Member Since: 9/5/2007
Band Members: Julia "Sporadic Hiccups" Retta on lead guitar and vocals
Nathan "Eat My Tie" Wells on rhythm guitar and vocals
Sofia "Bassface" Retta on bass
Lydia Mo "Hit Me Like A Tom" Wells on the keyboard
Paulie "Paradiddle" Hinojo on the drums
Influences:
The Strokes’ ear and eye for music (fingers too), Regina Spektor’s individuality and mind for songs, Arctic Monkeys’ cool nonchalance and gnarly vibes, Albert Hammond Jr’s happiness and feeling, Franz Ferdinand’s sexiness, the Velvet Underground’s experimentalism and love for pure music, the White Stripes’ use of the slide, Johnny Cash’s style and story-telling honesty, Muse’s everything, Buddy Holly & The Crickets’ rock ’n roll style, of Montreal’s craziness and fearlessness, the Talking Head’s stage presence and theatrics, the Rakes’ danceability, Spoon’s weirdness, DeVotchKa’s ingenious songwriting, Vampire Weekend’s funky catchiness.
Sounds Like: If the Velvet Underground, The Strokes, and Franz Ferdinand all met for tea in Russia somewhere and created some tunes together featuring all kinds of strange stories and many instruments.
Record Label: Unsigned