''Just Say Yes'' is the debut EP by the Narrative featuring six songs and produced by Bryan Russell. It was released independently on August 30, 2008.

Background

The Narrative started the recordings of ''Just Say Yes'' on 2007 to 2008 after the band meeting through the Craiglist Ad, in the apartment of Suzie Zeldin. According with Jesse Gabriel, the band took influences of

Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. The ...

and

Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Mesa, Arizona, in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach ...

to compose the sound of the EP. The band was helped by Bryan Russell in the development of its sound and direction of recordings.

Promotion and release

''Just Say Yes'' was released through the project The Record Collective on August 30, 2008. After its release, the EP was featured in the front page of

Myspace Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it w ...

and also on episodes of

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

's Reality TV Shows: ''Real World: Brooklyn'' and ''Real World: Cancun'', ''

Jersey Shore The Jersey Shore, commonly called the Shore by locals, is the coast, coastal region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The term encompasses about of shore, oceanfront bordering the Atlantic Ocean, from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Perth Amboy in the n ...

'',Jersey Shore ( Season 4 Ep.430) The Narrative song feature

/ref> TV Shows on

MTV2 MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American pay television Cable television, channel owned by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global, through PMN’s MTV Entertainment Group Subdivision. The channel launched initially as an all-music ...

, MTV's Canada

Peak Season Peak or The Peak may refer to: Basic meanings Geology * Mountain peak ** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics * Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion * Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...

as well on

VH-1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global's networks division based in New Yor ...

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...

's series Gigantic, TeenNick,

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly ''The National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as ''Nat Geo'') is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine ...

and

Starz Starz (stylized in all caps as STARZ; pronounced "stars") is an American pay television network owned by Starz Entertainment, and is the flagship property of Starz Inc. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of what is now Starz Encore, ...

. They also received a very positive unsigned showcase on Absolutepunk.net, or Enemies Unsigned VIP Band and named in the

AbsolutePunk ''AbsolutePunk'' was a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate (the most recent CEO). The website mainly focused on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it was known to featu ...

Top 100.

Critical reception

The EP received positive reviews at AbsolutePunk.netAbsolutePunk.net
Review – Just Say Yes Review. "If you do not love Just Say Yes upon first listen, then odds are you will by your fifth (and onto your thirtieth) for certain, as dissecting these little pop gems is as fun as getting lost in their surface grandeur."

Track listing

Personnel

The Narrative * Suzie Zeldin – vocals, keys * Jesse Gabriel – vocals, guitar Technical and production * Bryan Russell – producer at RedWire Audio * Mike Kalajian – mastering * Victoria Zeldin – backing Vocals * Charles Seich – drums * Brandon Strothman – bass * Ted Feldman – cello Visuals and imagery * Laura Berger – designer * Ian McAlister –

art direction Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to super ...

* Danica Selvaggio – design concept

Release history

References

External links

*
''Just Say Yes''
at

(streamed copy where licensed) {{DEFAULTSORT:Just Say Yes 2008 debut EPs The Narrative EPs