Chris Donlon: Vocals, Guitar, Clarinet, Organ, Irish Whistle, Kazoo, Computer Mollie Hagar: Drums, Vocals Kate Mclean: Vocals
Influences
The Velvet Underground, Of Montreal, The Microphones, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, The Blue Album and Pinkerton, Wire, Beat Happening, Nar, Elliot Smith, David Bowie, Jonathan Richman, The Modern Lovers, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Pavement, Sparklehorse
Watch the music video for Transition Trade, which includes a mix of video and hand-animation! look! (video should play automatically)
Some Press Quotes:
Chris and Mollie know how to wake you up just when everything in your mind’s still weird. Give me a Southern California morning with some funky blinds to mess with the light and I promise I will spend the whole day listening to The Palm Tree. -The Wig Fits All Heads
Even better, the material here still stands up months later: the title track and “Waltz” house indelible hooks, “Transition Trade” is a bloody hearted jaunt, those opening drums on “Gravity” still sort of blow my mind wide open. And, hell, the thing’s a concept album. Much love. -Cokemachineglow.com 2007 Halfstravaganza!
Chris & Mollie Bio: Chris Donlon and Mollie Hagar met while attending the University of Santa Cruz, CA in 2000. They were friends first and formed a band in 2001, with Chris as the principal songwriter / guitarist and Mollie on drums. Their friend Kate Mclean contributed backing vocals to The Palm Tree, released in January 2007, and officially joined the band soon after. Before The Palm Tree they recorded a hand-made CD-R called (take to the skies) (2004).
The Creepy Crawlies Bio: All we know is that more people are becoming involved, and a revolution is beginning.
Places to Purchase The Palm Tree:
1. Directly from us.
2. Digitally from emusic, Itunes or MusicIsHere
3. From one of the following record shops*: Amoeba (Berkley, San Fran & LA) Waterloo Records in Austin, TX Record Collector in Iowa Luna in Indianapolis
*May not be a complete list - check your local indie shop!
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I am glad you enjoyed it:)You could play at ZDB gallery you would love it. you really have to come with the band i've been obsessing about your music, where exactly can I buy the album?
How are you doing? Japan is hot and terrible humid season still now.
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I think we are happy. We can listen and enjoy his songs.
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