Fan of Longfellow
Sunday, March 13th, 2005
Indie band Longfellow out of Athens, Ohio just released a new album, “Jangling Tea Trolley”, which is their best effort yet. To complement the CD release, I designed a new website for them at www.longfellowfan.com. It’s definitely still a work in progress, but it has essentials like show listings, message forums, and online orders through PayPal. Props to PayPal for their developer-friendly integration. I literally threw the ordering together in one night. I plan to write my own shopping cart for better integration soon.
These guys are music geeks, and enjoy the technical aspects of music. There’s a nice writeup on them at The Post Online. Their sound is hard to describe, but it’s something like atypical acoustic pop with similarities to Jack Johnson, Ben Folds, and Dave Mathews. (Of course, there are sample tracks of their CD on the website if you want to check them out.) Full disclosure: the band’s primary vocalist, Nick Long, is a cousin of mine!