Dan Jury: Vox and Guitar;
Glenn Carmichael: Guitar, Keyboards and Vox;
Masa Kimura: Bass and Synth.
Influences
Broken Social Scene, Death Cab For Cutie, The Dandy Warhols, Sonic Youth, Supercar, Quruli, Elliott Smith, Mae, Ben Lee, Interpol, Mew, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, The Lemonheads, Matthew Sweet, Snow Patrol
Hyperkinetic emo-fi crackling with corrupted innocence, jangle-free, stripped-down pain on parade in the back of a pretty blue police car. squadcar are the bastard sons of Lou Barlowe and Utada Hikaru. They're the rookie cop gone bad. They're white bread pop drenched in red wine punk, lost, alone, wandering Tokyo and making beautiful music. And the fourth album 'squadcar' is music for everything missed - for the sneer that turns to a smile as the train pulls away, for the growl that turns to a bubble gum pop song when your inbox is empty again. They'll pull out your heart, break it in pieces and hand it back with a smile and a yoroshiku onegaishimasu. They're bilingual, beautiful, brilliant and bewildered. And back
The diminutive ball of energy, Dan (rhythm, vocals), hooked up with the mellowest of gentle giants (until he plays, that is) Andy (drums) way back in spring 2001 when the two of them played Radio:on as a Stripes-ey guitar/drums duo. The lanky melancholic Glenn joined in 2002 (lead, vocals) to add the melodies that have made them famous. In 2003, squadcar handpicked Masa (bass), the prettiest and best-dressed J bassplayer in the business, and squadcar started to click like a geiger counter.
And they nearly imploded. The now-legendary sessions for Misses, with the hugely
influential (and highly volatile) Chris McGuire, ex-drummer for famous J band
Quruli, as producer, have entered rock lore as how not to make an album. The shouting matches, all-night sessions, drinking, crack-ups, breakups and breakdowns, the spontaneous narcolepsy - and throughout, the best music of their lives.
And now 'squadcar', the soon to be released fourth album, is the great music that comes from the messy, painful business of living your life. This is squadcar at the edge of the envelope - punked up, pissed off and too often brokenhearted.
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Hey Guys! How's it Going!? Thank you so much for dropping by my page and checking out my music! So how is Life treating you!?
I Hope you like my music, I'm finishing up my debut album, due out in just a few weeks, but the songs on our page should give you a good taste of what's to come! :)
Hey kids, If you're looking for your indie music fix, check out THE OKAY IDEA either this friday or next thursday (aug 31, sept 6). Last 2 shows maybe forever since i'm leaving japan in a couple weeks (boo hoo). glenn should be there too, ...unless hes a loser. :)
Hey Partier! I wanted to check in on ya to see if you got your Macys Gift Card in the mail this week. I got mine!!! I'm going to put in a few more emails at that website to see how many they are going to send me. Check out this SICK Chanel purse that I ordered with the Macys Card I got for FREE!
Hello there:)I actually bought your cd at Tower Records the day after I hear you at Cozmos...but I had a little difficultis to remember the name, because of the little "Squidcar"-joke...he,he
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Keep up the good work.
Smile from me, Nina
Thankyouthankyouthankyou for letting me play the show with you last weekend. It felt really professional and you guys kicked ass. The other highlight was when that guy brought the bush on stage :) See you Saturday! Can't wait to hear "Osaka" again, I've been singing it non-stop since the show.
