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Hey Now Now by The Cloud Room

Artist Biography For The Cloud Room

The Cloud Room Named After The Prohibition-Era Speakeasy At The Top Of The Chrysler Building Is An American Band Based In Brooklyn New York In 2004. The Group Comprises J Stuart Vocals/guitar Jason Pharr Drums Ben Nugent Keyboardist And Jon Petrow Bass . Drawing On The Cool But Insistent Sounds Of 80's Post-Punk Acts Such As Echo And The Bunnymen Joy Division And Bauhaus In A Style Not Unlike Such Contemporaries As Interpol The Kaiser Chiefs And Bloc Party Brooklyn's The Cloud Room Became A Buzz Band When Their Superb Single "Hey Now Now" Became A Sensation On College Radio And Music Blogs In Both America And The UK But Being An Indie Release Had Difficulty Getting Airplay On Commercial American Radio. The Cloud Room Are Led By Guitarist And Singer J Who Was Born In San Jose California And Came To New York City To Work In Independent Filmmaking Having Been Promised A Job Working On A Hal Hartley Project It Was Given To An NYU Student At The Last Minute . J Continued To Work On The Margins Of The Movie Business But Never Lost Interest In His First Love Music. In 2004 J Suffered A Health Crisis And Was Forced To Wait Eighteen Days For The Results Of An HIV Test. Distraught J Began Working On Songs One Of Which Was "Hey Now Now" When He Got The Good News That His Test Came Back Negative An Overjoyed J Decided To Focus His Energies On Music. Unhappy With The Musicians He'd Been Working With J Recruited Bassist Jonathan Petrow And Drummer Jason Pharr From A Friend's Band Morris Air Later Known As Public And Hired David H Guitar And Steven Milton Keyboards Through Ads On Craig's List. Names For A Prohibition-Era Private Nightclub Located Near The Top Of A Manhattan Skyscraper The Cloud Room's Demos Soon Attracted The Attention Of The New York-Based Independent Label Gigantic Music And In 2005 They Sent The Band Into The Studio With Producer Chris Zane To Record Their Self-Titled Debut Album Which Earned Rave Reviews From Hipster Music Journals As Well As Mainstream Publications Such As Spin Rolling Stone And The New York Times. Mark Deming All Music Guide In December 2008 The Cloud Room Wrote A Song For A Christmas Compilation Called 'An Indiecater Christmas' Which Was Put Out By Indiecater Records.

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