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The Splinters

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Splintered Bridges b/w Sorry! Out on Double Negative. yeaaa!We also hand-decorated 40 copies ourselves. Pictures soon. Here's what the main artwork looks like:
ORDER HERE!
.. ..And Our Hand Decorated Ones, now SOLD OUT!, looked like this:
"Such a great time for Bay Area bands! Every time we look up there seems to be a new awesome band popping up and playing around town and this new female foursome is the perfect example, grabbing a hold of our ears with such commanding and vibrant energy! Taking cues from greats like The Raincoats, the Vaselines, and the Shop Assistants, the Splinters create songs that are both immediate and wear well with many repeated listens. It wouldn't be a far stretch to find The Splinters landing on a label like K or Merge in the years to come as this is a band that knows its underground rock history yet creates songs that feel so completely present and all their own. There's still something so humble and logical about introducing your band to the world on a good ol' 7", and this nearly perfect slab of classic indie pop is indeed a perfect introduction to the Splinters! Now we vote that their next release should be a split 7" with like minded former Bay Area band Brilliant Colors. But whatever shape their next outing comes in, we will be all ears!" - Aquarius Records!
"The Berkeley-based four-piece combine the idiosyncratic tendencies of folk rock (a la their homebase's history, duh), the full-tilt power of riot grrrl style progressions, peppering in all-girl campfire sing-along style and refreshing amounts of tambourine, instantly making us realize why they'd list The Shangri-La's and Sonic Youth as influences. The songs are decidedly lo-fi near-two minute rollicks and we have no qualms about them."
The Culture of Me
"They wear their influences on their sleeves, sounding somewhere between The Shangri-Las and early 90s K grrrl punk. "Splintered Bridges" comes from their debut self-released, self-decorated EP... I really like this song because I feel like it's just the perfect soundtrack to being pulled by a dog through the mud really fast in a red wagon with a tambourine tied to the back."
Skatterbrain!
They caught our attention at SxSW with their mix of garage rock, girl-band, riot grrrl, folk and alternative. Plus, their debut EP comes in a hand-decorated cover slip with original art by members of the band — no two are alike.
tripwire
T-SHIRTS ARE HERE---message us if you want one and we'll give you all the info on them! This one is the Caroline shirt--each Splinter will have a different design, more pics to come! Available in more colors and sizes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/02/2008
Band Members: Ashley Thomas AKA "Flapjacks" - rickenbacker, bass
Caroline Partamian AKA "Spex" - guitar, bass
Lauren Stern AKA "Ketchup" - shaker, tambourine lady
Courtney Gray AKA "JuJu" - drums

Influences: the shaggs, the shangri-las, daniel johnston, the whyte boots, the evens, sonic youth, the breeders, X, our moms.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Double Negative
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

7"S W/ HAND-DECORATED SLEEVES SOLD OUT!

Hey dudes!So the 40 sleeves we made with our own bare hands that looked like this:http://bit.ly/o0FtYhttp://bit.ly/cgbEQare SOLD OUT! Thank you!If you'd like to purchase a regular copy, which is cheap...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:31:00 GMT

Us & the Coathangers on SPIN Earth!!!

Check it out footage from our Rad show with the coathangers at the Hemlock in San Francisco last Thursday, 7/2/09!http://spinearth.tv/report/the-coathangers-the-splint ers-grrrls-that-rockthanks mnabi!...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:48:00 GMT

Splinters LIVE on Break Through Radio - New Songs

Mike from Wiretap Music recorded 4 songs from our set at the Skatterbrain Jamboree on Feb 21st, 2009.  Check out Ch-Cha, Cool, Dark Shades and Splintered Bridges.  (Cool and Dark Shades are totally ne...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:02:00 GMT

We Love Gorilla vs Bear & Friends

Man, a blog that writes about legit bands like Women and Lil' Wayne and is fucking really widely read. because it's also a legit ass blog. we're honored.http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/10/spl...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:24:00 GMT

On the Bay Bridged Monthly Mix!

http://www.thebaybridged.com/2008/10/21/episode-137-october- 2008-monthly-mix/ch'yeah! awesome.cheers,the splintaz
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:18:00 GMT

Skatterbrain! The best explanation of "splintered bridges" weve heard...

...we swear, it is. it's ridiculous and awesome and we like it. Also, Lauren is really really pretty in that photo: http://skatterbrain.org/2008/09/splinters-splintered-bridges .html Cheeers, The Spl...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:46:00 GMT

On KVRX Radio in Austin!!!

Hlllyh!One of our favorite radio stations, KVRX, played us on the air last night! Check it out:http://kvrx.org/node/32391Absolutely beautiful, in a set with Sleater-Kinney, Starfucker, and Fucked Up. ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:00:00 GMT

NEW UPCOMING FIRST ’EP’!

Hey everyone!!!We're very excited to tell you all that we have a few of our new songs off our new upcoming EP up! Yeah! Thanks to Tyler McCauley of Tempo No Tempo for helping us out on it. He has been...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:17:00 GMT

Splinters on the Culture of Me!

So Courtney aka Juran called me in a bit of excitement last night after discovering that we were written about in that swank NY blog the Culture of Me. The Splinters? Who us? I guess! Check it out!ht...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:54:00 GMT

ON CJSR Radio in EDMONTON, CANADA!!!

http://thecutenessquotient.blogspot.com/The Splinters- "Oranges" played right after Lucky Dragons. SWEET.Thanks to David Boffa, amazing CJSR DJ up in Canada!!!
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMT