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Andy Comer

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Brooklyn, New York

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Bloody Amateur

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It's a Toxic Thing
Shed Some Weight
Smell of You
That's No Reason

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Bloody Amateur is Andy Comer, a guitar player and singer living in New York.

Andy founded the band Tel Aviv (Teen-Beat) in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1994. His next band, Prosaics (Dim Mak, Matador), was named one of NYC's "25 Best New Bands" by New York magazine and a "Band to Watch" by Spin. Andy most recently appeared as a guest vocalist on Invisible Conga People's In a Hole 12" (DFA).

Bloody Amateur takes inspiration from the Feelies, Colin Newman, Felt, Unrest, the Chills, Roy Montgomery, and the Go-Betweens, as well as by many artists from Andy's native Louisville.

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PROSAICS

TEL AVIV

Bloody Amateur
Andy Comer
[photograph by Rachel Greene]

FILM

SHED SOME WEIGHT (SHORT FILM)

Directed by Daniel Fickle. Produced by Two Penguins.

BIOGRAPHY

BLOODY AMATEUR IS ANDY COMER

Bloody Amateur is Andy Comer, a guitar player and singer living in New York.

Andy founded the band Tel Aviv (Teen-Beat) in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1994. His next band, Prosaics (Dim Mak, Matador), was named one of NYC's "25 Best New Bands" by New York magazine and a "Band to Watch" by Spin. The group toured the U.S. with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars, and the U.K. with the Rapture, before breaking up in 2005 — which meant that Prosaics' debut full-length for Matador Records would never see light of day. Andy has since composed original music for four films by artist Sue de Beer, and most recently appeared as a guest vocalist on Invisible Conga People's In a Hole 12" (DFA).

Bloody Amateur began in late 2009 as a two-night stint by Andy at storied New York performance space The Kitchen. Next came a Teen-Beat 26th Anniversary show, headlined by Unrest; and a performance at the Park Avenue Armory for the opening of de Beer's installation/film The Ghosts (starring Jon Spencer and Jutta Koether).

Bloody Amateur's first album, recorded by James Baluyut (Versus, +/- {Plus/Minus}) at Sun Moon Star Corp. in Brooklyn, is one of 2013's most striking debuts. It's a recording of dark and personal beauty-spare and assertive, intricate and electric.

Bloody Amateur takes inspiration from the Feelies, Colin Newman, Felt, Unrest, the Chills, Roy Montgomery, and the Go-Betweens, as well as by many artists from Andy's native Louisville.

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES

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ALBUMS

Bloody Amateur

COMPILATIONS

Teen-Beat Holiday Card 2010/2011
The 2013 Teen-Beat Portable Companion

RELATED

Prosaics
Tel Aviv

SONGS

Buffoons
Companions
Ever After
It's a Toxic Thing
The Light
Riding in the Backseat
Shed Some Weight
Smell of You
Take Me There
There's a Time
There's No Reason
What She's After
When You Sleep