Here are the first officially released teasers for the upcoming feature film “Open Five” directed by Kentucker Audley and written by Kentucker and myself. The film stars Shannon Esper, Genevieve Angelson, Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz and myself, and was photographed by Joe Swanberg with additional help from David Lowery. The film contains performances by the band and will premiere in Spring 2010. If you have a blog, feel free to post one or all of them if it feels right. Email them to your friends. Share them with the world.

- Jake

Rabinbach spent time at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he was buddies with Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden of later MGMT fame. He left after two years for New York with the hope of achieving his musical aspirations. But Rabinbach’s vision needed something more, something with a deep, engrained musical history. That desire took him down to Memphis, where he formed Jump Back Jake, a “modern Memphis rock n’ soul” band that was soon signed to the newly relaunched Ardent Music, the label that launched legendary power pop band Big Star many decades before.” (continue reading…)