The Narrative featured on The Keep A Breast Foundation campaign at Vans Warped Tour

The Narrative at Warped Tour's The Keep A Breast Foundation™ Act "Imagine If...There Was No Cancer" Campaign

The Warped Tour is one of the major events for Indie bands and also supporting acts and growing the awereness around important health topics for young people. This year (2011) The Narrative performed on Warped Tour and was featured on Keep a Breast Foundation campaign "Imagine If... There Was No Cancer" video that supports woman with the fight against breast cancer. The video feature dozens of other artists and shows the bands talking about what they thing if there's was no cancer in the world. 

The Narrative was featured at the first part of the video, holding a white board answering the queston: "Imagine if there was no cancer" with "More parents would be able to watch their kids grow up.".

You can watch the video below

The Keep A Breast Website, posted the note about the video. Read it below

This video was filmed at the Keep A Breast Traveling Education Booth, on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour. Imagine if... There was no cancer is an interactive campaign that allows people to participate by sharing their feelings on what it would mean to them if... there was no cancer. This year on the Warped Tour we asked all the bands to Imagine If... Did your favorite Warped Tour band participate? If so comment below and let us know what you think! 

The Narrative also played some acoustic songs at a side event for Keep A Breast. This show was part of the foundation booth selling pins, postcards, t-shirts, water bottles and other signed stuff.

About the brand: The Keep A Breast Foundation™ is the leading youth-focused, global, nonprofit breast cancer organization. Our mission is to eradicate breast cancer for future generations. We provide support programs for young people impacted by cancer and educate people about prevention, early detection, and cancer-causing toxins in our everyday environment.{alertInfo}

NEWSDAY: The Narrative leads LI contingent into CMJ Marathon

The Narrative played last year CMJ and returned to another showcase for the band's songs looking for more attention to their music. With the release of the debut album Self-Titled on 2010. The journal NewsDay talked with the band about this year CMJ and you can read the interview below by Glenn Gamboa:

Photo credit: Handout | Bellmore's "The Narrative" played CMJ last year. Since then they released their debut album, gone on national tours and heard their music used on MTV shows. They're back at the music festival this year.

For Bellmore's The Narrative, getting picked to play last year's CMJ Music Marathon felt like validation.

"It was an achievement," says singer-keyboardist Suzie Zeldin. "Finally, someone let us play CMJ."

In the year since their CMJ debut, The Narrative has released its eponymous debut, gone on national tours and heard its music used on several MTV shows. And now, The Narrative is ready to play the festival again, hoping the indie-popsters will continue their momentum.

"There are so many things to distract people in New York," says Zeldin, adding that The Narrative will play two shows this year, The Big Picture Media Showcase at the Bowery Poetry Club on Tuesday and The Gramercy Theatre on Wednesday. "But with CMJ, so many people spend a week focusing intensely on music - both the music that's coming here and the music that's made here. We hope it'll get us some more exposure."

The Narrative is part of a large Long Island contingent looking to get more exposure at CMJ this year [...]

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The Narrative story: What is The Narrative first song ever released?

First photo on January Window (The Narrative) Myspace

The story of The Narrative band start with Jesse Gabriel on 2006 posting a letter to Craigslist looking for another musician to join him at a band project. He was looking for New York musicians and one of the answers for this Craigslist Ad was from Suzie Zeldin. The two soon after find out that they had attended at the same school and never met each other there. The band so decided to name themselves as 'January Window' from a Sylvia Plat poem. The band created their first MySpace page. Under the name of January Window, The Narative released their first song on January 01, 2007 titled 'End All Arrival' (that was later released on the band's debut album). January Window decided on changing their name to The Narrative Paradigm, but was too wordy, so with a short version, they became The Narrative.

End All Arrival "is" still available on MySpace, but there's no way on playing it. But, we saved the audio and reuploaded it on YouTube. You can stream The Narrative (January Window) first debut song 'Enad All Arrival' below.

The Narrative's song featured on MTV's TV Show Jersey Shore. Where to watch it

Source: MTV Jersey Shore

After the release of 'Just Say Yes', The Narrative is getting more attention and get to be featured on last night episode of MTV's Show "Jersey Shore'. The song 'The Moment That It Stops' is featured at a small clip when the the cast heads home from the club.

We can't share the clip due to copyrights infringments, but you can watch the show on MTV page for free. See the full featured song list

LMFAO – Get Crazy

(Theme Song)

Dandylion Warpaint – Déjà vu

(scene: Mike calls a cab in the morning for the girl from the club)

Atlantic Line – The Muscle & Charm

(scene: Vinny and Pauly play foosball)

Kopek – Bring It On Home

(scene: The cast heads to the club)

Phive – Politics & Fashion feat. K.O. Kid

(scene: Mike meets the twins)

The Narrative – The Moment That It Stops

(scene: The cast heads home from the club)

Immune – My Silent Choir

(Act out)

Marc Robillard – Blown Away

(scene: Ron and Sam get back together)

National Skyline – Act Like We Do

(scene: Ron and Sam return to the house)

Pance Party – Mumble

(scene: The cast heads to the club)

Aitan – Top Of The World

(scene: The cast takes center stage at the club)

Kate Crash – Generation Of The Bored

(scene: The twins head home home with the cast)

Immune – I’d Rather Die

(scene: Snooki and Mike fight)

Heavy Young Heathens – Hand Me Downs

(Act in)

Hogni – Big Personality

(scene: The cast goes to sleep)

The Narrative live at the Granada Theater, Dallas, TX on June 6, 2011

The Narrative performed on june 6, 2011 at the Granada Theater for their tour with Eisley and Christie Dupree. The photographer Bill Ellison were there and took some photos from the show that you can see on the Flickr page.

Below some The Narrative photos from this show at Granada Theater.

*All photos are copyrighted by the photographer

Some videos from this show, were posted on YouTube. You can watch all below
'Hallelujah'
'You Will Be Mine'
'Fade/Don't Stop Belivin'

NewsDay Explore LI: Kevin Lyman talks about The Narrative on the Vans Warped Tour 2011

The Narrative on Vans Warped Tour 2011 playing on Kia Kevin Says Stage

Another recent interview with The Narrative was posted online on NewsDay website 'Exploring LI'. This years Vans Warped Tour, the founder Kevin Lyman spoke with Glenn Gamboa about the lineup for the event, and he was feeling a litte worried about it. "Last year, it felt a little fractured at times," Lyman says, calling from a tour stop in Buffalo. "Some acts weren't really involved or engaged." Lyman said to NewsDay.

As the site tells, this year Warped Tour, Lyman decided to choose the acts and listened to all the most recent bands to be featured on the event. And The Narrative, happened to be one of them. Lyman choose the band as he felt good about them "They're good kids". Read below the interview with Lyman and Suzie Zeldin:

Lyman says the change has worked, with attendance back up to 2009 levels. But the switch did mean that some more traditional-sounding Warped Tour bands did not make the cut this year in the name of getting some different styles onto the tour.

That strategy helped Bellmore-based The Narrative, who released their eponymous dreamy pop debut themselves last year, land a slot on the tour.

Singer-keyboardist Suzie Zeldin says the band was surprised to be selected and even more surprised that Lyman chose them to play on his personal showcase, The Kevin Says stage.

"I don't know that we sound like what most people think are Warped Tour bands," Zeldin says. "But it feels amazing to be picked by him. It's such a great opportunity."

Lyman says he enjoyed their music, which isn't as heavy as most bands on the bill, but he liked their appreciation of the opportunity even more. "They're going to go out and work hard to introduce more people to their music," he says. "They're good kids."

Source: Archived page from Newsday

The Narrative performing live at the Troubadour on May 5, 2011

The Narrative perfomed on May 5, 2011 at the Troubadour with the tour opening for Eisley. The band did a acoustic set for the show and played the new songs for the promotion of their self-titled album.

Check the photos below by Ryan Widmyer

Music: Purevolume's Top 20 Unsigned Artist of 2010 List released

The anual PureVolume's list of The Top Unsigned bands was publised and The Narrative is featured in the list. This is a big achievement for the Narrative as PureVolume holds a great music social listening and music sharing. The Top 10 list is a great deal for small bands and raising artists to share their songs with a lot of potential listeners and deals. 

This year, 17 (seventeen) bands were featured in the song list. The band appears at the number 4 on the list with the song "Fade" from the self-titled album. You can see the full list below and listen to Fade.

PureVolume's Top Unsigned bands of 2010

The songs

1 Shake It Off by Asteria

2 Unforgettable by The Best Week Ever

3 Stick Up Kids by Bad Rabbits

4 Fade by The Narrative

5 No Boys In The Ballroom by Scarlet Grey

6 Filthy Halls by Apple Horse

7 A Toast To Like Minds by CRITICS

8 The Smoke by Home Video

9 Tomorrow Don't Matter… by Assemble The Skyline

10 Understanding by Fairline

11 Race Against Time by Our Lives In Motion

12 Girl and the Umbrella by My Genuine Find

13 Greek Fire by The Republic Of Wolves

14 You're Already Gone by The Dig

15 All My Lies by City (Comma) State

16 Minnesota (PureVolume… by Vanaprasta

17 Meet Me Here by The April Year

Also the Daily Unsigned Alumni, 20 bands were featured, The Narrative is featured on the 6th:

The Bands

1 Asteria

2 The Best Week Ever

3 Taylor Thrash

4 Madeira

5 Bad Rabbits

6 The Narrative

7 Scarlet Grey

8 Apple Horse

9 Thats Outrageous!

10 The Polaroid People

11 Home Video

12 Assemble The Skyline

13 Fairline

14 Our Lives In Motion

15 The April Year

16 My Genuine Find

17 The Republic Of Wolves

18 Vanaprasta

19 The Dig

20 City (Comma) State

Here's the PureVolume's Top Unsigned bands page screenshot

The American Creative: The Narrative featured on The Top 20 albums of 2010

The music blog The American Creative posted it's anual list of the Top Albums.For 2010's list The Narrative's debut album "The Narrative" were featured as the 5th top album. The site wrote a small review about the release and featured "End All" as the best song for the album and you can read it below:

5. The Narrative “Self-Titled”

Released: July 27, 2010

Label: The Record Collective

Recommended If You Like: States, Lakes, Paramore

Standout Track(s): “End All”, “Turncoat”, “Trains”, “Winter’s Coming”

What a great release. A widely unknown band, with a beautifully written thirteen track disc, was given the chance to shine. It’s hard to ever be compared to other female fronted bands like Paramore, States, and Versaemerge,  but what seperates The Narrative from those respected bands is their duo vocals. Some songs you’ll hear the beautiful voice of Suzie Zeldin, other songs you will hear the vocals of Jesse Gabriel, but the thing is… it works, and it works very well. Imagine influences of Brand New mixed with female vocals and some piano. Just a very well made disc, very catchy songs, and another one of those CDs that just goes well with a season. For me, that season was fall. Great spin when it’s just starting to get cold, the sun still shines bright, and the leaves begin to fall.

The Narrative “End All”

Listen to End All