They released two EPs, "Scarred for Life" and an untitled split with the Zambonis, on vinyl in 2006. The following year, the released their third extended play, The Enchanted Ceiling. The band released their fourth extended play, In the Cupboard, in 2008 and released their fifth extended play, Live at the Yule Ball, in late 2009. They released a sixth EP, Hedwig Lives, in 2015.
In 2008, the band were unsure as to whether they would work on a new studio album.[1] In April 2010, Paul DeGeorge revealed that Harry and the Potters is contemplating making a fourth studio album. He explained, "But maybe there's something like that [a Deathly Hallows-related full length] in the future. It's hard to say right now."[2]
Harry and the Potters is the eponymous debut studio album by indie rock band Harry and the Potters, released on 21 June 2003.[3][4] The album was inspired by the first four novels in the Harry Potter book series.[5] It has been released on CD and digital download. In April 2003, the brothers wrote an entire album's worth of songs.[5] The brothers split songwriting responsibilities between the two of them: Joe was responsible for songs dealing with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, whereas Paul was responsible for songs dealing with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.[5]Harry and the Potters was recorded at the DeGeorge Family Living Room in Massachusetts.[6] According to Melissa Anelli, Paul wrote the majority of the instrumental tracks on his Casio keyboard, whereas Joe conceptualized most of the vocal tracks.[5]VocalistPaul DeGeorge later said, "We were pretty much writing songs and then recording them on the spot".[7] This statement emphasizes the band's do-it-yourself amateurishness as an essential aspect of the album.[8] In recording Harry and the Potters, the band aimed to release the album shortly before the fifth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released.[9] According to Paul, "We were in a rush to get that stuff done before the 5th book release" and this instinct supports claims it took only two weekends to record the album.[10] Despite the band's purported rush to finish the album, Paul and Joe worked particularly hard on the song "These Days are Dark."[5] Paul DeGeorge used $1,200 of his own money to finance the pressing of the CDs.[5]
Lumos is the name of the fourth studio album by indie rock band Harry and the Potters. The band announced the album at a live show on March 30, 2018, at which they debuted songs about The Deathly Hallows. The band later announced that the album would also feature the anti-folk musician Kimya Dawson as a guest vocalist.[15] Parts of this album were recorded in a studio, and others were recorded at the Lawrence, Kansas public library.[14] On April 23, 2019, the band unveiled a Kickstarter to help recoup the cost of recording the album, which they revealed was named Lumos. Backers could also choose rewards that include an additional album entitled Mostly Camping, as well as a vinyl single called the "Harry Potter Boogie."[13]
Scarred for Life is the first EP released in 2006. It was limited to 1000 copies but physical copies are now out of print.[16] All songs were later released on Priori Incantatem.[17]
A split EP by Harry and the Potters and The Zambonis was released in 2006.[18] It was limited to 600 copies and limited physical copies still available for purchase.[19] Harry and the Potters songs were later released on Priori Incantatem.[17]
The Enchanted Ceiling is the third extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in July 2007. The album was primarily inspired by the first two novels in the Harry Potter book series. It was released in a limited run of 1000CDs as the Wizard Rock EP of the Month for July 2007.[20] It was later released for digital download. After three albums, Paul DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters decided to start a subscription-based Wizard Rock EP of the Month club. During March 2007, the brothers decided to record write as many songs as possible and record them in one weekend.[21] The brothers recorded the songs in their living room. The album was later released in July 2007 through the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club.[20]
Some of the songs on the EP were actually written before March 2007: "Harry Potter" was written on the band's very first tour and a demo of "Rocking at Hogwarts" was featured on the band's Mail Songs #1.[22] The demo of the latter contains the first recorded mention of the term "wizard rock."[17]
In the Cupboard is the fourth extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in July 2008. It was released in a limited run of 1250CDs for the Wizard Rock EP of the Month in July 2008.[16][23][24] After three albums, and several EPs, including one from the Wizard Rock EP of the Month club, Harry and the Potters decided to record another EP for the EP of the Month Club. On May 14–16, the brothers wrote an EPs worth of songs. The brothers recorded the extended play in their parents' basement, capturing the songs on a Portastudio TASCAM 424.[25] According to Paul DeGeorge, the album is mainly "about weird inconsistencies and silly nitpicking [in the Harry Potter novels]."[25][26]
Fourteen songs were recorded, but only ten songs were included. The songs "My New School," "Unicorn Blood," "Touch the Brains," and "Maybe Kreacher Will Bring Me a Sandwich" were later released on the compilation album Priori Incantatem. Paul DeGeorge later stated that the songs didn't feel right for the EP.[17]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Priori Incantatem"
1:28
2.
"The Economics of the Wizarding World Don't Make Sense"
Harry and the Potters at the Yule Ball is the fifth extended play from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in December 2009 as a CD/DVD combo in a limited run of 1000 copies.[16] The album was recorded live at the Fourth Annual Yule Ball. It was selected as the Wizard Rock EP of the Month for December 2009.[24][27]
Priori Incantatem is the first compilation album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It is a double album. It was released in May 2009. The album is a collection of the band's previously unreleased songs, compilations appearances, songs from their out-of-print EPs, remixes and demos.[26] The first disc was released on the CD format and for digital download, whereas the second disc was released exclusively on the CD format.[28]
The physical release was limited to 1000 copies; disc one was later released for digital download.[29] Previously unreleased songs "Diagon Alley" and "The Wrath of Hermione" were recorded during Harry and the Potters sessions.[17]
Track listing
Disc one
All songs by Paul and Joe DeGeorge, except "The Cave", written by Darius Wilkins.
"Problem Solving Skillz (2002 Demo)" – 1:56
"New Wizard Anthem (Club Mix)" – 1:49
"The Blood of a Prince" – 3:01
"Sectumsempra" – 0:27
"Horcruxes" – 2:21
"Don't Believe It" – 3:59
"The Forbidden Forest Hockey League" – 1:55
"The Hogwarts Tonsil Hockey Team" – 0:58
"My Teacher is a Werewolf (Rock Version)" – 0:46
"The Stone" – 1:21
"Let's Drink to Aragog" – 2:31
"The Cave" – 2:56
"Vernon Dursley" – 0:46
"Bacon" – 2:05
"Maybe Kreacher Will Bring Me a Sandwich" – 1:35
"My New School" – 0:37
"Unicorn Blood" – 1:06
"Touch the Brains" – 0:32
"Bertie Botts" – 1:02
"Diagon Alley" – 0:28
"The Wrath of Hermione" – 1:46
"It Ain't Easy" – 10:10
Disc two
All songs by Paul and Joe DeGeorge.
"Save Ginny Weasley" – 3:06
"These Days are Dark" – 3:41
"Rocking at Hogwarts" – 0:21
"Problem Solving Skillz (Skillz to Pay the Billz)" – 1:59
Remixes is the first remix album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released on 18 November 2010. The band released it for ditial download via Bandcamp, using the sites ability to ask potential buyers to name their own price.[30][31] It features various fan-submitted remixes.[31]
A Wizardly Christmas of Wizardry is the second compilation album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It is a Christmas album. The album is composed of new songs and older songs that have appeared on various Christmas compilations.[32] It was released in December 2010. The band released the album exclusively as a digital download via Bandcamp and iTunes.[32]
The album contains various Christmas songs, some brand new and others previously released. "Yule Ball 2005 Cassette" and "Yule Ball 2006 Cassette" are each complete collections of the three songs released at the 2005 and the 2006 Yule Balls. The first features appearances by wizard rock bands The House Elves and Draco and the Malfoys, and the second features appearances by The Hungarian Horntails and Draco and the Malfoys.[32]
Bradley Mehlenbacher plays drums on tracks 1-5, 7 and 10,[33] and Amanda Hurley plays drums on track 8.[33] It was mastered by Dan Brennan, and recorded, produced and the artwork was designed by Harry and the Potters.[33]
No.
Title
Original album(s)
Length
1.
"Xmas Rulez, Voldemort Droolz"
The Leaky Cauldon’s Jingle Spells compilation (2007)
1:59
2.
"Livin’ in a Mirror"
new song
4:25
3.
"Christmas Shopping for Dobby"
The Leaky Cauldon’s Jingle Spells 3 compilation (2009)
Live at the New York Public Library is the first live album from wizard rock and indie rock band, Harry and the Potters. It was released in June 2011. Exclusively released as a long-playing vinyl record. Limited to 500 copies.[16] It is also available as a digital download.
Mail Songs #1 was released on 3½-inch floppy disk in October 2003. It was limited to 20-30 copies, all of which were sent to people who sent the band fanmail. Two songs, "Bertie Botts" and "Rocking at Hogwarts" were later released on Priori Incantatem. The version of "Diagon Alley" that appears of "Priori Incantatem" is a different version.[17]
The Sonorus Cassette series was released on cassette on 31 August 2009. It is a series of live takes recorded onto seven cassettes. It was limited to 7 copies and it is out of print.[16]
Lemon Beat... The Beat is an extended play from the hip hop side project Dumbledore. It was released in a limited run of 1000 CDs as the Wizard Rock EP of the Month for December 2007.[20]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Taking You 2 Skool"
2.
"D.Bowla"
3.
"U Down w/OOTP?"
4.
"WizardPartay2Nite"
Bob Dylan Sings the Songs of Harry and the Potters
Bob Dylan Sings the Songs of Harry and the Potters is an extended play, jokingly purported to be recordings of Harry and the Potters songs sung by Bob Dylan. It was released in a limited run of 1000 CDs as the Wizard Rock EP of the Month for July 2009.[23]
^ abDeGeorge, Paul and Joe (2006). Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love (liner). Harry and the Potters. Massachusetts, USA: Eskimo Laboratories Records.
