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The American Analog Set was formed in Fort Worth, sometime in 1995. A bunch of dumb kids from Texas you say? Well maybe, but they made some interesting sounds and came to the attention of the fine folks at Emperor Jones/Trance Syndicate Records. The band relocated to Austin in 1996 and set to work. Over the next four years or so the AmAnSet released three albums on Emperor Jones - 1996's The Fun of Watching Fireworks, 1997's From Our Living Room to Yours, and 1999's The Golden Band. The band also embarked on several U.S. tours with the likes of Mogwai, The Lapse, Death Cab For Cutie, in support of their albums.During this period the band also put out three 7 inch singles on E.J., as well as a contribution to the Darla Records Bliss Out series, "Late One Sunday and the Following Evening". The final release for the AmAnSet on Emperor Jones was Through the 90's, Singles, Unreleased, the disc was comprised of the three aforementioned 7 inch singles (now out of print), as well as sundry other live, unreleased, and alternate songs. The vault is officially clear!So, on to the present. In 2001 the American Analog Set proudly joined the Tiger Style family. After several years in the wilderness, and various line-up changes, the band unleashed their fourth album, Know By Heart, upon the world. Know By Heart incorporates elements of the classic AASet sound yet takes the band in new directions, relying less heavily on the farfisa and more on their trademark pop sensibilities. Know By Heart travels all over the map throughout its twelve tracks. Songs range from pure pop glory, to grooved out instrumentals, to lullabies to soothe your shattered nerves as evidence by such tracks as "Punk as Fuck" and "Desert Eagle". The record features more vibes and electric piano than previous releases, as well as layered vocals and textured rhythms. This album is the sound of a band coming into its own. The AmAnSet toured Europe in November 2001 in support of Know By Heart, and we all know what tends to happen when five crazy Texans hit the road armed with instruments : alot of people enjoy themselves.

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Member Since: 4/29/2005
Band Website: amanset.com
Band Members: Andrew Kenny - Vocals and Guitar
Lee Gillespie - Bass
Mark Smith - Drums
Sean Ripple - Vibraphone, Guitar
Craig McCaffrey - Keyboards

Influences: Mazzy Star, Spiritualized, Stone Roses, Ride, Verve.
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Record Label: Arts and Crafts
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Kenny Scores a Brilliant Short Film !

Hey All. Update on the AK front! Editing has been completed on a fantastic short film entitled PICKUP AND RETURN for which Kenny wrote, performed and recorded an original score. It is great film wr...
Posted by American Analog Set on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:46:00 PST

Two More NYC Shows!

So, remember in the last post the bit about Ola Podrida? RIght, so Kenny and the guys recently played a sold out Bowery Ballroom show with Fleet Foxes (WOW!) and Blitzen Trapper and then played just ...
Posted by American Analog Set on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:00 PST

Andrew Kenny & Ola Podrida

Hey, long time no entry. Well it’s not that there has been nothing going on. Kenny was out on tour the better part of last year with Kevin Drew/BSS playing keys and singing. Maybe you caught ...
Posted by American Analog Set on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:41:00 PST

Spam FTW

Sup ya'll. Amanset is quite popular for spam bots but sadly not for the mtv world or, antyhing worthwile (can I get a discount at gamestop?!?!!111) but heck you have to excel at somethi...
Posted by American Analog Set on Thu, 17 May 2007 01:34:00 PST

Shows..?

Our Baby Ak or, Ken-Bacca if you prefer is taking a holiday madonna style. Everyone need's a holiday - even our little wizard while he's off at hogwarts. That explains his absence by the way...
Posted by American Analog Set on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:37:00 PST

live recordings anyone...anyone?

We need your help!!      We are in the process of putting together a compilation of live recordings from the last few years. SO.. if you have a recording of an AmAnSet show from 20...
Posted by American Analog Set on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:33:00 PST

Site store opening

Hi allA bit of news here. (a) the store still isn't up, BUT (b) if your interested in receiving an e-mail outlining what we have available (images, prices, sizes etc..) , please send an mail to that e...
Posted by American Analog Set on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:44:00 PST

you shouldn't have...

hhhhmmm what to do about this page? our good friend jamie from philly put this up for us and just made me aware of it and sent me the log-in info so that i could do what i'm doing right now or delete ...
Posted by American Analog Set on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST