Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Name Jenny Youngs Website jennyowenyoungs.com | Labels Nettwerk Years active 2005–present | |
Born November 22, 1981 (age 42) ( 1981-11-22 ) Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, flute, tuba Role Singer-songwriter · jennyowenyoungs.com Education State University of New York at Purchase Genres Indie pop, Alternative rock, Indie folk Albums Batten the Hatches, An Unwavering Band of L, Transmitter Failure, Slack Tide, The Take Off All Your Clothes EP Profiles | ||
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Jenny Owen Youngs (born November 22, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter from Montclair, New Jersey. She has released three albums and a handful of EPs both independently and via Nettwerk Records. She has toured worldwide, headlining and also supporting artists such as Regina Spektor, Against Me!, Frank Turner, Motion City Soundtrack, and Streetlight Manifesto.
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- Jenny owen youngs born to lose official album version
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- Education and Early Years
- Co Writing and Recent Years
- An Unwavering Band Of Light
- Transmitter Failure
- Batten The Hatches
- Side Projects Touring and Other Releases
- Buffering The Vampire Slayer
- Personal life
- Singles
- EP
- References
Youngs is also a known songwriting collaborator whose cuts include "Miss America", which she wrote with Ingrid Michaelson and others for Michaelson's 2016 album It Doesn't Have to Make Sense, Pitbull's 2016 single "Bad Man", which was debuted at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and Bo Talks' 2017 debut single "Know U Anymore," which features Sarah Hyland.
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Education and Early Years
Youngs grew up playing the flute in elementary school and the tuba in junior high school. At age 14, her older step-brother told her that if she wanted to be in a band she needed to learn how to play the guitar. She graduated from State University of New York at Purchase with a degree in studio composition.
Co-Writing and Recent Years
In 2015, Youngs moved to Los Angeles where she is said to be working on her next album and co-writing with and for other artists. Youngs co-wrote "Golden Coast" and "Good Way" with Allison Weiss for Weiss' 2015 album New Love, "Miss America" with Ingrid Michaelson and others for Michaelson's 2016 album It Doesn't Have to Make Sense, Pitbull's 2016 single "Bad Man", which was debuted at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and Bo Talks' 2017 debut single "Know U Anymore," which features Sarah Hyland.
An Unwavering Band Of Light
On July 1, 2010, Youngs launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her third album and reached her goal of $20,000 in 28 hours. Her drummer, Elliot Jacobson, had his chest waxed as an incentive to reach the goal. The campaign ended on August 13, 2010 with a total of $38,543 and 646 backers. On February 7, 2012 the Kickstarter-backed third studio album, titled An Unwavering Band of Light was released.
Transmitter Failure
Youngs released her second album, Transmitter Failure, on May 26, 2009. She supported Regina Spektor in her 2009 tour promoting the album Far. She has collaborated with Xian Hawkins under the moniker Bell Horses, which resulted in the album This Loves Last Time (2009). In the fall of 2009, Youngs performed alongside Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Tim Barry, Joey Cape, Dave Hause, Frank Turner and several others as part of the 2009 Revival Tour.
Batten The Hatches
Youngs' album Batten the Hatches was recorded with borrowed equipment at SUNY-Purchase and self-released in 2005. In 2006, a song from that album, "Fuck Was I", appeared in the second season premiere of Showtime's Weeds, resulting in Batten the Hatches being re-released on April 10, 2007 with new artwork and an extra track ("Drinking Song") on the Canadian indie label Nettwerk. "Fuck Was I" was also released on Weeds: Music from the Original Series, Vol. 2.
Side Projects, Touring, and Other Releases
In December 2012, Youngs began her Exhibit project in which she visited a New York City museum one a week, recording a song inspired by her visit within the same week. The album was released on Bandcamp and consists of 8 tracks.
In January, 2013, she was announced to rejoin The Revival Tour, where she performed alongside Chuck Ragan, Rocky Votolato, Dave Hause, Jenny O., and Tim McIlrath of Rise Against.
In addition to her solo career, Youngs was a member of the band The Robot Explosion, a side project with fellow musicians and friends Bess Rogers, Andrew Futral, and Saul Simon-MacWilliams.
Youngs has toured with Vienna Teng, opening for the singer on the Green Caravan Tour, and opened for Aimee Mann at London's indigO2 on 27 July 2007. Youngs toured with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket in August 2007, and with Sean Hayes, with whom she co-headlined. She played in Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden in November and December 2007.
Youngs covered "Have You Forgotten" by Red House Painters for American Laundromat Records's charity CD "Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies" released in Spring 2010. In March 2010, Youngs toured with Bess Rogers and Allison Weiss on their 'Spring Break Forever Tour', after which she flew out to the United Kingdom to support Motion City Soundtrack on their London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow tour. She headlined a show at "Monto Water Rats" in London in April 2010.
Buffering The Vampire Slayer
In September 2016, Youngs launched the podcast Buffering The Vampire Slayer with her wife, Kristin Russo. The podcast discusses the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer one episode at a time, and each episode ends with an original recap song about the episode, penned by Youngs and Russo.
Personal life
On June 12, 2013, Youngs came out, announcing that she was "super gay", and that she was engaged to marry her girlfriend Kristin Russo. On August 25, 2013 they got married and live together in Los Angeles.