By the time cellist Gretta Cohn left Nebraska in 2005, she had made a lasting impression with emo heavyweights Cursive, in addition to almost every other band calling Saddle Creek Records its home.
Having spent the previous four years on the road and in the studio with friends and labelmates including Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley and The Faint, she moved back to Brooklyn with vague notions of pursuing a solo project, but mainly looking for new collaborations.
Happily under the radar, Ryan Smith had been quietly studying the toy piano, crafting cleverly orchestrated pop songs and releasing music under the name A Million Billion, when he and Gretta shared the stage at a New York venue.
A couple of chance encounters later, the two found themselves with a batch of homeless songs, a handful of battered and beautiful old instruments, and a brand new band - Twin Thousands.
Not the types to waste any time, Ryan, Gretta and a few friends went straight into the studio to start tracking the Twin Thousands debut.
Watch the new Like You A Lot video here, thanks to Agag Films :::
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i love the different qualities of the music. some songs are an acquired taste but i must say after i listen to them a couple times i learn to love them. you deffinately have spent a lot of time at work on these songs (or at least it seems like it) and i love it! can't wait to see it in stores soon! oh and if you can release it on vinyl cause thats how i like it.
Yes, after all these years of battling...I am going through with it.... Hopefully Ryan...hopefully. Now where is this album I was promised years ago?? Also - loving the million billion stuff and playing it to all I meet x
