This might be a bad idea….

Will (drummer) and Brittany randomly decided to get together this past Saturday (April 13) and quickly film a simple, outdoor acoustic music video. We usually have crazy ideas, so naturally we decided to go ahead and try what seemed to be the strangest one…this involved Will looking quite ridiculous walking backwards while holding both an audio recorder and a video camera in his hands (he is AWESOME!!) Meanwhile, Brittany tried her best not to laugh every time Will almost walked backwards into a tree or branch. The guitar and vocals were done live (as you can tell by the sound of the leaves and branches we are stepping on as we go). We nailed the shot in under an hour and we were pretty pleased with the results!

Click HERE to watch the Foxboro music video!!!!

The song performed is called Foxboro…it’s working title was “Calm My Heart” but evolved into Foxboro after we decided the word “calm” looked like “clam”…which led us to the word “clam chowder”….which led us to think of New England…which led to the name Foxboro, which is a city in Massachusetts. Truly “Brittany Jean” of us.

The meaning of Foxboro: The story behind Foxboro, is the idea of a love story that starts in this life and continues to the next. Brittany has an odd, sometimes “morbid, yet hopeful” fascination with such ideas of love transcending through time. This song poses one of her biggest questions: What great love from this life on Earth will YOU see waiting for you if and when you reach the gates of Heaven? Will it be your first love, or will it be your last? Embarrassingly, Brittany admits that she often imagines the last scene from the movie “Titanic” when Rose dies and meets Jack at the staircase of what may be assumed as some kind of afterlife or Heaven. So, what happened to her lifelong husband, why isn’t he meeting her at the staircase?!?! Great question, stupid reference.

Foxboro (Lyrics)

On the other side of this,

I feel your warm breath

Steal a kiss, behind their eyes.

In another life,

Will I see you

Standing by the doorway, baby

There will be no seas between us

There will be no seams to keep us

Take my hand, is this just how it was supposed to be?

But I love you with divided heart

I love you with a love apart

But I fear, there’ll come a time for this to end.

On the other side of this,

I speak to crowds

I weave, I scream your name out loud.

In another life,

Will we run away?

Through Heaven, Hell can’t stay

Oh, be calm my heart

Just like my father taught me to

It’s much to bear

We both got into to here

Is this just how it’s supposed to be?

I love you with divided heart

I love you with a love apart

But I fear, there’ll come a time for this to end.

Oh, but I love you with my broken heart

And I love you with a love apart

And I fear, there’ll come a time for this to end.

Oh, be calm my heart

It’s time for this to end.

Oh, be calm my heart

It’s time for this to end.

The smoke, the snow

BrittanyJean has (fortunately) had quite the kick off to 2013! We were lucky enough to play an awesome show with friends Black Checker in early January. We also had the honor of performing at Jammin Java this past month- thanks to everyone who came out to support us! We had a great time and enjoyed the debut of our new somewhat “experimental” tunes. We have quite a few shows coming up, we will try to keep you more posted in the future!

New year, New music….getting interesting. :)

Hello 2013! Last year was a good one for our band, we released our second EP and played some awesome shows!!! However, 2013 is definitely looking fantastic already…we are starting to get busy with shows and writing new music. We look forward to seeing you all at some shows and we look forward to sharing our new music as well….as we have mentioned, it is getting a little interesting, mostly because our drummer has taken on the duty of playing both synth and drums at the SAME TIME awesome. Check out our shows below!! Happy new year!

January 11
SOVA showcase, solo acoustic
Set time: 11:00pm-11:30pm

January 14
Jammin Java 8:00pm
Vienna, VA

January 30
RLIFE live with Renaissance Hotels
Dupont Circle Hotel
6:00-9:00pm

February 2
Showcase at Epicure Cafe
Fairfax, VA

March 1
Show with the Silver Liners at the Blue Beetle
**details coming soon

March 5
Music Still Happens Here CD release show
IOTA Club and Cafe

Thank You!

We had such an amazing time with everyone at Evening Star Cafe. Thanks for making our EP release a huge success (and making copies fly off the shelf!)

We had all kinds of video and pictures after from everyone… here are a couple of our favorites

EP Release Show

Awesome.

Almost there!!

Our EP drops tomorrow!!! And our release show/party is this Wednesday!! We are beyond excited….so we made this movie: watch the Brittany Jean experience…

Firsts

September was filled with a lot of firsts for BrittanyJean….we rocked Epicure Cafe as a full band for the first time (w/special guest Heather Mae) with Brian and Brittany doing their first acoustic set together, and Brian also making his BrittanyJean debut on the piano.

The next week, we were lucky enough to play another show with our awesome friends Council Bluffs! We also received our first shipment of the new EP, which did not turn out quite as planned, so we are looking forward to the second shipment hahahaha….

This past weekend we ventured out to Ellicot City, MD for the MainSt Fest, where we performed our first acoustic full band set! We also had an impromptu photo shoot….with ALL three of us in the picture!! (a first!!!) Brittany is thrilled to no longer be alone! We also supported the PinkJams breast cancer benefit this weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe in DC, it was an amazing experience and we had so much fun! It was the bands first time venturing past our set time and list with no idea of what to play…but we did it!! Yay! Can’t wait for the CD release show later this month!

Done and done!

Wow, July went by fast. Well, we had a great time at the release show at IOTA for “music still happens here”…there are still several copies available, so let us know if you would like a copy!!

In other news, we are finally done tracking our second EP at Pick Up Productions. We cannot wait for its release and hope to have a venue and date soon!! Our next show will be Saturday, September 15 at Epicure Cafe in Fairfax…..www.epicurecafe.org

The Real Lincoln, Michigan

Wow, it has been a month….but thanks to Will (drummer) we have made the discovery of the free WordPress app for iPhones, making this blogging business much easier!

The band has been working hard in the studio (Pick Up Productions) on our second EP…we had a few set backs due to major storms and power outages, but have still managed to get about halfway through the recording process! We cannot wait to share our new music with YOU!

This week Britt traveled to the Detroit area to perform in a festival at the Wyandotte Street Art Fair…it was an awesome show and, of course, there was a trip or two to the Big Boy!

Our next show will be at Iota on July 22nd!! More details to come soon!