With its origin as a home recording project between college classmates Jen Appel and Marc Alan Goodman in 2002, illuminea grew to become a seven-person band as friends and lovers joined them. illuminea’s debut album Nightlight was self-released in 2004. Their second effort, Out of Our Mouths, will be released on August 21st, 2007 on High Two Recordings. Produced by Joel Hamilton (Tom Waits, Sparklehorse) and illuminea, Out of Our Mouths was recorded in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Harpist Zeena Parkins (Bjork), singer Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu), and saxophonist/clarinetist Colin Stetson (Tom Waits) contribute musical gifts. Having focused on playing shows in Philadelphia and New York City, the band has opened for Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Sam Prekop, The Like, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, The Radar Brothers, Richard Buckner, and The Spinto Band. – by Dana Buoniconti
