David Badger, Alex Preston, Jonathan Schenke, Danah Albaum, Jacob Daneman, and Bill Grubb. Danah and Whitely are on vacation. Joe O'Connell of Elephant Micah works with us too, and David Whitely is the man responsible for Dynamic Geometrix videos. We have diseases that make our brains work like 60 normal 16th century persons.
Influences
Sparklehorse, Velvet Underground, My bloody Valentine, Elephant Micah, So Red, Oasis, Fruitopia, Led Zepplin, Canopy, Hella, Goat Culkin, Indigo Girls, Best fwends, Best Friends, OK Friends, OK Friends!, Elton John, Phoenix, Modified Artists, Neil Young, Modern Lovers, Cloverleaf, Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr.
Mittens on Strings started in the summer of 2001 in Louisville, KY and largely remained a summer band for several years while its members colleged in separate cities. We kept writing songs though, and by late 2005 we had self-released 3 ep's in addition to a 7", Pushing Buttons" released by Pickled Egg and a full length, Look Up the Sky!! on Emperor Jones records.
A good reception for Look up the Sky! by people and publications led Alex to quit biochemistry school in Austin and move to Chicago to make Mittens on Strings a full-time band.
The result is that we have just finished our latest album, "Let's go to Baba's". It is more refined and has more bite than our last album. Some of the new songs are up for preview. Our new video for "The Flaming Pig", a stopmotion modern tragedy, can be found below. More videos will follow as they are finished. Our old label Emperor Jones has gone back on Hiatus (Our last release brought them out of a previous indefinite vacation), so we have not settled on a label yet. If you are interested, contact us.
The Flaming Pig
Maybe you have heard of our wildly popular handmade 1 of a kind shirts. There are some photos here on myspace, but to purchase one you must go here to our website.
Check out the Independent Arts and Music Festival (I AM Fest) taking place at the Congress Theatre on Saturday, June 13. Algren joins 24 other bands and numerous artists at this all day 100% local event. Visit www.iamfest.com for more info!
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