Jacob Starnes Ewald (born February 28, 1993) is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member, co-lead vocalist, and guitarist of the emo band Modern Baseball. He is also the lead vocalist and guitarist of the folk-rock band

Slaughter Beach, Dog Slaughter Beach, Dog is an indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed by former Modern Baseball co-lead vocalist Jake Ewald in 2014. Initially starting as one of Ewald's solo projects during his tenure with Modern Baseball, the gr ...

, a solo project he began while still active in Modern Baseball. In addition to his performance work, Ewald has contributed to various recordings as a producer and audio engineer.

Music career

Modern Baseball

Ewald, along with Bren Lukens, co-founded the band Modern Baseball in 2011. The duo were encouraged to start writing music together by Ewald's twin sister. Together they had released ''The Nameless Ranger'' that same year. In 2012, Lukens and Ewald began recording their debut album. There, they had met Ian Farmer, who produced the album. Both Farmer, and friend of the band Sean Huber, would join the band. ''

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'' released in late 2012 on

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. In 2014, the band would released their second album ''

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'' on

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, reaching No. 97 on the

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. In 2016, the band released their third and final studio album

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, reaching No. 53 on the Billboard 200. The band played their last three consecutive shows in Philadelphia. Ewald announced in an interview that they had no plans for any future shows in the foreseeable future.

Slaughter Beach, Dog

Ewald started

as a solo project after experiencing writer's block. Ewald self-recorded and self-released the project's debut EP ''Dawg'' in 2014. in 2016, Ewald released the project's debut album ''Welcome''. In 2017, shortly after Modern Baseball went on hiatus, the now band has released their second studio album, ''Birdie''. In 2019, the band had released their third studio album ''Safe And Also No Fear''. On December 24, 2020 the band released their fourth studio album ''At The Moonbase''. The album was written and recorded during the COVID-19 quarantine by Ewald. The band released ''Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling,'' their fifth studio album, on September 22, 2023.

Discography

With Modern Baseball *''

'' (2012) *''

'' (2014) *''

'' (2016) With Slaughter Beach, Dog * ''Welcome'' (2016) * ''Birdie'' (2017) * ''Safe and Also No Fear'' (2019) * ''At the Moonbase'' (2020) * ''Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling'' (2023)

References

{{reflist Living people 1993 births Musicians from Maryland