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About Me

We are a 5-piece rock band from central California. In May 2008, we released our first EP, Boy Wonder. If you come to a show, you can buy one from us, I promise!
We're starting work on our full-length record. If it's not done by the end of 2009, you know who to blame. (Hint: the answer is probably video games.)
..What's that? You say you'd like to join the 21st century by just buying Boy Wonder off of iTunes? We can hook you up!
And we made the July 2008 Monthly Mix podcast on The Bay Bridged:
"The talent is obvious, but what I like is that the band don't depend on the kitsch factor; their music is catchy, complicated, adventurous, and most of all, really good. With a sound akin to Final Fantasy, Joanna Newsom, and the Shins, this music is the right step forward for indie rock. It's almost entirely unpretentious and genuine; and by that, I mean that these aren't college kids showing off how cool they are because they can play instruments (I'm looking at you, Vampire Weekend). This is a collective of talented musicians writing great songs and forgoing the guitar for a much better sound."
-Readjunk.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/27/2006
Band Members: Shawn Alpay
vocals, cello, blackberry
Melody Mundy
viola, Dr. Horrible
Molly Smart
keyboard, vocals, nihongo
Arjun Singh
drums, Xbox Live
Jon Sung
violin, comics
guest: Chris Saito
bass guitar, booty shorts?

Influences: David Bazan
Rachel's
Sufjan Stevens
Dmitri Shostakovich
Broken Social Scene
Yasunori Mitsuda
Pinback
The Arcade Fire

Sounds Like: ...You know, the more I think about it, the more I have no clue what we sound like. Maybe ELO??
Record Label: a very important major label that releases albums
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

10/19/08: Inflection

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the newest blog by The Definite Articles. What is new in our world? I'm glad you asked.Having solidified our current sound, and having determined that we ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:12:00 GMT

07/21/08: A Brief Southern Excursion.

Tomorrow we find ourselves pointed towards the belly of the beast: Southern California. The biggest names in indie rock have written songs about the horrors of Los Angeles; whether or not I agre...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:51:00 GMT

05/21/08: Boy Wonder released today

Folks, today is the culmination of a couple of years' worth of blood, toil, tears, and sweat. Our debut album, Boy Wonder, is finally finished -- available at all fine venues at which we play sh...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 14:01:00 GMT

01/26/08: a blog by the definite articles

This is going to be a very exciting year for The Def Arts. By 2008's end, you can expect to see us, hear us, and be able to buy things from us. We're playing a few shows over the next coup...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:19:00 GMT

For LYRICS, get to clickin (updated 7/21/08)

ALARMSYou fall in all your dreams A wake of gilded steamBut life is what it seems.Leaving signals at the doorAll the flags and semaphoreWhatever do we signal for?Tarry now, or you could turn to the se...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:10:00 GMT