INTERVIEW 70 jeremy jensen (the very most)

photos by MaryAnne Remer

For over 10 years now, Jeremy's The Very Most has been making pure, uplifting, simple and heartfelt indiepop.
Known as "the only indiepop band in Idaho" (which sounds pretty awesome because we rarely see "indiepop" and "Idaho" in the same sentence and because Idaho seems to be a pretty magical place), TVM crafts heartwarming melodies straight from a shed turned into studio.
With a playful way and with a diverse aesthetic - part melancholy, part shooting-smiles-at-sunshines - TVM is captivating and irresistible. The purest indiepop.

Do explore their discography, in case you haven't yet. Lots of EPs and two albums that are brilliant (A Year With The Very Most contains 4 songs for each season and 2 of my all time favorites 'The Motor-VU Lights' and 'You're In Love With The Sun').

Also, their new EP Just A Pup, will be out via Manic Pop! on June, 14th. Here's a sample featuring The School's Liz Hunt.

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My interview with Jeremy is below, he answered the questions before a concert from Yo La Tengo. 

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village green

VILLAGE GREEN A VILLAGE TEN COLLECTIVE COMPILATION 2013

Here's a pretty concept executed by pretty indie bands that are part of an even prettier group that goes by the name Village Ten.
In their own words...

"Village Ten Collective is an artists collective. Village because we dig villages, Ten because we started with ten people, and Collective because “Super-Friends” didn’t fit in the logo.We are not a record label, but neither are we independent artists – we fit somewhere in between, nicely cradled in that grey area, a place where we have some of our needs met that a label provides while maintaining the flexibility and freedom of being independent. Our dear friend Ashley Mae said it best, “The collective is a grassroots operation to create and promote good music which inspires us to love our own human story.”"


The artists populating Village Ten are The Very Most, Canoe and Adam and Darcie. All wandering through sweet melodies of indiepop. With Village Green, a 6 track EP released early this week, their "super-friends" status creates new bonds that words cannot express (they are kind enough to share it with us, listeners). With each band covering two songs from the other two groups, what we end up getting sounds like a testament, a reassuring feeling of love, familiarity and appreciation.

Beautiful, smelling like leaves and nature, fresh and profound. The ending track, You're In Love With The Sun - originally by The Very Most and here performed by Adam and Darcie - is a tearjerker in its simplicity, minimalism and honesty. Again, a testament.
A special release put together by - no doubt - special people, that goes way beyond the idea of "covering someone else's music". It's true friendship proved by and in form of music.

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best for guests. jeremy jensen (the very most)

Jeremy Jensen is the founder of The Very Most, a band formed in 2002 in Boise, Idaho... they were, for a long time, "the only indie pop band in this Mountain West town of around 200.000".
For the past 10 years, the band released a number of albums and EPs filled with good old catchy and jangle indie pop. Timeless indie pop.

Their latest EP - Ununiversalizable Us - was released last month via Little Treasure.


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"Here's my list:

TOP 10 SONGS THAT WERE NEW TO ME IN 2012 BY IRISH ARTISTS

Mumblin' Deaf Ro  Cade Calf Call

Mumblin' Deaf Ro The Birdcage

Mumblin' Deaf Ro Cheer Up, Charlie Brown

Dott Let's Do It

Big Monster Love Free Gaff Forever

September Girls Hells Bells

Ginnels Gangs of Witches

At Last an Atlas Stars and Birds (Big Monster Love Cover)

Grand Pocket Orchestra Shitkicker

Girls Names The New Life

ununiversalizable us

THE VERY MOST UNUNIVERSALIZABLE US (little treasure, 2012)

I love the consistency of great tunes that The Very Most delivers... I mean, they're a band that I don't follow super super closely, but every time something new is released, I'm reminded of how good their playful, easygoing indiepop finesse can be.


Ununiversalizable Us is their latest and it was released last month via Spain's Little Treasure.



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