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Birth name
  
Jennifer Lynn Wasner

Role
  
Music performer

Name
  
Jenn Wasner


Years active
  
2003-present

Origin
  
Baltimore, Maryland

Record label
  
Merge Records

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Born
  
April 16, 1986 (age 38) Baltimore, Maryland (
1986-04-16
)

Genres
  
Indie rock, electronic, synthpop

Occupation(s)
  
Singer-songwriter, musician

Instruments
  
Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard

Music groups
  
Wye Oak (Since 2006), Dungeonesse

Albums
  
Civilian, The Knot, My Neighbor, Heyday

Similar People
  
Wye Oak, Andy Stack, Flock of Dimes, Dungeonesse, Alan Wilkis

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Jenn Wasner (stage name: Flock of Dimes) is one of the founding members of the band Wye Oak, from Baltimore, Maryland. Along with her friend Andy Stack, they have performed on tour with notable bands such as The National and The Decemberists. Wasner has completed numerous other music projects as well, including a solo project entitled Flock of Dimes, and a collaboration called Dungeonesse with Jon Ehrens of White Life and Art Department.

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Early life

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Wasner was born on April 16, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland. She began singing at an early age with her mother, and eventually started taking classical piano lessons at the around the age of five. At the age of twelve, her mom taught her how to play guitar, which led to the beginning of her songwriting career. By high school, Wasner had met Andy Stack, and begun playing music together. She continued to write music while away at college.

Music career

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After college, Wasner moved to the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore. Together with Stack, they formed a band under the name "Monarch", which was soon changed to be Wye Oak after the state tree of Maryland. After the release of their highly regarded work, Civilian in 2011, the group toured in the United States and Europe. Civilian was named the best album of 2011 by The A.V. Club, and was featured on television in the popular series The Walking Dead and in the film, Safety Not Guaranteed.

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When Wasner returned to Maryland in 2012 after touring with Dirty Projectors, she began work on the solo project, "Flock of Dimes" which experimented with new synths and electronic beats. The next year, she worked with Jon Ehrens of the Baltimore-pop group, White Life, on a new project labeled Dungeonesse.

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Stack and Wasner reunited to create the fifth major album Shriek, released in April 2014.

In 2016, Wasner is featured in a new concert series taking place at the Baltimore–Washington International Airport, where she will perform at the baggage claim of the terminal.

Dungeonesse

  • Dungeonesse - 2013
  • Studio albums

  • If You See Me, Say Yes - (2016, Partisan Records)
  • Singles

  • "Curtain" b/w "Apparition" (7" single) - 2012
  • Prison Bride (7" single) - 2012
  • "(This is Why) I Can't Wear White" / "15" - 2012
  • "Semaphore" (7" single) - (2016, Track 5 on If You See Me, Say Yes)
  • "Everything is Happening Today" (7" single) - (2016, Track 4 on If You See Me, Say Yes)
  • "Don't Dream It's Over / Everything is Free" (7" single) ft. Sylvan Esso - 2016
  • Studio albums

  • If Children (2007, self-released; 2008, Merge Records)
  • The Knot (2009, Merge Records)
  • Civilian (2011, Merge Records)
  • Shriek (2014, Merge Records)
  • Tween (2016, Merge Records)
  • Singles and EPs

  • Destroyer / Wye Oak split 7" single with Destroyer (2008, Merge Records)
  • My Neighbor / My Creator 12"/CD EP (2010, Merge Records)
  • "Strangers" 7" single (2011, Merge Records)
  • "Spiral" digital single (2011, Adult Swim)
  • "Trigger Finger" 7" single (2015, Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • References

    Jenn Wasner Wikipedia