Pomegranates hail from Cincinnati, OH, where drummer
Jacob Merritt, guitarist Isaac Karns, and vocalist/guitarist
Joey Cook launched the pop-based indie rock band in 2006. Taking influence from early
Modest Mouse and
Wolf Parade, the musicians honed their craft and issued the Two Eyes EP in June 2007. Bassist Josh Kufeldt joined the following year, and
Pomegranates released their full-length debut,
Everything Is Alive, that May. After sharing stages with the likes of
Javelins,
Islands, and
Headlights, the band decamped to northern Kentucky to record their sophomore album, which was subsequently mixed and mastered by
Aloha's
TJ Lipple in Arlington, VA. The resulting
Everybody, Come Outside!, a conceptual record whose sound paid homage to both
Talking Heads and
French Kicks, was released in April 2009 by Lujo Records. ~ Andrew Leahey