HI WE USED TO BE THIS BAND THAT HAS AN ALBUM BELOW. NOW WE'RE A DIFFERENT BAND. IT'S PROBABLY A GIVEN THAT WE WILL STILL MESS UP ON STAGE A LOT THOUGH SO AT LEAST THERE'S THAT!
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The Big Disconnect online -- $10, including postage! (As long as you ain't a foreigner.)
In a liner note they may never live down, the Fake Accents acknowledge that their material is "mostly ripped off of other songs." In fact, the local quartet is no more guilty of that than most fledgling rock combos, but the sound of its "The Big Disconnect" is indeed rather familiar: The Velvet Underground, early Television, the Fall and any late-'80s New Zealand band of your choice pretty much covers it.
There's no shame in emulating any of those precursors, however, and within their limited sphere of influences the Accents mix things up nicely. They have three singers -- Zack Richardson, Mai Nguyen and David Malitz (the last a washingtonpost.com employee) -- and a pop-obsessive viewpoint that should tickle other pop obsessives: Richardson's idea of a put-down is "Baby you're so obscure / Like a Japanese B-side." Such references are themselves a little obscure, but this band clearly isn't built for mass appeal. The Fake Accents are motivated by passion for cultish noisy-guitar rock, and that feeling is real enough.
The Washington Post (Mark Jenkins), January 2007
The Fake Accents are the antithesis of much of the sterilised corporate rock scene ... the kind of band perennially at number 34 in the John Peel (RIP) Festive Fifty.
The Devil Has the Best Tuna, June 2007
Washington, DC foursome who I'm guessing aren't itching to get signed by Dischord anytime soon. These guys instead wanna try and recreate that sweet spot where "Box Elder" and The Fall's LIVE AT THE WITCH TRIALS hit head on. And they do a damn good job of it.
Dagger Zine, June 2007
... armed with a big guitar sound and equally barbed hooks ...
The Independent Weekly, October 2006
