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Jiffy
www.thisisjiffy.com| BAND MEMBERS | Lisa Douglass, Sara DeBell, Brandon Wicks, Andi Puzl |
| GENRE | Indie, Pop and Rock |
| SOUNDS LIKE | The Talking Heads, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Sloan, MGMT |
| INFLUENCES | The Strokes, Sloan, Flop, ABBA, The Who (early), The White Stripes, George Harrison, Tegan & Sara, Nirvana, Don & Phil, The Talking Heads |
| YEARS TOGETHER | 6 |
BIOGRAPHY
Jiffy is freewheeling musicianship, tight arrangements, a pop sensibility, and, always, those twin vocals bouncing off each other, pushing each other ahead. Jiffy is the simplicity of the White Stripes, the haunting voices of the Everlys, the rocky urgency of early Who, and the brains of Talking Heads.
Jiffy’s Sara DeBell and Lisa Douglass have nursed their musical compulsions since they were five years old. That’s when, 3,000 miles apart, they started pecking out advertising jingles and the songs of the day. It’s a curse that’s never lifted.
Sara has gone through the piano, the farfisa, and the organ (including lessons with a Polish gentleman and stints with a ukulele-playing ex-Vaudevillian), before finally settling on the synth. Personal highlight: dropping out of college, spending her student loan cash on a Moog, and moving into a spacious van.
Lisa’s first band was the imposing Steve and Steve, which consisted of Lisa on plastic guitar and her brother on Muppet Show drums. More traditional bands followed, all with a foundation of harmony and pop sensibilities. Key insight: Stage fright is not fatal.
They gave birth to Jiffy in Seattle in 2005, sticking their toes in the water after fitful years away from music. From the start, their music was confessional and scrappy. With harmony. And riffs. And pictures of cute cats. Now, Jiffy’s catalog is a showcase of songwriting and harmony, equal parts finesse and chops.
Jiffy tried not to make music. But they made it anyway. Then they didn't not
not make music. But in the end they just couldn't not not not make music. So they did.
Jiffy’s Sara DeBell and Lisa Douglass have nursed their musical compulsions since they were five years old. That’s when, 3,000 miles apart, they started pecking out advertising jingles and the songs of the day. It’s a curse that’s never lifted.
Sara has gone through the piano, the farfisa, and the organ (including lessons with a Polish gentleman and stints with a ukulele-playing ex-Vaudevillian), before finally settling on the synth. Personal highlight: dropping out of college, spending her student loan cash on a Moog, and moving into a spacious van.
Lisa’s first band was the imposing Steve and Steve, which consisted of Lisa on plastic guitar and her brother on Muppet Show drums. More traditional bands followed, all with a foundation of harmony and pop sensibilities. Key insight: Stage fright is not fatal.
They gave birth to Jiffy in Seattle in 2005, sticking their toes in the water after fitful years away from music. From the start, their music was confessional and scrappy. With harmony. And riffs. And pictures of cute cats. Now, Jiffy’s catalog is a showcase of songwriting and harmony, equal parts finesse and chops.
Jiffy tried not to make music. But they made it anyway. Then they didn't not
not make music. But in the end they just couldn't not not not make music. So they did.
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