we like you. you should like us too. we can be friends. we could be lovers. some of us are meat eaters, but still enjoy vegetarian food.
Listen to our music. It is nice.
Member Since: 5/13/2007
Band Members: 1) Marissa Ciannella: Vocals, guitar, ukulele and forgetter of important dates and lyrics.
2) Shanna Naugle: glockenspiel, bass and reprimander of Marissa's beat fluctuations.
3) Jessie Manger: accordion, melodica and cat molester.
4) Kim Wilson: percussion, back vox and booty shaker.
(5) Jessica Winder: cello and according to her, "pain in the ass"--but it's not true, she's dreamy.
(6) Kristen Rodak: Trumpet and the horizon.
(7) Adam Ferretti: violin and bunny rabbit
(8) Julie O'Brien: Trumpet and beyond her years.
***Jesse Blum: trumpet on all recordings and awesome.
***Carl Gallagher: steel guitar thingie on 'Good Advice'.
***Jen Russo: the machine behind Marissa's fliers.
Influences: Aphex Twin,
Arcade Fire,
Art Blakey,
Art Tatum,
Astor Piazzola,
Beirut,
Belle and Sebastian,
Bix Beiderbeck,
Bjork,
Broadcast,
Broken Social Scene,
Butterglory,
Cecil Talyor,
Clara Rockmore,
clifford brown,
Dame Darcy,
David s. Wares,
Duke Ellington,
Dvorak,
early Cat Power,
Edvard Grieg,
Elliot Smith,
Ennio Morricone,
Fugazi,
Giuseppe Tartini,
Guided by voices,
Hank Williams,
Holly Golightly,
Islands,
J.S. Bach,
Julianna Hatfield,
Jobim,
John Morton,
Kronos Quartet,
Land of Talk,
Louis Armstrong,
Max Roach,
Mazzy Star,
Milford Graves,
Mission of Burma,
Murder by Death,
Neutral Milk Hotel,
New Order,
Nirvana,
Ornett Coleman,
Pavement,
Patsy Cline,
Peter Brotzman,
Philip Glass,
Quix-o-tic,
Radio Department,
Robert glassper,
Sebadoh,
Sleater-Kinney,
Sleeping States,
The Smiths,
Sonic Youth,
Squarepusher,
Stereo Lab,
Sunny Day Real Estate,
Susie Ibarra,
That Dog,
The Cardigans,
The Matt Kurz One,
The Stooges,
The Tiger-Lillies,
TMBG,
Tom Waits,
Valaida Snow, The Velvet Underground
and your mother.
Sounds Like: if creepy and pretty had a love child
Record Label: we're open for business
Type of Label: Unsigned