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"Pocket Vinyl brings powerful, piano based rock constructed around Eric Stevenson’s intricate songwriting, energetic musicianship and smooth vocals...Pocket Vinyl is as much about the visual experience as it is about the music; Elizabeth Jancewicz, on stage artist and wife of Stevenson, completes the second half of this duo. Accompanying Stevenson and his piano on stage, Jancewicz trades instrument for paintbrush, creating an original work of art at every show. These paintings, often character based and always vibrantly colorful, bring the music to life in front of your eyes." - hub-bub.com
"Pocket Vinyl sounds like powerful, piano based rock constructed around Eric Stevenson’s intricate songwriting, energetic musicianship and smooth vocals. As if that’s not enough, there is so much more to this band than meets the ear. Pocket Vinyl is as much about the visual experience as it is about the music; Elizabeth Jancewicz, on stage artist and wife of Stevenson, completes the second half of this duo. Accompanying Stevenson and his piano on stage, Jancewicz trades instrument for paintbrush, creating an original work of art at every show. These paintings, often character based and always vibrantly colorful, bring the music to life in front of your eyes." - lastfret.com
"Art and music found true love in the marriage of Eric Stevenson and Elizabeth Jancewicz......The band’s 2011 release, Monsters Talking, is punctuated with trills of piano and dramatic vocals that verge on the operatic in instances. Stevenson can make a piano clang or sweetly sing a ballad, and with Jancewicz, the two make sweet, sweet music (and art)." - A.V. Club Indianapolis
Discography
2008 - Christmas (EP)
2010 - Protagonist (LP)
2010 - PV EP (EP)
2011 - Monsters Talking (LP)
2011 - It Never Snows on Christmas Anymore (Single)
2012 - Give, Reach (Single)
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Bio
Let's keep this simple: Pocket Vinyl is primarily a story of love. Eric Stevenson and Elizabeth Jancewicz met in 2009 and starting dating in early 2010. They went on their first tour in the summer of 2010 showcasing their unique show which includes a man who hits, beats, and slams a piano with his blistered fingers while a woman (a very beautiful woman) creates a brand new painting each night. Every show was different, and each show memorable to those who came.
They now call Norwich, CT their home. Since that first tour, they've played over 150 shows is nearly every state east of the Mississippi River, and even quite a few beyond that. Their t-shirts and CD packaging are all hand-made. They've created 9 stop animation music videos (so far), 4 on-the-road documentaries (so far), 2 full length albums, 2 EPs, plus a few singles. They book, manage, and create everything themselves, and are incredibly proud of that fact.
Whether they're playing for 2 or 2000 people, they always bring their intensity and art 100%.
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