Sparring Partners

ìSparring Partnersî is the latest project from Oakland based songwriter
Eben Henner and vocalist Jennifer Hosler. Eben has been around the bay
area for the last decade playing and recording in such bands as the
Cables and Small Wonder as well as developing his solo work. Jen was
trained as a vocalist as a teen, but is a relative newcomer to playing
original music.

The two met 2 years ago and instantly became partners,
but not necessarily musically. The music part came from a desire to
make some real vocal oriented music and leave the standard rock band
format behind. Noticing that Jen could actually sing by hearing her in
the shower and singing karaoke, Eben decided to get her singing on some
of his songs. The result is a harmony laden sound that draws as much
influence from Duke Ellington as it does PJ Harvey.

Sparring Partners : try try try.mp3
(see them live at the Brainwash in San Francisco Sunday Sept. 5th @ 8 -bring a load of laundry and kill two birds at once!)