Skursula’s music is about a violinist, cellist, and accordionist who combine their love of stir frys, pirates, classical music, journal scribbles, and whiskey on the rocks into song. Carrasco and Dial, the two musical scientists hid away until their “little Frankenstein” was born and ready for performance in August 2006. Their latest monstrosiity has been the addition of Harlan Muir on accordion in April of '07. Skursula has performed with: Ambulette, Appleseed Cast, Asobi Seksu, Ad Astra Per Aspera, Tilly and the Wall, Baby Teeth, Black Angels, Vietnam, Young Galaxy, Page France, David Vandervelde, and The Forecast.
Skursula’s idiosyncratic songs generally take the form of character studies, and are thus much like short stories in a song. Influenced greatly by classical, folk and hip-hip, their music ranges from playful to introspective in character. Skursula strives to create a unique musical style for each individual song, rather than trying to develop a general style for their music as a whole.
Highlighted feature Skursula articles:
THE DAYTROTTER:
http://www.daytrotter.com/article/913/skursula-are-those-talons-on-that-seamstress-and-a-neck-tie-on-that-mare
THE DAILY IOWAN:
http://media.www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2007/01/25/80Hours/Girls.Gone.Indie-2676595.shtml
COKEMACHINEGLOW:
http://www.cokemachineglow.com/scenecast/no3iowacity.html
Hey skursula! We totally want to hang out with you at our upcoming show this Saturday, April 4th at Flipside in Downtown Ottumwa. We're going to have our new T-shirts available, too!
We're making a deal for all our fans, If you join us in not wearing pants at the show, You'll get $1 OFF of your admission to the show! You know you're just looking for an excuse to not wear pants. :D
We will see you at the show. Bring all your friends!
Catch DSA in Iowa City TOMORROW NIGHT March 28th at The Yacht Club with Ephraim Zehn and BlackBloom, t'will be the bomb and we would love your company~
Merry xmas and happy New Year from the randomly-selected nobodies of Insectoid. Check out the NYE show at The Industry - 2 stages, 6 great bands, 1 price, 5 projectors, 12 TV's, 2000 watts of blacklight, aliens, alien drag queens, lightsabers, laser shades, a 10'x30' blacklight panorama, performances by the spinners of Pryotechniq & friends, and more!
Hey, how are you girls doing? I thought I would drop you a note before 2008 expires. Come back up to Minneapolis sometime and we'll go to a rave or something.
Brilliant! Thank you first, for the voices and arrangements...I want more of those vocals. Thank you for add too! Coming to Long Beach anytime soon? Or will i have to visit my sister in Iowa?
I cringe to admit it, but I've just heard your music for the first time (I'm such a horrible prima, sorry!). Anyways, I think it's absolutely beautiful and genius. Where can I get your CD?
Skye Carrasco--violin, vocals
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Harlan Muir--accordion, keyboard
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Other contributing musicians include: Jeff Piper--percussion/drums, Ashbeefe--sound art.
