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Check out all things Flea at atomicflea.com.

Our sound is rooted in Beatles-esque pop but never ceases to incorporate our ever-evolving musical interests and curiousities. Our music has been likened to Matt Pond PA, Dan Wilson, and They Might be Giants, and newer songs intertwine pop sensibilities with more spacious, introspective songwriting.

Based in Minneapolis, Mike, Eric, and John have been playing and writing music together as Atomic Flea since 1996. Dawn, formerly of Katzenjammer and co-owner of Snowplow Records, began with the group as guest violinist on Babadebaba, and became a full-time member in 2008.

Falling From the Sky is the band's fourth independent release.

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Here's our video for Babadebaba!

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Early July is the perfect time for a bit of summery pop-rock, which happens to be the stock in trade of local quartet Atomic Fle, whose cheery tunes triangulate the zone between Dan Wilson, The Beach Boys, and the Hang Ups.

The Onion
7-2-08

Atomic Flea celebrates the release of their 3rd studio album “Babadebaba” along with the companion graphic novel, which includes imagery of giant robots, flying saucers, penguins an an explanation on how the unique title came about. Atomic Flea’s pop sensibility, nostalgia, and catchy hooks will most certainly have you humming along for days.

letoilemagazine.blogspot.com
7-4-08

Candy-coated quartet Atomic Flea performs Saturday at Bryant-Lake Bowl to promote its second CD, "Babadebaba," a title that's emblematic of the bubbly, breezy pop heard throughout the disc, with echoes of McCartney and Crowded House.

Star Tribune
7-4-08

With everyone trying so hard to carve out a brand-new place for themselves in the world, Atomic Flea seem to have discovered plenty of room in the old spaces and set up shop on Babadebaba, the release of which they will be celebrating tonight. The ghosts of the Byrds and the Beatles—with just a smidge of They Might Be Giants—shake the dust off their chains and haunt these songs for a new generation, not to explicitly remind anyone of a particular band so much as a particular time. Atomic Flea don't sound overtly nostalgic themselves, but certainly possess the ability to trigger nostalgic feelings within the listener for the simpler time in your life when things like a job, bills, mortgages, and the like were adult concerns and all you had to worry about was the level of air in the tires of your bicycle and the occasional math problem. Well, now you're an adult with all the crappy, boring responsibilities that go along with it. Hopefully, though, your sense of wonder and ability to a have guilt-free, careless good time have not left you. If not, prepare for a euphoric night out; if so, may God save your soul.

Pat O'Brien
CityPages
7-2-08

These are nice guys with a new album, Babadebaba, full of uplifting tunes reminiscent of TMBG, Matt Pond PA, Weezer and early Beatles. Read the full interview.

PerfectPorridge.com
6-10-08

The apocalypse is typically portrayed as a gloomy event. Unpleasantness of one sort and another abounds in what most of us imagine the end of the world to be like. But Atomic Flea is here to tell you that apocalyptic visions don't necessarily have to be so disagreeable. They can be sunny, finger-snappin' visions you can tap your toes to. Read the full interview.

minnpost.com
7-2-08

Good pop sensibility, fun tunes and nice arrangements. That is what you get with Atomic Flea’s “Babadebaba”, nothing more and nothing less.

Nelson Heise
Rift Magazine
7-2-08