Josephine Network is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist yenta from New York.
She cut her teeth fronting power-pop glam bands The Jeanies and Velveteen Rabbit. Whereas The Jeanies had a more ragged American pop feel like early Tom Petty meets Gentleman Jesse, Velveteen Rabbit are pure gloss & glam and far more fey, yet no less ferocious. Far less flavor of The Fevers here and more aligned with the breathy pop syrup of the gone-too-soon Brett Smiley, Velveteen Rabbit are one of the finest examples of modern glam, a genre soaked in 1970s over-production that’s virtually impossible to pull off in most cases. She also plays guitar in Brower.
“Music is Easy” on Dig! Records is her debut solo album of original songs in glittering “soul-gum” style. Her songs are sincere, soulful and sometimes sly. In 2021, “Music Is Easy” was featured on a special mixtape episode of NPR’s This American Life. She plays live with an 8-piece ensemble, featuring Toni Lynn (Apache), Saara Untracht-Oakner (SUO, Boytoy), Nat Brower (Brower, Nancy), Keith Cayea (Brooklyn Bluebirds), Dorian Deangelo (Darien Rectangle), Max Hiersteiner (Dirty Fences, Hershguy) and Jay Pluck (The Doilies, EKP). In early 2021, she produced a Yiddish-infused glam-punk collab album with Hershguy titled “Stocky Tunes”. In summer of 2021, Josephine self-produced a dance cassingle, “I Feel Like Rain” on Paris Tapes.
In mid-2021, the Josephine Network band went electric and enjoyed opening for legendary rock acts, like Shannon & the Clams, and Seth Bogart (Hunx & His Punx). The group is on their way to becoming the premier queer power-pop group of the 20s.
