This Is How Rumors Get Started. profile picture

This Is How Rumors Get Started.

About Me

Who says that the Steel, Motor, and Fish Cities have lost their groove?
Originating inland but brought together on the Atlantic coast, This is How Rumors Get Started is the indie-pop adventure sprung from the minds of Phillip-Michael Scales (Vocals/Guitar) and Annie Hoffman (Bass). Founded in the fall of 2005, the duo armed themselves for recording and live performance, enlisting friends to fill in the cracks. Less than a year after its inception, the band began bringing the people the infectious boy-girl melodies they hadn't realized they'd been missing. They quickly set out to coax New England into moving their feet. Rumors have released two EPs and embarked on tours that have sent them into the wilds of the United States' northeast, the midwest, and a few daring jaunts into Canada, all the while earning status as featured artists on Boston college radio stations such as The Birn, WRBB, and WTBU.
This is How Rumors Get Started are ready with their newest EP this year, Time and Place, and after signing with Wax on Felt Records, have set the wheels in motion to deliver a full-length release scheduled for Spring 2009. Get acquainted with indie's next worst kept secret.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/05/2006
Band Website: www.thisishowrumorsgetstarted.com
Band Members: Annie
Anna
Adam!
Clarke!
Phillip-Michael

Management: Chanelle Johnson
Booking: Phillip Scales
Press: Lindsay Burrill



Rumors Podcast

Twitter Us
Influences:

Sounds Like: "The laid-back boy-girl vocals, spindly guitar solos evocative of Dinosaur Jr., and equal doses of Ben Folds-style cleverness and melancholy all point to rumors of good music getting started."- The Boston Globe (Nine to watch in '09)(Read Full)

"The latest effort from his group, This Is How Rumors Get Started, is Time and Place. "Seashells," from this set, shimmies with optimism and big guitar solos that stand out like clunky jewelry." - The Weekly Dig (Read Full)

"With a sound that already stands out among the rock of Boston, This Is How Rumors Get Started has an advantage of being different"-Tastemakers magazine.

"You will probably have "This Is Not A War Story. It's A Love Story. A Ghost Story" stuck in your head for a few days wondering where it came from."-James Bookert, The Berklee Groove

"These guys kinda really caught our attention sort of a Belle and Sebastian meets Ben Folds kinda thing. Sounds like a lot of fun"- Andy Guthrey, Band in Boston Pod Cast.

Get the Latest Rumors

*: required


Email * :
Cellphone:
Cell Carrier:




Record Label: Wax On Felt Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Spring Break Tour! MA, IL, MI, PA, NY, OH, RI!

Ladies and Gentz,This is How Rumors is going out on a spring break tour and we want you to come hang out with us! There will be plenty of shenanigans and a bunch of new songs, so you really don't want...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:56:00 GMT

NEW EP AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!

Hey guys, We just released our new EP "Time and Place" and are proud to announce that you can order it snail mail (itunes is on it’s way). Just click the banner below! We’ll even throw in ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Happy New Year/Announcement

Hello guys and dolls, My resolution is to get you better resolution video blogs. -Phillip-Michael, THRGS
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:50:00 GMT

JERSEY with the peasantry


Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:38:00 GMT

back to work.


Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:16:00 GMT

Update from the road.

Hey guys, This is Phillip-Michael, we just finished our show in Pittsburgh at the well and it went very "WELL." Everyone has been super cool this tour and we're having a blast. I am particularly excit...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 20:26:00 GMT

New Full Band Song.

Hey guys, Just so you know we have a new full band song up called "Better on Paper." Here is a very concise and focused video about the process.
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 05:37:00 GMT