Honeyhoney

Honeyhoney (stylized as honeyhoney) was an Americana group based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Americana, alternative country, indie rock
Years active	2006–2017
Labels	Ironworks honeyhoney Records/Lost Highway Rounder
Members	Benjamin Jaffe - Guitar, Vocals Suzanne Santo - Vocals, Banjo, Violin

History

The band was formed in 2006 by musician Benjamin Jaffe and musician/model/actress Suzanne Santo. The two met at a costume party and signed a record deal a year later.^[1] They originally performed under the name Zanzibar Lewis and were under that name when they signed with the now-defunct Ironworks record label.^[2]

Their debut album, First Rodeo, was released by Ironworks on November 4.^[2] Ironworks co-owner Kiefer Sutherland directed and starred in the group's music video for their song "Little Toy Gun".^[3] Honeyhoney toured with Lifehouse, another Ironworks band, at the start of their career.^[4] The band released their second studio album, Billy Jack, on Oct 24, 2011 under their own honeyhoney Records/Lost Highway label.^[5]

Their third album, 3, was produced by Dave Cobb and released June 9, 2015.^[6] The website American Songwriter reviewed it writing, "with a singer-songwriter that exudes the magnetic passion and swaggering star power of Santo, this is a group whose time has come."^[7]

The duo parted with Rounder and disbanded in 2017.^[8][9]

Style

Paste Magazine describes honeyhoney's style as "display[ing] the common pop thread between alt.country, spaghetti western soundtracks and swampy blues."^[1]

Glide Magazine stated that "honeyhoney deftly mixes elements of folk, soul, country, pop, and rock."^[10]

Outreach

In April 2014, the band traveled to Williamstown, Massachusetts, where Jaffe was raised, to perform a concert on behalf of local music programs. The band is planning a similar concert for schools in Santo's hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.^[11]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		Top Heatseekers [12]	Billboard Folk Album [13]
2008	First Rodeo Released: November 4, 2008 Label: Ironworks	—	—
2011	Billy Jack Released: October 25, 2011 Label: honeyhoney Records/Lost Highway	17	15
2015	3 Released: June 9, 2015 Label: Rounder	7	10
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays

Year	Details
2008	Loose Boots Released: February 26, 2008 Label: Ironworks

Suzanne Santo collaborations

• "On the Shelf" from the album Fool's Gold by Big B^[14]
• "The Game" by Oleg Tumanov
• "Take Me Away" from the album Starting Ground by Josh Blackburn

In the media

• Their song "Lullaby" was featured in an anti-smoking ad that featured the grim reaper disguised as an attractive woman who gave out free cigarettes^[15]
• Their song "Little Toy Gun" was featured in a promo for the Showtime network^[16]
• Their song "LA River" was used in the series finale of the series Brothers & Sisters^[17]
• The band performed the opening theme for the first season of the television series The Guest Book, appear at the end of every episode to perform a song live at a "venue" in the series, and make a few brief appearances in other scenes.^[18]