Project Jenny, Project Jan is a laptop rock band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 from Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York

New York

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. The band consists of singer Jeremy Haines and programmer/keyboardist Sammy Rubin. Formed in late 2004/early 2005, they have released an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 called EP in 2005 and an album, XOXOXOXOXO in 2007. Influenced by varied bands such as Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...

, Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...

, and Gorillaz

Gorillaz

Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...

, Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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called the band a "shockingly dynamic, danceable and hilarious affair."

Discography

• EP (Might Records, 2005)
• XOXOXOXOXO (Might Records, 2007)
• The Colors EP (Might Records, 2009)
• Home Sweet Home
  Home Sweet Home
  - Film :* Home, Sweet Home , a film about the life of John Howard Payne* Home, Sweet Home , a British film starring Richard Cooper* Home Sweet Home , a British comedy film starring Frank Randle...
  
  (2011)

Trivia

• The band made a cameo
  Cameo appearance
  A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
  
   and their song "Negative" was used in the film 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick and Norah , who meet when...
  
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• A remix version of Bell Hollow's
  Bell Hollow
  Bell Hollow were a four-piece band based in Brooklyn, New York, composed of Nick Niles , Greg Fasolino , Christopher Bollman , and Todd Karasik . The band's music is often categorized as a blend of atmospheric 1980s post punk and dream pop...
  
   "Copper Crayon" was used in the American version of the TV series Kath & Kim
  Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series)
  Kath & Kim is an American version of the Australian television comedy series of the same name starring Selma Blair and Molly Shannon. The series premiered on NBC on October 9, 2008...
  
  in the episode titled "Dating"