Jenn Wasner

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jenn Wasner

| image = Jenn Wasner portrait.jpg

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| birth_name = Jennifer Lynn Wasner

| alias = Flock of Dimes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|04|16}}

| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|keyboard}}

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|electronic|synthpop}}

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician

| years_active = 2003–present

| label = {{hlist|Merge|Partisan|Sub Pop}}

| associated_acts = {{hlist|Wye Oak|Dirty Projectors|Dungeonesse|Future Islands|Sylvan Esso|Flock of Dimes|Bon Iver}}

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Jennifer Lynn Wasner (born April 16, 1986){{cite web|url=http://citypaper.com/music/mighty-1.1131471 |title=Mighty|author=Lee Gardner|date=April 13, 2011|access-date=2014-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430035313/http://citypaper.com/music/mighty-1.1131471 |archive-date=2014-04-30 |df= }} is an American musician from Baltimore. Wasner is best known as one of the founding members of the band Wye Oak, along with Andy Stack.{{cite web|url=http://citypaper.com/news/springtime-for-wye-oak-1.1672955 |title=Springtime For Wye Oak|author=Brandon Weigel|date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=2014-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430024554/http://citypaper.com/news/springtime-for-wye-oak-1.1672955 |archive-date=2014-04-30 |df= }} Wasner has completed numerous other music projects as well, including a solo project entitled Flock of Dimes, and a collaboration called Dungeonesse with Jon Ehrens of White Life and Art Department.

Early life

Wasner was born on April 16, 1986, in Baltimore.{{cite web|url=http://auralstates.com/2008/03/wye-oak-interview-w-andy-stack-jenn-wasner.html|title=Wye Oak Interview (w/ Andy Stack, Jenn Wasner)|website=Auralstates.com|accessdate=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430021711/http://auralstates.com/2008/03/wye-oak-interview-w-andy-stack-jenn-wasner.html|archive-date=30 April 2014|url-status=dead}} She began singing at an early age with her mother and started taking classical piano lessons at about the age of five.{{cite web|url=http://laist.com/2009/09/24/meet_jenn_wasner_of_wye_oak.php|title=Meet Jenn Wasner - Founding Member of Wye Oak|website=Laist.com|access-date=23 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610141406/http://laist.com/2009/09/24/meet_jenn_wasner_of_wye_oak.php|archive-date=10 June 2016|df=}} At the age of twelve her mother taught her how to play guitar, which led to the beginning of her songwriting career. Throughout her childhood, her parents struggled with mental illness, addiction, and financial troubles.{{Cite news |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=2021-04-06 |title=Flock of Dimes' Jenn Wasner: 'I became incredibly adept at outrunning myself' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/06/flock-of-dimes-jenn-wasner-i-became-incredibly-adept-at-outrunning-myself |access-date=2023-08-22 |issn=0261-3077}} By high school, Wasner had met Andy Stack, and begun playing music with him. She continued to write music while away at college.{{cite web|url=http://www.writersonprocess.com/2011/03/jenn-wasner-wye-oak.html |title=Jenn Wasner, Wye Oak|date=March 25, 2011 |access-date=2014-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102002125/http://www.writersonprocess.com/2011/03/jenn-wasner-wye-oak.html |archive-date=2014-01-02 |df= }}

Music career

File:Wye Oak 2014.jpg

After college Wasner moved to the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore.{{cite web|url=http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=3838|title=ORANJE PREVIEW : Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak |website=Myoldkentuckyblog.com|accessdate=23 October 2016}} She and Stack formed a band with the name "Monarch", which was soon changed to Wye Oak after the state tree of Maryland. After the release of their highly regarded album Civilian in 2011, the group toured in the United States and Europe. Civilian was named the best album of 2011 by The A.V. Club and was featured on television in the popular series The Walking Dead and in the film Safety Not Guaranteed. She also appeared on Titus Andronicus's 2010 album The Monitor, lending her vocals to the track "To Old Friends and New".

After touring with Dirty Projectors, Wasner began work on her solo project Flock of Dimes, which experimented with electronic beats and synthesizers. She worked with Jon Ehrens of the Baltimore-pop group White Life on a new project, Dungeonesse, which released its eponymous album in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49443-wye-oaks-jenn-wasner-announces-debut-dungeonesse-album-shares-new-track/|title=Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner Announces Debut Dungeonesse Album, Shares New Track |website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=23 October 2016}} Wasner moved from Baltimore to Durham, North Carolina and continues to reside there.{{Cite news |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=2021-03-30 |title=How Flock of Dimes Found Herself (With a Little Help From Her Friends) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/arts/music/flock-of-dimes-head-of-roses.html |access-date=2023-08-22 |issn=0362-4331}}

Stack and Wasner reunited to create the fifth major album Shriek, released in April 2014. The band released its sixth studio album, The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs, in 2018, and a compilation of singles, Every Day Like the Last, in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Robles |first=Jonathan |date=2023-06-23 |title=Wye Oak's new project 'Every Day Like the Last' is something special |url=https://variancemagazine.com/sounds/14145-wye-oak-new-project-every-day-like-the-last |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Variance Magazine |language=en-gb}}

Wasner has released two albums, If You See Me, Say Yes in 2016 and Head of Roses in 2022, under her solo project Flock of Dimes.{{Cite web |title=Flock of Dimes: If You See Me, Say Yes |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22432-if-you-see-me-say-yes/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Flock of Dimes: Head of Roses |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/flock-of-dimes-head-of-roses/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} North Carolina–based guitar maker Reverend released a Jenn Wasner signature guitar in 2016 to accompany the first Flock of Dimes album.{{Cite web |last=Vaughn |first=Ashley |date=2016-07-06 |title=Reverend Guitars Tell Us About the Making of the Jenn Wasner Signature Guitar |url=https://sheshreds.com/reverend-guitars-jenn-wasner-signature/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=She Shreds Media |language=en}} Wasner has supported Sylvan Esso on tour as Flock of Dimes.{{Cite web |last=Sweeney |first=Alisha |title=Jenn Wasner’s New EP Finds Peace Amidst Personal Hardships |url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/08/19/jenn-wasners-new-ep-finds-peace-amidst-personal-hardships/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Colorado Public Radio |language=en}} In 2016, Wasner was featured in a concert series taking place at the Baltimore–Washington International Airport, where she performed at the baggage claim area of the terminal.{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bal-jenn-wasner-bwi-airport-wtmd-partnership-story.html|title=Jenn Wasner, other Baltimore musicians to perform at BWI Airport|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|accessdate=23 October 2016}}

In 2019, Wasner joined Bon Iver as a guitarist.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-15 |title=Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner: "If something kind of scares us and feels a little bit out of our comfort zone, we want to do it more." |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2089989/jenn-wasner-wye-oak-bon-iver-sharon-van-etten-future-islands/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} The tour was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic but eventually resumed. She continues to perform with the band{{Cite web |date=2023-03-08 |title=Being in Bon Iver feels ‘like winning the lottery’ |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/bon-iver-band-interview-sean-carey-jenn-wasner-lottery-aus-tour/102068010 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Double J |language=en-AU}} and is featured in track "Day One" on its 2025 album SABLE, fABLE.

Wasner produced Madeline Kenney's 2023 sophomore album A New Reality Mind.{{Cite web |title=Jenn Wasner and Madeline Kenney on the Challenges of Staying Inspired |url=https://www.talkhouse.com/jenn-wasner-and-madeline-kenney-on-the-challenges-of-staying-inspired/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Talkhouse |language=en-US}}

Discography

File:Flock of Dimes.jpg in February 2016]]

=Dungeonesse=

Dungeonesse – 2013

=Flock of Dimes=

==Studio albums==

If You See Me, Say Yes – (2016, Partisan Records)
Like So Much Desire (EP) – (2020, Sub Pop)
Head of Roses – (2021, Sub Pop)
Head of Roses: Phantom Limb – (2022, Sub Pop)

==Singles==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" \|Title ! rowspan="2" \|Year !Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" \|Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| US AAA {{Cite web\|title=Flock of Dimes Triple A Airplay Chart History\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/flock-of-dimes/chart-history/aaa/\|access-date=May 24, 2021\|website=Billboard}}
scope="row" \| "Curtain" b/w "Apparition" \| rowspan="3" \|2012 \|— ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" \| Non-album singles
scope="row" \| "Prison Bride" \|—
scope="row" \| "(This is Why) I Can't Wear White" / "15" \|—
scope="row" \| "Semaphore" \| rowspan="3" \|2016 \|— \| rowspan="2" \|If You See Me, Say Yes
scope="row" \| "Everything is Happening Today" \|—
scope="row" \| "Don't Dream It's Over" / "Everything is Free" {{small\|(featuring Sylvan Esso)}} \|— ! rowspan="1" scope="row" style="text-align:center" \| Non-album single
scope="row" \| "Two" \|2021 \|39 \| rowspan="1" \|Head of Roses
colspan="4" style="font-size:85%" \| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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rowspan="2" |Title

! rowspan="2" |Year

!Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
AAA
{{Cite web|title=Flock of Dimes Triple A Airplay Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/flock-of-dimes/chart-history/aaa/|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=Billboard}}

scope="row" | "Curtain" b/w "Apparition"

| rowspan="3" |2012

|—

! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | Non-album singles

scope="row" | "Prison Bride"

|—

scope="row" | "(This is Why) I Can't Wear White" / "15"

|—

scope="row" | "Semaphore"

| rowspan="3" |2016

|—

| rowspan="2" |If You See Me, Say Yes