I met Jen McGrath earlier this year after responding to an ad she posted on the virtual wasteland that is craigslist.org. We hit it off the first time we jammed. We ran into a bit of a personal snag around March and got back in touch in June, deciding to give music another go after hitting a creative roadblock. We've been writing steadily since the summer.

We have over 50 song ideas at the moment, spanning various genres, tempos, and moods. Overall, we like to write dreamy, moody stuff, and we're heavily influenced by British alternative and indie rock bands. Some of Jen's biggest musical influences include Coldplay, Shadowgraphs, The Beatles, Daysleepers, Keane, and Crowded House. Some of my biggest musical influences include Minipop, Azure Ray, L'Altra, Jimmy Eat World and The Sundays. Together, Jen and I bring two different musical styles to the songwriting table, but somehow it gels and we're able to make songs we both enjoy listening to.

We plan on adding a lot more music to this page as the months progress. If all goes well, we should be finished with our CD by the end of 2009.

We thank you all for giving our music a chance among millions of myspace music profiles. We'd like to think we offer something meaningful and lasting, in a world full of disposable music.

-Chris / The Icicle Sound