Tea for Julie

{{Short description|American indie rock band}}

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| origin = Portland, Oregon, United States

| genre = Indie rock

| years_active = {{start date|2003}}-present

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| current_members = {{unbulleted list| Michael Deresh | Jad Simpson | Travis Stanek | John Dwyer}}

| past_members = Denver Warner

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Tea for Julie is a Portland, Oregon-based indie rock band that formed in 2003. They have released two full-length albums, 2005's Division and 2008's The Sense in Tying Knots.{{cite news

|title=The Sense in Tying Knots (self-released)

|first=Robert

|last=Ham

|work=Willamette Week

|url=http://wweek.com/editorial/2008/06/25/tea-for-julie-the-sense-in-tying-knots-self-released/

|date=June 25, 2008

}} Although both of their albums were self-released, the band brought on a producer for the second album, resulting in an album that has been described as reflecting more restraint and maturity than their first effort.{{cite web |title=In Studio Performance: Tea For Julie |url=http://opbmusic.org/performances/56-Tea-For-Julie |website=opbmusic |access-date=12 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2010 |date=27 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905071228/http://opbmusic.org/performances/56-Tea-For-Julie |url-status=dead}}

In addition to quite a bit of regional radio attention in the Pacific Northwest and notably on Seattle's listener-supported KEXP, the band has played supporting act to artists as varied as Snow Patrol, The Thermals, Evan Dando (The Lemonheads), Menomena, The Ocean Blue, and others.

Their musical style has been likened to that of Coldplay.{{cite news

|last=Caraeff

|first=Ezra Ace

|date=June 19, 2008

|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/music/once-more-with-feeling/Content?oid=802189

|title=Once More with Feeling

|work=The Portland Mercury

|accessdate=2009-04-17

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Division was No. 66 on KEXP's "top 90.3 albums of 2005."[https://archive.today/20120910024734/http://www.kexp.org/programming/charts.asp?chart=10&chartMonth=&chartYear=2005] Tea for Julie was one of five bands nominated for Band of the Year, and The Sense in Tying Knots was one of five albums nominated for Album of the Year, at Spectator Magazine's 2009 Portland Music Awards.Lopez, Luciana (January 5, 2009). "[http://blog.oregonlive.com/popmusic/2009/01/portland_music_award_nominatio.html portland_music_award_nominatio.html Portland Music Award nominations out]", The Oregonian. Retrieved on 2009-04-17.