Nathania Rubin (Vocals & Bass),
Marie Grillo (Drums & Vocals),
Hans Viets (Guitar & Vocals),
Carolyn Saylor (Korg).
Influences
Rilo Kiley,
Interpol,
Joy Division,
Nina Simone,
the Big River soundtrack,
Rihanna,
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,
Neko Case,
Elliot Smith,
Pixies
Sounds Like
Marilyn Monroe dates Temple of the Dog;
Weird Al goes to the prom with the Breeders;
Mike Tyson crying in the bathroom;
Hole and Elvis Costello have an illegitimate child and leave it on Nina Simone's doorstep. Unfortunately, Nina is too drunk and lovesick to properly care for the infant, but she teaches her the basics, and really, what more do you need to know? Locket bounced around foster homes on the upper east side of Manhattan, got toned at a pilates studio in brooklyn, and now specializes in the widest variety of bird song mimicry this side of the Hudson.
Locket is a result of a multi-national effort, which began when the twins Hans and Carolyn were sent as the gift of an emissary from the Germanic Heritage Foundation and delivered to MG and NKR, representatives of the Italian/Jewish New York Cultural Council of Greater NYC, in an effort to smooth things over.
It was thought that interaction on as abstract a level of musical composition and performance would heal some of the traumatic lesions of historic violence.
The resulting music characterizes some of that violence at the same time as it diffuses it in our collective, social reality.
Specifically:
Nathania and Hans are visual artists.
Marie owns and operates Heart and Soul Pilates in Williamsburg, with her sister, Lora.
Carolyn is an MD/PhD student at Einstein.
The myth goes something like...
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Hey, looking forward to Wednesday, Mojo ended up putting Bits & Pisces on since Cooler By Association cancelled... anyway, happy to be on the bill with you guys and hope this is the first shared show of many!!
Hey there, thanks and you guys sound great! Maybe we could get a show with you and our good friends Gold Streets, Coyote Eyes and El Jezel up there sometime soon?
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