
Hospital Ships bring to mind bands like Islands or Death Cab for Cutie due to the vocalists occasionally shimmers of Ben Gibbard esque vocal qualities. The band is the bedroom project of Jordan Geiger, former member of Shearwater and a personal favorite of mine The Appleseed Cast. Full length, Lonely Twin is coming soon via Graveface and a 73 for is available now . Check out two tracks below and the video for "Reprise" after the jump. Mp3: Hospital Ships - Honey Please [...]

" Jordan Geiger comes packing a sturdy CV - singing and songwriting in Minus Story , playing trumpet and keyboard for Shearwater - and the Hospital Ships material shows it." – Stereogum ( LINK ) Set to perform with Shearwater and Black Moth Super Rainbow this fall is none other than Hospital Ships , the newly formed band by Jordan Geiger of Minus Story . His scattered east coast dates are to promote his debut Oh, Ramona [...]

Jordan Geiger, cantante degli ottimi Minus Story e trombettista e tastierista degli Shearwater , ha scelto il titolo di una canzone dei Flaming Lips per farsi conoscere come artista solista e ha affidato alla piccola label di Chicago Graveface il proprio esordio sulla lunga distanza, intitolato "Oh, Ramona". Mixato da John Congleton (Explosions In The Sky, Modest Mouse, The Mountain Goats, The Polyphonic Spree) "Oh, Ramona" è un album indie pop a bassa fedeltà che si fa amare sin dalla sua prima nota ed è un acquisto imprescindibile per chi annovera i Neutral Milk [...]

minus story 's jordan geiger has an upcoming solo album called oh, ramona , recorded under his hospital ships moniker. that's a story of its own, taken from the opening song off the flaming lips' clouds taste metallic . "the abandoned hospital ship" opens as a familiarish wayne coyne ballad, but it doesn't really hit your future head until it reaches guitars and drums kick in, surrounded by wails, chimes and fuzz in whichever order you wish. that sets a proper context for looking at hospital ships' "the shot i drank", a song that also stands [...]