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Brad Hibbs Wyman (born May 13, 1963) is an American film producer, best known for producing Monster (2003). His first film was White of the Eye, and later worked on Freeway, Trees Lounge, The Dark Backward, The Chase, Tiptoes and Barb Wire. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
TV Girl is an American indie pop band from San Diego, California, consisting of Brad Petering, Jason Wyman, and Wyatt Harmon. [2][3] The band released its first three EPs in 2010 and a mixtape in 2012. It followed this with its debut album, French Exit, in 2014.
They had begun very suddenly, without fanfare, featuring 19-year-old Jordana Nye on the bass and electric guitar, Wyatt Harmon on piano, Jason Wyman on drums and the inimitable Brad Petering on lead guitar and vocals.
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- Discography
- Concert tours
- References
TV Girl is a Los Angeles-based American indie pop band, currently consisting of Brad Petering, Jason Wyman, and Wyatt Harmon. The band was originally founded in 2010 at San Diego, California. Their music is mainly described as indie pop, sometimes "hypnotic pop", or something “you can sing along to, but wouldn’t sing around your parents”.
The band received popularity around 2021, and is currently most known for their first 2 studio albums, French Exit and Who Really Cares.
2010-2013: Early beginnings, Our First 2 EPs, Blurry Girls, The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle, and Lonely Women
In the early years of TV Girl, Trung Ngo would be one of the lead singers of the band and 3 extended plays, 1 mixtape, and 3 singles were released. The band released their self-titled debut extended play in 2010, which included one of their songs, "If You Want It", which eventually became popular. The song was later taken down by Warner Music Group after the band tried to clear their heavy sampling of Todd Rundgren’s ‘Hello It’s Me’. The band then refused Warner’s money request. In 2011, the song was removed from the band's Bandcamp page. In the same year, the band released another EP, Benny and the Jetts, which includes songs as "Benny and the Jetts" and "Your Own Religion". In May of 2012, their debut full-length mixtape, The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle, was released with a downloadable activity book. The mixtape would have been their debut studio album, but the band felt that the term "mixtape" sounded appropriate. Singles such as "Girls Like Me", "Diet-Coke", and "Average Guy (Blame)" were also released at the time. Vanstravaganza 2012, was a fundraiser to get the band their first touring van. One of the prizes for donation would be "unreleased demos". Those "unreleased demos" ended up being Blurry Girls, their first compilation album, which consisted of unreleased songs and demos. Though it had been considered a "lost album" for a huge amount of time, the entire album was found a decade later. Their second compilation album, Our First 2 EPs, is a reissue of their first 2 extended plays, including the removed track from their debut extended play in the download. After their compilation release, their third extended play, Lonely Women, was released in 2013 and was written, recorded, and produced entirely by the band. The EP was also released on streaming platforms, but didn't get as much attention until about 2014.
2014-2017: French Exit, Our First 3 EPs, and Who Really Cares
In 2014, the band's debut studio album French Exit was released, which began a new era for the band. The album contains "12 songs about lost lust, too much love and not enough". It received positive reviews, some calling it "remarkably solid" and "one of the most focused indie-pop albums of the [2010s]". The album received popularity a few years later, as well as their succeeding album, Who Really Cares. A compilation/reissue of the band's first 3 extended plays, Our First 3 EPs, was released in 2015, and also included the "Girls Like Me" 7" single and three demos. This would be their final compilation album featuring past projects. The band released "Natalie Wood" in 2015, which includes two songs that were recorded but excluded from their second studio album, Who Really Cares. In 2016, their second studio album Who Really Cares was released on February 2016. It is "an album about sex, or lack thereof, and its consequences, or lack thereof" and contains 10 tracks, and contains songs like "Taking What's Not Yours", "Song About Me", and "For You" which eventually would become hit songs a few years later. The album also received popularity and positive reviews and is often referred as the band's "best album".
2018-2020: 2 new collaborative albums, Death of a Party Girl, postponed tour, and fourth extended play
In 2018, TV Girl released a collaborative album with Madison Acid, Maddie Acid's Purple Hearts Club Band. On May 8 of the same year, Death of a Party Girl, TV Girl's third studio album, was released and includes songs like "Blue Hair" and "Cynical One", both of which were promoted in music videos. In 2020, the band announced that they would be going on tour in support of the "6-and-a-half year anniversary" of French Exit. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour dates were later postponed to later dates. On May 1, 2020, the band released their fourth extended play, The Night in Question: French Exit Outtakes, which features songs recorded during the French Exit sessions that did not make it into the final release of the album. On August 13, 2020, Aestheticadelica was released and is a collaborative album by BLOODbath64 and TV Girl, then announcing 2 months later that cassettes for the album would be available to purchase.
Influences
TV Girl frequently samples songs and media from the 1960s in their music. An example of this is seen in the song "Lovers' Rock," where the backing track is created from a looped sample of the intro to the Shirelles' single "The Dance is Over", which was originally released in 1960. In a post to Reddit, Petering writes he "..never gets tired of seeking out old and obscure music. I listen to lots of music and I find my loops and sounds that way."
Musical style and songwriting
TV Girl is generally regarded as indie pop, or sometimes as hypnotic pop. Similarly to trip hop, the band blends elements of hip hop and electronic music. This is due to their use of sampling, keyboards, and reverb effects. The duo was upset when their music was labeled "sundrenched California pop," pointing out that there are no lyrical allusions in their music that warrant the title. Lyrically, a majority of TV Girl's discography revolves around love and relationships. One example of this could be the song “Lover's Rock”, a love ballad named after the reggae sub-genre of lover's rock. Their subject matter is nostalgic and sad, but simultaneously sarcastic and humorous. Some motifs in the band's lyrics include women, heartbreak, cynicism, memories, cigarettes, hair, women's first names (Louise, Anjela, Valerie, etc.), and loneliness.
Branding
The band primarily uses the Gotham font (Bold or Ultra), with permission from font creators, for most of their branding. The font is usually seen/used on their past album covers, vinyl records, trademark logo, t-shirts, tour posters, and liner notes.
Studio albums
•French Exit (2014) •Who Really Cares (2016) •Death of a Party Girl (2018) •Grapes Upon the Vine (2023)
•French Exit 6.5 Year Anniversary Tour
•Isles Tour 2022
•Euro Tour
•Untitled Euro tour
•Untitled US tour
•All Ages Summer Tour 2015
Aug 19, 2023 · Had the chance to catch up with Brad Petering and Jason Wyman of America’s favorite indie band, TV Girl. Having released several records and garnering a cult following over the years, during the pandemic they were found by the TikTok crowd.
TV Girl are an American band self-releasing music under the indie pop genre, sometimes referred as "hypnotic pop". The band was founded in 2010 at San Diego, California, and currently consists of band members Brad Petering (lead vocals), Jason Wyman (drums), and Wyatt Harmon (keyboard); usually with Jordana as a tour member.
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