The Cups
Matthew Ferrel was born with his embryonic sac still in tact. Once the human bubble was broken it revealed a smallish sort of being that resembled a creature you might come across in an enchanted forest. Almost a decade later his brother Ian appeared and they immediately formed a manly artistic bond that has developed over the years into what you are hearing now. When the Cups met the Whitehaus both parties were an instant success. The Whitehaus Family Record released the album Sketchbook in 2007. You can also hear them on the Whitehaus Family Classic, Hoot Comp, Vol. 1.
Releases
WFR054/WFRV 001: Whitehaus Family record family record
A double vinyl LP compilation of tracks from 26 artists associated with the Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain.
that summer you moved quickly. there was no time after work to go home before the show so you pack those boots in your bag in the morning when you left the new apartment, made a call during a cigarette break and scribbled an address, a part of town you don’t know but go alone anyway, all the streets look the same but you find it, from the outside it looks like no one’s home and at the bottom of the dark stairs you panic. you almost turn and run but you don’t and the door opens for your knock and there’s a smiling face on the other side…
WFR004: The Cups – Sketchbook
Considered by most Mausers as ‘the best record ever”, Sketchbook is a 4-track masterpiece by brothers duo ‘The Cups”. Recorded at their apartment down the street from the whitehaus in the early ’00s, and comes with weird sweet Cups art. Lo-fi, R&B, Classic Rock, OMG.
WFR002: Hoot Comp, Vol. 2
they got big, they grew strong. recordings from the first whitehaus hootenannies in spring of 2007. all the hits from debbie, uncle shoe, the meadowlarks and more. plus a track from california’s trapeze and carrots at the first ever hoot feature! recorded in hi-fi, mixed, and mastered by in-haus audio engineer shane myrbeck!
WFR001: Hoot Comp, Vol. 1
the oldest of the old. talking widemouths popping, clicking, snapping; anything to keep our neighbors sleeping through the blasting, blissfull, beginning. early recordings from the first of hundreds of jamaica plain hootenannies. recorded at the legendary treehaus in 2006 by harry smith.