled album. Consequence of Sound, February 3, 2016.
- ^ Frizzelle, Christopher (April 27, 2020). "A Message to the City from Matt Bishop". The Stranger. Archived from the original on November 2, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
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