Hayley Jane and the Primates
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2009 | SELF
Music
Press
"A highly original, high spirited local rock group- lead vocalist, Hayley Jane, has a voice to die for."
- The Boston Arts Festival
"A highly original, high spirited local rock group- lead vocalist, Hayley Jane, has a voice to die for."
- The Boston Arts Festival
9:15p.m. rolls around and Hayley Jane and the Primates take the stage. The sparse crowd mills about, waiting in anticipation for what is sure to be one hell of a show. A raw, pungent smell of old sweat and stale beer perforates the silence.
The lead singer, Jane, smiles playfully into the eyes of some unseen lover residing in the back of the Middle East Upstairs. One by one the rest of the band follows her on stage, taking their places behind her. Jane introduces the band, and sets off into a vocal set that any diva would be jealous of.
Her band mates, a hodge podge of other Boston area bands, follow her stellar vocals as close as they can for the half hour they are allotted as the opening gig.
For its entirety, Hayley Jane belts heartfelt, quirky lyrics set to a crawling 1950's jazz and blues inspired soundtrack.
They are a tough act to follow. - Three Dudes Music Corner
9:15p.m. rolls around and Hayley Jane and the Primates take the stage. The sparse crowd mills about, waiting in anticipation for what is sure to be one hell of a show. A raw, pungent smell of old sweat and stale beer perforates the silence.
The lead singer, Jane, smiles playfully into the eyes of some unseen lover residing in the back of the Middle East Upstairs. One by one the rest of the band follows her on stage, taking their places behind her. Jane introduces the band, and sets off into a vocal set that any diva would be jealous of.
Her band mates, a hodge podge of other Boston area bands, follow her stellar vocals as close as they can for the half hour they are allotted as the opening gig.
For its entirety, Hayley Jane belts heartfelt, quirky lyrics set to a crawling 1950's jazz and blues inspired soundtrack.
They are a tough act to follow. - Three Dudes Music Corner
Discography
Debut Album
"Color Me" released May 25th
"Color Me is brilliant, brave, innocent, tangled and cutting edge...genius." -Scarlet's Picks
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Bio
Hayley Jane and the Primates deliver a genre-bending sound that is hard to define and a live performance that has started to create a serious buzz in the Northeast. The Primates music draws inspiration from a variety of styles, including 60s/70s rock and pop, old musical theater, folk, blues, soul, reggae, psychedelic, funk, bluegrass, and country. Their catchy songs have been praised by a wide range of music lovers for successfully combining a diverse sound with clever, over-the-top lyrics and Vaudevillian style storytelling. However you decide to categorize the Primates musically, their on-stage energy, skilled musicianship, theatrics, and group improvisation will take you over a landscape of emotion that will leave you wanting more.
In May 2012, The Primates released their first EP entitled Color Me, which has been described as brilliant, brave, innocent, tangled and cutting edgegenius -Scarlets Picks
Other Press:
"A highly original, high spirited rock group" -The Boston Arts Festival-
"Hayley Jane belts heartfelt, quirky lyrics set to a crawling 1950's jazz and blues inspired soundtrack." - Three Dudes Music Corner
California native, Hayley Jane, creates her over the top lyrics and larger than life performance by mixing Vaudevillian style story telling with Americana roots. Her band of Primates is no stranger to the theater either. They have graced the stage at The Calderwood Theater, The Huntington Theater and the city of Boston has invited The Primates to perform multiple times at Bostons Government Center and the citys First Night New Years Eve celebration. Hayley Jane and the Primates continue to find ways to bring old and new together to create a unique theatrical spectacle that is certainly all their own.
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