Harry and the Potters discography

Harry and the Potters discography

Harry and the Potters performing in June 2010.
Studio albums 3
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 1
EPs 7

Harry and the Potters are an American wizard rock and indie rock band formed in Norwood, Massachusetts in 2002 by brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge. They have released three studio albums, six extended plays and one compilation album on Eskimo Laboratories.

Their eponymous debut studio album, Harry and the Potters, was released in 2003 followed by a short EP titled Mail Songs #1. They released their second studio album, Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!, in 2004. The band released their third studio album, Power of Love and two extended plays - Scarred for Life and a split with the Zambonis - in 2006. They released their fourth extended play, The Enchanted Ceiling, in 2007. The band released their fifth extended play, In the Cupboard, in 2008 and released their sixth extended play, Live at the Yule Ball, in late 2009. In late 2010, the band released their seventh EP and first remix album entitled "Remixes".

Albums

Mail Songs #1

Mail Songs #1
EP by Harry and the Potters
Released October 2003
Recorded October 5, 2003
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock
Label Eskimo Laboratories

Mail Songs #1 is the first extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released on 3½-inch floppy disk in October 2003 by independent record label, Eskimo Laboratories. It was limited to 20-30 copies, all of which were sent to people who sent the band fanmail. Two songs, "Bertie Botts" and "Rocking at Hogwarts" were later released on Priori Incantatem. The version of "Diagon Alley" that appears of "Priori Incantatem" is a different version.[1]

Harry and the Potters

Harry and the Potters
Studio album by Harry and the Potters
Released 21 June 2003
Recorded April—May 2003 at the DeGeorge family living room
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock, emo[2]
Length 38:27
Label Eskimo Laboratories

Harry and the Potters is the eponymous debut studio album by indie rock band Harry and the Potters, released on 21 June 2003.[3][4] The album was inspired by the first four novels in the Harry Potter book series.[5] It has been released on CD and digital download. In April 2003, the brothers wrote an entire album's worth of songs.[5] The brothers split songwriting responsibilities between the two of them: Joe was responsible for songs dealing with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, whereas Paul was responsible for songs dealing with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.[5] Harry and the Potters was recorded at the DeGeorge Family Living Room in Massachusetts.[6] According to Melissa Anelli, Paul wrote the majority of the instrumental tracks on his Casio keyboard, whereas Joe conceptualized most of the vocal tracks.[5] Vocalist Paul DeGeorge later said, "We were pretty much writing songs and then recording them on the spot".[7] This statement emphasizes the band's do-it-yourself amateurishness as an essential aspect of the album.[8] In recording Harry and the Potters, the band aimed to release the album shortly before the fifth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released.[9] According to Paul, "We were in a rush to get that stuff done before the 5th book release" and this instinct supports claims it took only two weekends to record the album.[10] Despite the band's purported rush to finish the album, Paul and Joe worked particularly hard on the song "These Days are Dark."[5] Paul DeGeorge used $1,200 of his own money to finance the pressing of the CDs.[5]

Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!

Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love

Scarred for Life

Untitled split EP with The Zambonis

The Enchanted Ceiling

The Enchanted Ceiling
EP by Harry and the Potters
Released July 2007
Recorded DeGeorge Family Living Room, March 2007[15]
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock
Length 13:45
Label Eskimo Laboratories
Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club

The Enchanted Ceiling is the fourth extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in July 2007 by independent record label, Eskimo Laboratories. The album was primarily inspired by the first two novels in the Harry Potter book series. It was released in a limited run of 1000CDs as the Wizard Rock EP of the Month for July 2007.[15] It was later released for digital download. After three albums, Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters decided to start a subscription-based Wizard Rock EP of the Month club. During March 2007, the brothers decided to record write as many songs as possible and record them in one weekend.[12] The brothers recorded the songs in their living room. The album was later released on July 2007 through the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club.[15]

Some of the songs on the EP were actually written before March 2007: "Harry Potter" was written on the band's very first tour and a demo of "Rocking at Hogwarts" was featured on the band's Mail Songs #1.[16] The demo of the latter contains the first recorded mention of the term "wizard rock."[1]

In the Cupboard

In the Cupboard
EP by Harry and the Potters
Released July 2008
Recorded DeGeorge Family Basement May 14–16, 2008
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock, punk rock, post-hardcore
Length 16:22
Label Eskimo Laboratories
Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club

In the Cupboard is the fifth extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in July 2008 by independent record label, Eskimo Laboratories. It was released in a limited run of 1250CDs for the Wizard Rock EP of the Month in July 2008.[12][15][17] After three albums, and several EPs, including one from the Wizard Rock EP of the Month club, Harry and the Potters decided to record another EP for the EP of the Month Club. On May 14–16, the brothers wrote an EPs worth of songs. The brothers recorded the extended play in their parents' basement, capturing the songs on a Portastudio TASCAM 424.[12] According to Paul DeGeorge, the album is mainly "about weird inconsistencies and silly nitpicking [in the Harry Potter novels]."[12][18]

Fourteen songs were recorded, but only ten songs were included. The songs "My New School," "Unicorn Blood," "Touch the Brains," and "Maybe Kreacher Will Bring Me a Sandwich" were later released on the compilation album Priori Incantatem. Paul DeGeorge later stated that the songs didn't feel right for the EP.[1]

Priori Incantatem

Priori Incantatem
Compilation album (Double) by Harry and the Potters
Released 22 May 2009
Recorded 2002–2009
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, emo
Length 73:02
Label Eskimo Laboratories

Priori Incantatem is the first double and compilation album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released by record label Eskimo Laboratories in May 2009. The album is a collection of the band's previously unreleased songs, compilations appearances, songs from their out-of-print EPs, remixes and demos.[19] The first disc was released on the CD format and for digital download, whereas the second disc was released exclusively on the CD format.[20]

It was released in a limited run of 1000CDs; disc one was later released for digital download.[21] Previously unreleased songs "Diagon Alley" and "The Wrath of Hermione" were recorded during Harry and the Potters sessions.[1]

Sonorus Cassette series

Harry and the Potters at the Yule Ball

Harry and the Potters at the Yule Ball
EP (Live) by Harry and the Potters
Released December 2009
Recorded December 2008
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock
Length 76:41
Label Eskimo Laboratories
Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club

Harry and the Potters at the Yule Ball is the sixth extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in December 2009 by independent record label Eskimo Laboratories as a CD/DVD combo in a limited run of 1000 copies.[12] The album was recorded live at the Fourth Annual Yule Ball. It was selected as the Wizard Rock EP of the Month for December 2009.[17][22]

Remixes

Remixes
EP (Remix) by Harry and the Potters and Friends
Released 18 November 2010
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock
Length 16:36
Label Eskimo Laboratories

Remixes is the seventh EP and first remix album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released by record label Eskimo Laboratories on 18 November 2010. The band released the EP for ditial download via Bandcamp, using the sites ability to ask potential buyers to name their own price.[23][24] The EP features various fan-submitted remixes.[24]

A Wizardly Christmas of Wizardry

A Wizardly Christmas of Wizardry
Compilation album by Harry and the Potters
Released 8 December 2010
Genre Wizard rock, indie rock
Length 48:27
Label Eskimo Laboratories

A Wizardly Christmas of Wizardry is the second compilation album and first Christmas album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. The album is composed of new songs and older songs that have appeared on various Christmas compilations.[25] It was released by record label Eskimo Laboratories in December 2010. The band released the album exclusively as a digital download via Bandcamp and iTunes.[25]

The album contains various Christmas songs, some brand new and others previously released. "Xmas Rulez, Voldemort Droolz" originally appeared on the Leaky Cauldon’s “Jingle Spells” compilation album in 2007. Likewise, "Christmas Shopping for Dobby" originally appeared on the Leaky Cauldon’s “Jingle Spells 3” compilation album in 2009. "The Firebolt (2010)" and "The Yule Ball (2010)" are re-recordings of songs that originally appeared on Harry and the Potters' debut album. "Livin’ in a Mirror" is a new song recorded specifically for the album. "Meet Me Under the Mistletoe" and "Christmas at Hogwarts" first appeared the self-released “A Magical Christmas of Magic” compilation album from 2005. "When Bellatrix Came Over for Christmas/What?!" originally appeared on the Leaky Cauldon’s “Jingle Spells 4” compilation album in 2010. "Hedwig is Coming to Town (Snowy Owl)" originally appeared on the Leaky Cauldon’s “Jingle Spells 2” compilation album in 2008. "The Enchanted Ceiling (Live at the Yule Ball 2007)" was recorded live at the 2007 Yule Ball. Tracks 11 and 12, "Yule Ball 2005 Cassette" and "Yule Ball 2006 Cassette" are each collections of three songs released at the 2005 and the 2006 Yule Balls. The first features appearances by wizard rock bands The House Elves and Draco and the Malfoys, and the second features appearances by The Hungarian Horntails and Draco and the Malfoys.[25]

Bradley Mehlenbacher plays drums on tracks 1-5, 7 and 10,[23] and Amanda Hurley plays drums on track 8.[23] It was mastered by Dan Brennan, and recorded, produced and the artwork was designed by Harry and the Potters.[23]

Mail Songs #2

Live at the New York Public Library

Other appearances

Year Song Album
2005 "The Forbidden Forest Hockey League (demo)" Yule Ball Cassette 2005
2006 "Xmas Rulez, Voldemort Droolz (demo)" Yule Ball Cassette 2006
2010 "Hermione's Favorite Food" A New Hope: A Tribute to the Giant Squidstravaganza

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 DeGeorge, Paul (2009). Priori Incantatem (liner). Harry and the Potters. Massachusetts, USA: Eskimo Laboratories Records.
  2. ↑ http://harryandthepotters.com/post/26870261859/old-interview-i-found-in-our-email
  3. ↑ Sweeney, Emily (2004-09-16). "Sibling musicians bring out the 'punk' in Harry Potter". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  4. ↑ Paul and Joe, DeGeorge (2003). Harry and the Potters (liner). Harry and the Potters. Massachusetts, USA: Eskimo Laboratories Records.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Anelli 2008, pp. 101–136
  6. ↑ Sweeney, Emily (2004-09-16). "Sibling musicians bring out the 'punk' in Harry Potter". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  7. ↑ "Harry and the Potters DISH!". Wizrocklopedia. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  8. ↑ Aleksandra, Brzozowski (2007-07-18). "Bowling with Bands: Harry and the Potters". Street Hawk Magazine. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  9. ↑ Rosen, Ben (2004-08-07). "Wailing Wizards: Boston brothers' musical repertoire inspired by Harry Potter". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  10. ↑ Couch, Christina (2005-11-18). "Harry and the Potters rock by the book". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  11. 1 2 "Harry and the Potters to Perform at Civic Center Plaza". San Francisco Public Library. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DeGeorge, Paul. "Albums - The Enchanted Ceiling". Retrieved 07-10-10. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  13. ↑ "Zambonis Merchandise". The zambonis.com. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  14. ↑ John, Joe. "Interview: Paul of Harry and the Potters". TotesUmbrellas. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  15. 1 2 3 4 DeGeorge, Paul. "July 2007 - Harry and the Potters". Retrieved 07-10-10. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  16. ↑ John, Joe (2008-01-20). "Interview: Paul of Harry and the Potters". TotesUmbrellas. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
  17. 1 2 DeGeorge, Paul. "Albums". WizardRockClub.com. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  18. ↑ Regan-Porter, Leila (July 14, 2009). "Catching Up With... Harry and the Potters". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 04/28/10. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  19. ↑ Regan-Porter, Leila (July 14, 2009). "Catching Up With... Harry and the Potters". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  20. ↑ DeGeorge, Paul. "Priori Incantatem - 2 Disc Set". Harry and the Potters. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  21. ↑ "SPECIAL ITEM: Priori Incantatem". Big Cartel. Retrieved 31 December 2011. Sold Out
  22. ↑ DeGorge, Paul. "2009 Wizard Rock EP Club Newsletter: Vol. 1". WizardRockClub.com. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "Remixes by Harry and the Potters and Friends". Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  24. 1 2 DeGeorge, Paul. "FREE Remix EP available now!". Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  25. 1 2 3 DeGeorge, Paul. "NEW RELEASE: A Wizardly Christmas of Wizardry". Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 12/08/10. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  26. ↑ DeGeorge, Paul. "NEW RELEASE: Mail Songs: Volume 2". Retrieved 04/25/11. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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