Rachel Boller, Ryan Berman, Jeff Brown, Brad McGowan
Influences
Mogwai, Mineral, Strictly Ballroom, Mates of State, Built to Spill, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Cursive, Sunny Day Real Estate, Tori Amos, Velocity Girl, Eric's Trip, Stars, Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley, Postal Service, Imogen Heap
Sounds Like
The Swords Project, Gloria Record, Blonde Redhead, something new and delightful that your ears will never forget
No, Rachel did not come up with the name. Brad came up with Plot Against Rachel as a joke and a tendon-snapping Applause-O-Meter test at a show sealed the deal; the band was officially named.
Brad and Ryan first met in 2002 through Craigslist when Brad's band was looking for a drummer...oh wait, I mean a guitarist. He was a quick study and a nice enough guy so Brad allowed him into the hallowed santcum that is our recording studio practice space. (If you question the "hallowed" Brad is very serious about his eqiuipment and you should apologize.) Their goal for the musical project was the "anti-jam" band in which all band members would sing, and they started composing math-y melodic indie rock songs.
The band has gone through several lineup changes, including Rachel joining the band first on the keyboard playing a few little melodies....and then covering the bottom end with the Rhodes electric piano. Then everyone started singing and lo, a real live band!
Ben Patel joined in early 2005 on the drums, helping PAR write new songs and laying down drum tracks iyou can hear on the tracks on this site (from our EP on Abandoned Love Records). Ben's other career took him out of state, strangely precluding him from playing shows with us.
Jeff Brown joined the band in late 2006 and brought his percussion skills and training to the table and has helped move the band's music to another level. PAR is booking shows and radio appearances and the first CD was released on Abandoned Love Records (http://www.abandonedloverecords.com/) March 13, 2007.
We have finished and recorded 9 songs for our first full-length album, which is currently being mastered. We will unveil the album at a CD Release Party in Spring 2009.
Please feel free to get in touch with us anytime, here on myspace or at plotagainstrachel.com (plotagainstrachel@gmail.com)
xoxo
PAR
Hey what's up. Glad to have you as a friend, if you haven't had a chance yet, check out the page & enjoy the tunes. Thanks, enjoy the rest of the week!
Awesome! We do have an MP3 of the radio show from Saturday. Thanks for listening. Charly B did very well, freestyles, interviews, everything. We appreciate the support! Detail Records baby :)
Hey whats up. Hope you had a great weekend. I have a online show with all my artists on Saturday, June 20th at 10pm PDT. There will be live interviews, live performance and an exclusive unreleased song will be played :D You can listen from anywhere in the world, and we will have video broadcasting too! I hope you can tune in. http://kzsu.stanford.edu
Thanks for the support, have a good week. Detail Records baby! ^_^ www.detailrecords.com
Rad new tune guys, I can definitely hear the Broken Social Scene. I like the mix of the two voices and the rad breakdown. Keep up the good work, if you're in Seattle lets get a show going.
