Doris_Cellar

Doris Cellar

Doris Cellar

American singer and songwriter (born 1984)

Doris Cellar[1] (born October 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Quick Facts Birth name, Born ...

Career

Doris Cellar was the front woman in the band the Freelance Whales[2][3] who gained popularity in 2010 when Twitter[4] selected Freelance Whales' music as the background for a video introducing a major rework of the service's user experience.[5] This was followed by dozens of TV commercials and syncs, and the band toured[6] both internationally and nationally.

In 2011 Cellar created and wrote an animal rights video for Peta[7] and in 2012, Cellar wrote and sang lead for their sophomore single "Spitting image",[8] which was featured on MTV as well The Inbetweeners of episode 10 The Dance.[9] One reviewer said her vocals were "almost sweet enough to make us skip down the halls"[10] while another mentioned them as an example of why the band "may red-line the Cute-O-Meter".[11]

Solo

Cellar is a multi-instrumentalist. She can switch musically between guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, harmonium, glockenspiel.[12] She produces all of her own beats and performs without a backing band.

Cellar as a live performer has been described as "a wizard with all the instruments she manages to play all while smiling and dancing".[13]

Discography

Freelance Whales Studio Albums and Singles

  • Freelance Whales - Weathervanes (April 13, 2010)
  • Freelance Whales - Diluvia (October 9, 2012)
  • Freelance Whales - "Hannah" (April 27, 2010)
  • Freelance Whales - "Enzymes" (October 2010)
  • Freelance Whales - "Day Off"
  • Freelance Whales - "Generator ^ First Floor" (March 2011)
  • Freelance Whales - "Spitting Image" (October 2012)

Solo extended plays

Solo singles

References

  1. [1]
    "Doris Cellar".
  2. [2]
    "Doris Cellar announces her departure from Freelance Whales".[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    "Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales". 20 November 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Doris Cellar". Twitter.
  5. [5]
    "@FreelanceWhales Sountrack #NewTwitter". September 20, 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Interview with Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales | LA Music Blog". Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  7. [7]
    Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Doris Cellar for peta2. YouTube.
  8. [8]
    "Spitting Image". YouTube.
  9. [9]
    "Nicole Mourelatos". IMDb.
  10. [10]
    Brodsky, Rachel (August 23, 2012). "New Song: Freelance Whales, 'Spitting Image'". Buzzworthy.
  11. [11]
    Thompson, Stephen (September 30, 2012). "First Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'" (First Listen blog). NPR.
  12. [12]
    "Doris Cellar, Freelance Whales". Npr.org. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  13. [13]
    Hanley, Shayne (August 22, 2016). "Doris Cellar Shows Off Her Range at the Quays Pub". Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  14. [14]
    "Big Kiss". YouTube.
  15. [15]
    "Inside your Groove". YouTube.
  16. [16]
    "Tissues". bandcamp.
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