YEARLONGDAY is an electro-acoustic alt-pop project based in new jersey, usa that centers around jonathan t marlowe, the lead vocalist, guitarist, & songwriter. prior to forming yearlongday, jonathan t marlowe wrote three solo albums: HUMANS (2000), MODERN MOMENTS (2002), and UTOPIA (2005).
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various other musicians have contributed to YEARLONGDAY. in october 2006, leah l’orange united with jonathan t marlowe to provide vocal harmonies and light percussion, both in live performances & recordings. BEST EXCUSES, the debut studio album from this line-up, was released in july 2009.
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in 2008 and 2009, weston rinker & dave parkhurst added drums & bass to YEARLONDAY’s stage line-up. in 2010, that combination of musicians & instruments was changed to john shaughnessy on drums and steve goldstein on lead guitar. no studio recordings were made with these members.
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in 2011, yearlongday took a year’s respite from live performance to focus on research & development of forthcoming projects. the results included: “restored” versions of the original marlowe trilogy, a 2000-2010 ‘best of’ album, plans for a book, over 12 new recordings, and a new stage line-up.