April Band of the Month: Gin Blossoms


Gin Blossoms are an American rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. The band rose to prominence following the 1992 release of its first major label album, New Miserable Experience, and the first single released from that album, "Hey Jealousy". "Hey Jealousy" became a Top 25 hit and went gold, and New Miserable Experience eventually went quadruple platinum; four other charting singles were released from the album. The band's follow-up album, Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996), went platinum, and the single "As Long as It Matters" was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Gin Blossoms broke up in 1997. After reuniting in 2001, the band released Major Lodge Victory in 2006, No Chocolate Cake in 2010, and Mixed Reality in 2018. The band is known as an alternative rock band, and its sound has also been described as jangle pop.

Gin Blossoms has been described as an alternative rock band and as a jangle pop band. According to Rolling Stone, the band excels at "marrying world-weary lyrics with ebullient melodies". In 2017, the Salina Journal described Gin Blossoms as a "Tempe, Ariz.-based indie band [acclaimed] by critics and fans alike for its chiming guitars, introspective lyrics and catchy pop-rock melodies", adding that "Gin Blossoms has maintained its longevity by being mostly a road band". The group is known for the "Mill Avenue sound", or "southwestern sound", similar to other bands from Arizona such as The Sidewinders, The Refreshments, The Meat Puppets, and Dead Hot Workshop.

Discography:
Dusted (1989)
Up and Crumbling EP (1991)
New Miserable Experience (1992) 
Shut Up and Smoke EP (1994)
Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996) 
Outside Looking In: The Best of the Gin Blossoms (1999)
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms (2003)
Major Lodge Victory (2006) 
Live in Concert (2009)
No Chocolate Cake (2010) 
Rarities (2010)
Icon (2011)
Mixed Reality (2018)

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