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The Jellybricks

With the classic rock band structure becoming an increasingly rare chart presence on American charts in the 21st century, the Jellybricks might come across as relics of a different era. But the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania quartet -- two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer, all of whom offer vocals -- also tap into the genre’s more timeless aspects, recalling variants of rock from British invasion classicism and post-MTV alternative to that blissful cosmic style known as power pop. And their tenacity pays off: their seventh and eighth albums, 2019’s Some Kind of Lucky and 2025’s Dreaming in Stereo, have been among their most high profile, thanks to the label support of a stalwart member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.Singer/guitarist Larry Kennedy, a native of Youngstown, Ohio initially plotted The Jellybricks as an outlet for his songcraft. He soon found a kindred spirit in bassist Garrick Chow (who also happened to be an engineer at a local studio); guitarist Bryce Connor and drummer Laine Wehler soon filled out the ranks. Debut Kinky Boot Beast, released in 1997, spun off a local radio recurrent called “Who is God” that quickly earned some national play, and The Jellybricks found themselves a go-to support act for a bumper crop of alternative rock acts from the Goo Goo Dolls to Live. They followed up with sophomore album SoapOpera in 1999, which would be Wehler's last album with the group, owing to a sleep disorder that made touring particularly challenging for him. Two tracks from SoapOpera, “Speechless” and “Bittersweet Day,” would be included on the second and third volume of the long-running power-pop showcase International Pop Overthrow.The Jellybricks would not re-emerge until 2004’s Power This, their first album with drummer Tom Kristich. Over the next decade, their albums would begin to feature writing from each member, and they’d open for bands like Fountains of Wayne and Barenaked Ladies. Third album Goodnight to Everyone followed in 2008, but it was an EP, 2012’s Suckers, that changed the group’s prospects for the better. That set’s lead track, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide,” got on the radar of E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, who’d been hosting a syndicated radio series, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, since 2002. He featured the song in prime rotation as the “Coolest Song in the World”; “About the Weekend,” off 2014’s Youngstown Tune-Up, earned the same recognition.By the time The Jellybricks re-emerged again with 2019’s Some Kind of Lucky, Van Zandt was endorsing the group even more heavily, signing them to his Wicked Cool label. The imprint also issued 2025’s Dreaming in Stereo, a long-awaited effort recorded partly in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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