Mary Halvorson, guitar. Kyle Forester, bass. Kevin Shea, drums. We all sing! email: kevintheshea@aol.com
Mary plays with Mary Halvorson Trio, Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, Anthony Braxton, Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum, Matthew Welch’s Blarvuster, Ted Reichman’s My Ears are Bent, etc.
Kyle plays with Ladybug Transistor, Essex Green, Crystal Stilts, Great Lakes, Get The People, etc.
Kevin plays with Mostly Other People Do The Killing, Talibam!, Puttin' On The Ritz, Peter Evans, Coptic Light, Storm and Stress, Great Lakes, Sexy Thoughts, Get The People, etc
Influences
robert wyatt, jack dejohnette
Sounds Like
Themes include a dialectic of mentality (the residual physiological/neurological analysis of, and its subsequent somatoformic disorders) and praxis..................................
"Explosion drum is good and female vocal is good and when this music continues to listen to, suddenly that wonder that poisoned magic shoots... MYSTERY CANNOT BE SOLVED." -- Rockin' On (Japan)
come see us play sept 5th at little field in brooklyn ... also playing are ches smith's congs for brums and 101 crustaceans. Littlefield Performance and Art Space, 622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. littlefield info page or see the Facebook event page. hope to see you!
We are excited to say we have recorded/mixed/mastered our 3rd album at www.thegalleryrecordingstudio.com with Keith "K-Boo" Parker... we posted two new songs above. This will be our first recording featuring our new member Kyle Forester on electric bass, And on some tracks we will have very special guests trumpeter Peter Evans' brass band featuring Dan Peck on tuba and Sam Kulik on trombone. Hopefully we can release this record within the first half of 2010 ... if you have any ideas, let us know.
ALBUMS
People - Self-titled CD/LP (I&Ear 2005). Available both on CD and lovely clear red vinyl, features a 4-panel science-fiction lyrical/photo adventure/story. Recorded by Rusty Santos (who recorded Animal Collective’s Sung Tongs), mastered by Alan Douches.
People - Misbegotten Man, enhanced CD (I&Ear 2007). This album has enhanced CD footage by Burn Down The Capital including a 22 minute concert film of People live in Toronto and a wholesome music video. Artwork by Tomas Del Basco, recorded to 2" tape by Elisha Wiesner of Kahoots at the lovely Seaside Lounge Recording Studios in park slope NYC. Mastered by JJ Golden, Victoria Collier's package design.
EXORCISM - Casting out of Evil Spirits through Rock & Roll Rituals - Our First Album - Is now Out! Featuring musical luminaries such as Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Barbie (Jazzsteppa), Li and many others - Check it out if at all so inclined - Peace, tranquility & Goodwill - Fogel & the Sheriffs!