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Shrinking Islands

About Me

CD/MP3s:

The Slow-Moving Aftermath EP (2007, Inman Street)

In The Black Carpet (2006, Sort Of Records)

mp3s available at: Klicktrack , iTunes

CD available for $5 mailorder from Sort Of Records!
Booking: contact band. Shrinking Islands have enjoyed playing with Voxtrot, Pants Yell!, Vetiver, Nethers, Rose Melberg, Reports, Karl Blau, Christians & Lions, My Teenage Stride, A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Great Lake Swimmers, B.J. Snowden, The Conversions, Life Partners...

Skate vid by Sheldon Tefft:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2005
Band Website: www.shrinkingislands.com
Band Members: Kyle Bittinger, Andy Tefft
Influences: THE FEELIES YUNG WU THE CHILLS THE BATS THE WHO DR. WHO LET'S ACTIVE MITCH EASTER CCR SILVER JEWS THE BYRDS GENE CLARK GRAM PARSNIPS KING CRIMSON GUIDED BY VOICES JOHN COUGAR MELLANCAMP PYLON THE MOLES TOM PETTY NEU! MURMUR RECKONING THE REIVERS YO LA TENGO NEIL YOUNG MAGMA BOSTON CAMBRIDGE ALLSTON JAMAICA PLAIN SOMERVILLE PITTSBURGH PANTS YELL! UNREST THE VEHICLE FLIPS VU JOHN CALE EDITH FROST THE APPLES IN STEREO NETHERS H.A.R.M.
Record Label: Sort Of Records, Inman St. Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Show in Cambridge on Sunday

Hello Friendsters,We are excited to be playing our first show in a few months this Sunday, February 15th at the Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, MA. We are doubly psyched to be playing with old chu...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Feature on Break Thru Radio

Our friend Tom at Bag of Songs blog has contributed a feature on Shrinking Islands for Internet listening portal Break Thru Radio.You can read that hereInman Street Records also gets a well-deserved s...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:01:00 GMT

The Slow-Moving Aftermath EP

These songs were recorded at Pine St. Laundry by Shrinking Islands, May-July 2007. Mixed from 4-track cassette to digital files at Pipeline! Studio, July 2007. The cycle, sometimes referred to as The ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:25:00 GMT

Band In Boston podcast session

Band In Boston is a wonderful operation based in Somerville MA. They do a fantastic job of supporting and engaging with local music they love and have superbly recorded dozens of bands right in their...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:37:00 GMT

June 13th show in Allston!

We are happy to be a part of a stellar pop show at Great Scott. The wonderful Hands & Knees will accompany us as we help NYC's My Teenage Stride and Philly's A Sunny Day In Glasgow kick off their tou...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:53:00 GMT

Cambridge and Northampton shows!

Pretty damn psyched on those two upcoming shows you can see over there...please get in touch for any info. Until then we are writing some new songs directly into the 4-track. Also very excited about...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:30:00 GMT

Pittsburgh and Washington DC Shows!

We are excited to hit the road soon to play with friends in Pittsburgh and D.C. On Sat. March 10th we will meet up with Raymond, Min and the other excellent musicians and people that make up the Sort...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:35:00 GMT

Nerd Night in Jamaica Plain

We are playing at the Nerd Night party this Saturday night at the Midway Cafe in J.P. What to expect? Funny academic presentations and music. Powerpoint and pickslides...furrowed brows and flowing ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:50:00 GMT

Charlie's Kitchen

We are happy to end a grueling year of touring around Cambridge, Allston, and Somerville by playing as legally close to Andy's apartment as possible. We will sneak back to the Double-Cheeseburger Kin...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:37:00 GMT

Kindness from Pittsburgh City Paper

Many thanks to Manny Theiner at the Pittsburgh City Paper for his very generous review of In the Black CarpetHe hit the nail on the head by mentioning the Vehicle Flips. Kyle remembers trading an old...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:57:00 GMT