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Jeannine Durfee

HOMETOWN

Brooklyn, New York

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Cabin
Hominy Ears?
Mites
Stick Insect (Theme)
The Whale Eye

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STICK INSECT at My Space

DESCRIPTION

Stick Insect is the moniker for Jeannine Durfee's solo songs. She has recorded with Phil Krauth and Viva Satellite! as well as being a member of the Gazeteers and the Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers. Her double bass guitar sound is sometimes reminiscent of Flin Flon but enters quite another stratosphere with the inspiration of Japanese pop music.

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THE GAZETEERS

THE SISTERHOOD OF CONVOLUTED...

Jeannine
"Good to see you"
[photo by Paul Jansen]

Jeannine
playing the bass guitar

Jeannine
[photo by unknown]

Jeannine
[self-portrait]

SOMETIMES COLLABORATORS

Rob Christiansen,

Jessica Weil

STICK INSECT CARESHEET

HABITAT

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

MARKINGS

Two sets of basses, two sets of drums (fast, fast, drums), glockenspiel, keyboard, and girl singers.

LIFECYCLE

Hatched as a recording project of Jeannine Durfee - member of Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers (Teen-Beat/Darla/555) - Stick Insect grew and transformed into a live band (exciting to watch) before entering a cocoon in preparation for its next transformation. Prior to the Sisterhood, Durfee was known to the Washington D.C. / Teen-Beat music scene for appearances on records by Andrew Beaujon (Eggs), Viva Satellite, and Phil Krauth (Unrest). She has also been a member of The Gazetteers (Magic Marker/ salt in Wound).

BEHAVIOUR

Stick Insect is recognized by its typically fast, tight drumbeats and large, layered bass sounds, balanced by infectious glockenspiel and vocal melodies. The overall effect is hard-hitting and direct, but coy.

PRESS

"By stripping her delivery of anything resembling seductiveness (which would imply a scheming calculation, a knowingness that thwarts innocence), Durfee is able to project a guileless yearning that is easy to sympathize with, easy to assume as an expression of your own hopes if you were so inclined."
- Splendid E-Zine

"Her fragile style makes the song's message of empowerment that much stronger."
- All Music Guide

DISCOGRAPHY

ALBUMS

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COMPILATIONS

555CD55
2004 Teenbeat Sampler
Teen-Beat 20th Commemorative
Teen-Beat Subscribers' CD, 2006
Teen-Beat No.1 Record Label

ALSO

Teen-Beat's 21st Anniversary

RELATED

The Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers

SONGS

Cabin
Cabin IV
Crash
Eyes of a Fly
Guilty
Hominy Ears
How Many Years?
Insect
Mites
Morning Coffee
Octopodes
Sexob
Stick
Stick Insect (Theme)
The Whale Eye
Who Knows Who You Are