Member Since: 7/13/2005
Band Website: hoaxfuneral.com
Band Members:Anjy Hall - vocals, rhythm guitarChris Gregory - lead & slide guitar, mandolin, bass, lap steel, harmonica, backing vocalsAl Jordan - finger-picked guitar, mandola, banjo, concertina, mandolin, backing vocalsCherish Burk - percussion, keys, melodicaMichael Kaiser - guitar, keys, drums, bass
Influences: Many influences ranging far and wide collectively. Overall as a band we're influenced mainly by folk, Americana, alt-country and indie.
Okkervil River and Shearwater are HUGE inspirations for us. Others, in no particular order (and for various reasons, some of which might not be overtly obvious) are:Radiohead, Elliott Smith, The Stranglers, Nick Drake, Otis Redding, Elvis Costello, Edith Frost, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, The Be Good Tanyas, Sufjan Stevens, Dolorean, Hotel Alexis, Andrew Bird, Big Star, Patrick Wolf, The Eels, Hank Williams Sr., Modest Mouse, Built To Spill, Mt. Egypt, Elizabeth Cotton, Blue Aeroplanes, Jeff Buckley, Vashti Bunyan, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, The Pixies, Belle & Sebastian, The Handsome Family, The Smiths, The Cure, Richmond Fontaine, Johnny Cash, Smog, Woody Guthrie, Bonnie "Prince" Billy/Will Oldham, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Feist, Keren Ann, Chris Whitley, Neil Young, Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies, Gillian Welch, Violent Femmes, J Tillman, Margo & the Nuclear so and sos, Laura Veirs, Mariee Sioux, Murder By Death, Nick Cave, Old Crow Medicine Show, R.E.M., Ryan Adams, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Tom Waits, The Felice Brothers
Sounds Like: A melancholic, folk-a-fied, sylvan, celestial, transatlantic amalgamation.
Record Label: Scared Crow Records
Type of Label: Indie