| Influences | Frank Black, Craig's Brother, Queen, Wilco, Third Eye Blind, AC Newman, the New Pornographers, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, Cat Stevens, Daft Punk, Marcus Roberts, Pinback, Headphones, Bush, Cake, Aqueduct, Aesop Rock, Mellowdrone, the Streets, Ash, the Electric Soft Parade, Pedro the Lion, Radiohead, Weezer, the Beatles, ZZ Top, Kent, Brad Mehldau, They Might Be Giants, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Counting Crows, early Switchfoot (Legend of Chin), Built to Spill, Idlewild, Marcy Playground, Ozma, Rufus Wainwright, Our Lady Peace, Bruce Hornsby, Elvis Costello, The Darkness, The Presidents of the United States of America |