Bio

When singer/songwriter James Pequignot’s last band stopped going the way he wanted he did what most front men would do: he broke up the band. What happened next would quickly vindicate that decision. Right away he began forming a new group. With long time collaborator Evan Tachovsky making the transition from guitars to keyboards they immediately hooked up with drummer Jordan and began to work on brand new material. The new songs had a vibrancy to them that Pequignot had never achieved before. To fill in the low end they hooked up with bass player/backup singer Tim Gauntner. While trying to decide on a name Jordan asked, “What exactly are you looking for in a name?” James replied simply, “Nothing ‘The Plural.’” Shortly thereafter the band decided that the only name that encapsulated their difference from any other band was a name that rebelled against the formulaic band names that persist so heavily in modern music. They called themselves “The Singular.” The sound was great, but Tachovsky didn’t have the time to dedicate to the group. He left and the band continued as a three piece with Pequignot doubling on guitar and keys. Tachovsky’s absence drove him to fill the gap and forced him to finally play up to his potential. Pequignot has always been a strong leader, but The Singular was more open to ideas than any other group he had worked with. The sound became more ambitious, and his artistic vision met with no resistance for the first time. As a songwriter Pequignot has always thought outside the box. Very few of his songs are about the standard themes of unrequited love. The Singular currently plays songs about a wide range of themes spanning from the industrial leaning “Metal for Breakfast” which chronicles a series of apocalyptic dreams, to the acoustic rocker “Styrene” the first person account of a man leaving his body after a spill of the lethal chemical of the same name. The bands piano love ballad “Cheer Up” can only be described as the thoughts of two lovers silently shared in a single glance. Its sub-conscious driven lyrics are carried on a bed of ambient sound that seems to envelope the whole project, and give The Singular an otherworldly sound. When you witness their performance you may feel as if the entire experience happened in another universe. If you let yourself go you may find that you can go along with the music and lose yourself in a world of emotion, thought, and pure imagination.