E Carlson (Beats, Vox)
A Nelson (Drums, backup Vox)
Influences
Beach Boys, New Order, Animal Collective, Bjork, Goldfrapp, Grizzly Bear, The Innocence Mission, Jens Lekman, Kate Bush, Robyn, MIA
Sounds Like
"bests nearly anything else in the genre"
-Michael Mannheimer, Willamette Week
"Less proclamation, and more invitation, the new EP swells with bouncy homemade electronic beats and chirps that beckon you to the dance floor"
-Ezra Ace Caraeff, Portland Mercury
"[a] standout display of instrumental skills which form a mouthwatering pop sound"
-Ears of the Beholder
"Their fractured beats and uptempo glitch-pop sound might be just the thing you're looking for!"
-Veritas Lux Mea
"a thoroughly satisfying piece of musical art."
-Eugene Weekly
"In the old days, according to conventional wisdom, punk rock records sounded shitty because getting access to a professional-quality recording setup was prohibitively expensive. These days, you can turn a laptop into a recording studio for less than it costs to buy a used touring van. So when a record sounds shitty in 2009, it's either because the bands are just bad at recording music or it's a deliberate aesthetic choice, an intentional nod to those bygone times and their innocent "authenticity." With the backing of indie heavyweight Matador, scuzz-punks Times New Viking could presumably produce pristine pop nuggets if they wanted to, but instead, on latest album Born Again Revisited as much as on previous releases, they make a clipped, fuzzy, blown-out racket, roughing up the obvious hooks of their songs until they are bruised, bloody things. They're great live." - WWEEK
TUESDAY 8/11/09: MARK TWAIN INDIANS, THE VALLEY ARENA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
“[SMART ROCK] Don’t let the riffage scare you. The Valley Arena’s new disc, We Died, finds the SoCal crew engaging in hard rock as smart as it is heavy: Tricky post-hardcore guitar licks are there to buoy cleverly jingoistic turns of phrase. Fans of bass-heavy ‘90s indie rock like Jawbox and Seaweed ought to dig the group’s smartly aggressive aesthetic, which grows in spurts with each release. And you thought nobody was making worthwhile rock ’n’ roll anymore. Psshh.” - CASEY JARMAN, The Willamette Week
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