breakthrough record that occupies a funny place—the songs are not unconventional
Number one: the body count is always bigger
traded vocals reminiscent of forebears Veronica Falls coast over pounding drum grooves peppered with retro keyboards and spunky electric guitars
It’s music inspired by the weariness of modern life that somehow manages to sound straight out of early ‘80s Dunedin
Shakespearean scholar and a celebrated producer and sound artist
Grooms - Rejoicer (Black Vinyl) Dance breakthrough record that occupies aTravis Johnson (vocals guitar) and Emily Ambruso (vocals bass) met, ridiculously, on Friendster, shortly before that website became 100% irrelevant, only to meet in person at a Valentines Day party in the Oklahoma woods a few weeks later. They immediately started discussing experimental music and pop, and, after relocating separately to New York in 2004, starting playing experimental music and pop together in their bedrooms. They met Jim Sykes (drums)