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Years active
  
2007–present

Name
  
Dent May


Role
  
Singer

Record label
  
Paw Tracks

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Occupation(s)
  
Musician, songwriter, producer

Instruments
  
Guitar, piano, sampler, synthesizer, ukulele

Labels
  
Paw Tracks, Forest Family, Cats Purring

Website
  
www.dentmay.com catspurring.com

Education
  
Jackson Preparatory School

Albums
  
Warm Blanket, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, Do Things, A Brush With Velvet

Genres
  
Psychedelic pop, Synthpop, Indie rock, New Wave

Similar People
  
Pell, New Wet Kojak, Panda Bear, Animal Collective, Bass Drum of Death

Profiles

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Dent May born James Dent May Jr. is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He is mostly associated with psychedelic pop, synthpop, indie rock, and new wave genres of music.

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Biography

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May was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He attended Jackson Prep, NYU Film School and Ole Miss, where he studied English and Southern Studies and found inspiration in the music of Serge Gainsbourg and Lee Hazlewood. May was also a member of a Mississippi power pop group called The Rockwells.

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He is signed to the Paw Tracks label which has released The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (2009), Do Things (2012) and Warm Blanket (2013). May was chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival 2011. May co-founded the self-described "North Mississippi Infotainment Cult" known as Cats Purring, which operates out of the Cats Purring Dude Ranch in Oxford, Mississippi.

Albums

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  • 2009: The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (Paw Tracks)
  • 2012: Do Things (Paw Tracks)
  • 2013: Warm Blanket (Paw Tracks)
  • 2017: Across the Multiverse
  • Singles

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  • 2007: "Meet Me in the Garden" (7", Make Mine)
  • 2010: "That Feeling" (7", Forest Family Records)
  • 2011: "Fun" (7", Paw Tracks)
  • 2013: "Born Too Late" (Paw Tracks)
  • 2014: "I'll Be Stoned For Christmas"
  • 2016: "Face Down in the Gutter of Your Love"
  • 2017: "Picture on a Screen"
  • 2017: "90210"
  • 2017: "Across the Multiverse (feat. Frankie Cosmos)
  • References

    Dent May Wikipedia