The HeartSleeves
The HeartSleeves formed in 2007 when Jared Lucas Nathanson (vocals- Grits) and collaborator drinking buddy Wayne "Rhino" Flower (bass - The Halo Benders, Treepeople, Violent Green ) collided at high velocity with Jared's high school chum Joel "JG" Greenlee (sax), Joshua Lee Loomis (vocals, guitar, keys - The Great Buriers) and Ariel "R E L" Rejman (drums - The Great Buriers, Air and Space Museum) down at the Fenway practice space. Country fell into the funk, soul got some pop and jazz on it and the Chocolate got covered in peanut butter.
After a some gigs and an album (Dirt & Water), Wayne and Joel moved west as part of a bird watching expedition and were lost in a nasty street poet fight. Moving forward, but never forgetting their friends Jared, Joshua and R E L welcomed Ben Margolis (sax) and Robert Gilmore (bass - Air and Space Museum).
If Thomas Hart Benton and Lenny Bruce had a band with Percy Sledge and Orson Welles...... We would open for them... no cost
Tour Dates
Dirt & Water
- Pop, R&B/Soul
- The HeartSleeves
- 05/18/2009

Liner Notes: Born in the glory and pageant of the noble working cities of Boise, Cleveland, Schenectady, Boston and Syracuse, "The HeartSleeves" is the voice of the no frills sincerity of real world American life.
We write our songs live, in bubbling cauldrons of sound. We hammer and refine them into a melancholy powder of sweet painful regret and sprinkle it on hearty country funk pop. It's part of your complete breakfast.
This album is a tribute to the first 2 years of the band. I will always remember The HeartSleeves version 1.0 as a wonderful experience creatively and I will always remember these four men fondly for being such a vital part of it, even though there was drama and no place to park.
But that's Boston; drama and no place to park.
-Jared Lucas Nathanson
The HeartSleeves - Dirt & Water
Recorded by Doug at "The Den"
Mixed and Mastered by Josh Loomis
Symptoms of Rebellion / Written by: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar: Josh Loomis / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Learn To Live / Written by: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar: Josh Loomis / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Covert Vacations / Written by: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar, Backing Vocals: Josh Loomis / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Last Night / Written by: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar: Josh Loomis / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Marlowe's Lament / Written by: The HeartSleeves / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar, Keys, Backing Vocals: Josh Loomis / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Dirt & Water / Written by: The HeartSleeves / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar, Piano: Josh Loomis / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Ceramic Smile / Written by: Wayne Flower / Orchestration: Josh Loomis / Vocals, Guitar: Josh Loomis / Backing Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Saxophone: Joel Greenlee / Bass, Backing Vocals: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
Glory Pour Down / Written by: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Orchestration: The HeartSleeves / Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson / Guitar, Backing Vocals: Josh Loomis / Saxophone, Backing Vocals: Joel Greenlee / Bass, Backing Vocals: Wayne Flower / Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman
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Symptoms of Rebellion
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Learn To Live
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Covert Vacations
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Last Night
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Marlowe's Lament
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Dirt & Water
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Ceramic Smile
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Glory Pour Down