The Great White Jenkins - Winter of Discontent

The Great White Jenkins
Winter of Discontent

Some cool indie pop tracks from a band called The Great White Jenkins. The songs are more on the mellow, folky side but have some nice instrumentation going on as opposed to a singer-songwriter vibe. “Winter of Discontent” has a nearly loungey feel at times but although there is that Oberst-quaver in the vocals it never turns into Bright Eyes (thankfully). The warm keyboards and kettle like drums add nice atmosphere to the song.

“Fishing Trawler” sounds a bit more expansive, like Belle and Sebastian at times. Strings and soft horns add a nice feel to the well balanced mix, and the instrumentation reminds me most of “large band” proponents such as Lambchop.

The band was originally started by Matt White and Andy Jenkins and now includes Nate Matthews. They’ve played with a number of recognizable indie bands, most notably Of Montreal. They have two albums, “Clementine” (2004) and “Where Is Thy Sting” (2005).

Sample tracks from The Great White Jenkins
Winter of Discontent - Clementine
Fishing Trawler - Where Is Thy Sting?

by Palebear