Member Since: 6/22/2005
Band Members: Andy Snyder (guitar/bass/keys/vocals) and some talented friends: Rachel Kolster, neuroscientist extraordinaire and Columbia pre-med student, on bass/violin; Jenny Logan, PhD student/teacher in NYU's acclaimed philosophy program, on guitar; Jennifer Bassett, another Columbia grad and literary editor/novelist, on keyboards; Clay Andrews, one of NYC's best modern painters (does all MWU artwork), on drums; and Sim Cain, one of the most versatile drummers (ranging from Rollins to Ribot)
Influences: Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Syd Barrett, Big Star, Shins, Kinks, Nick Drake, Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Beatles, Zombies, Replacements, Soft Boys/Robyn Hitchcock, Smiths, Tim/Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Skip Spence, 13th Floor Elevators, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement, Television, Sonic Youth, Guided by Voices, Sea and Cake, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, REM, Mitch Easter, Scott Miller, Stereolab, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Sebadoh, Slowdive, Belle and Sebastian, Magnetic Fields, Brian Eno, Superchunk, Jeremy Enigk, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Liz Phair, Throwing Muses, Jim O'Rourke, Will Oldham, Low, Bjork, Talk Talk, Mommus, Pastels, Nirvana, Pedro the Lion, Ariel Pink, Daniel Johnston, and these local nice people: Jennifer O'Connor, TV on the Radio, The Rapture, Secret Machines, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, The Hold Steady, Danielson, Sufjan Stevens. These philosophers: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Kant, James, Whitehead, Strawson, Kripke
Sounds Like: getting your ears cleaned; a baptism to go; Me We Us, strange feet washing
Type of Label: None