Mike Sempert songs, guitar, keyboards
Jill Heinke bass, keyboards
Christopher Walsh guitar, pedal steel
Brian Michelson drums, percussion, sampler, laptop
Touring Members of Yore:
Joel Cohen guitar, bass
Neil Thompson guitar, pedal steel
Ben Thorne bass
Julie Ann Thomasson voice, rhodes, juno
Sharers of the Stage:
Daniela Gesundheit voice, guitar
Tommy Phillips trombone
Todd Weinman trombone
Matt Vasca trombone
Shaine Carrasco cello
Katrina Weeks viola
Up To No Good (2009)
Brian Michelson drums, voice
Christopher Walsh guitar, voice
Jill Heinke bass, flute, voice, percussion
David Ryther 1st violin
Nancy Kuo 2nd violin
Ilana Matfis violin
Shaine Carrasco cello
I'll Never Sleep Again (2007)
Brian Michelson drums
Jill Heinke bass
Neil Thompson guitar and pedal steel
Daniela Gesundheit voice
Tommy Phillips trombone
Katrina Weeks viola
Maura Chronin violin
Gene Baker trumpet
Julie Ann Thomasson electric piano
Nature vs. Nature (2005)
Joel Cohen soprano and bass
Heather Masse voice
Drew Roach drums, percussion
Daniel Blake soprano and tenor saxophones, clarinet
Influences
John Carpenter's "Escape From New York", David Bowie's "Scary Monsters", P-funk, Chic, Daft Punk, Graham Parsons, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Brian Eno, M83, Bob Dylan, Roxy Music, Prince, Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, Milton Nascimento, The Band, Dr. Dre, Bruce Springsteen, early Tom Waits, Jim O'Rourke, Werner Herzog, Jeff Tweedy, Thomas Mapfumo, Weather Report, Sparklehorse, the Magnetic Fields, Neil Young and "Trans", NIN, John Vanderslice, Cass Mccombs, Georgio Moroder, DFA, Ghostface Killah, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Huey Lewis and the News, Super Furry Animals, John Lennon's "Walls & Bridges", Dirty Projectors, San Serac, Michael Dumovich's "Mesojunarian", Metro Area, Michael Jackson, Arthur Russell, Waylon Jennings, Bernard Hermann.
Sounds Like
Praise for "Up To No Good"
“A bit like a high-concept mashup, this fusion of two of the slickest eras of pop production produces some polished results … an electronic landscape that's actually pretty akin to being out in the woods, immersed in a barrage of chattering, ebullient life”
--Pitchfork, on “Out In The Woods”
“Like watching Halloween on a bunch of cough syrup and then having a dizzy and slowed dance party at the end”
--The FADER, on “Sneaky Times”
“Meticulously funky … twenty minutes of synth pop bliss”
--URB
“Get ready for a new favourite band. There's the mellow and totally brilliant basslines you used to locate on a Bowie album, mixed up with the kind of gorgeous vocal harmonies Super Furry Animals had at their most Beatles-esque peak”
--The Recommender, UK
“Creepy keyboards I associate with Thriller ... worth sampling at length”
--Citizen Dick
“Early Brian Eno ... in their fine melding of electronic bleats and slow simmering pop”
--Pampelmoose
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I was listening to your record in the car and when the drums kick in on the first track of your new record, my daughter screamed a harmony note and then said with excitement that the drums sounded like "monsters crushing things". (She's 3 yrs. old). Your band is fantastic. We all love your record... even our kids.
