Artist description Indie power pop with hooks galore -- layered guitars, driving bass and drums, catchy vocal lines and harmonies -- made especially for your discerning ears.

Music Style Indie Power Pop

Musical Influences Superchunk, Pavement, Guided By Voices

Similar Artists Weezer, Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World

Artist History Indie power-pop stalwart Yuma House started to make waves in its Washington, D.C. home base following the release of its second album, Future Perfect. The album earned local publication The Journal "Local Album of the Year" award. The paper's music writer, Lou King, referred to the closing song Smiles as not only "brilliant" but also his personal "song of the year." Before becoming the toast of Washington, D.C.'s local rock scene, the quartet (comprised of singer/guitarist Don Brasek, guitarist Danny Espinoza, bassist Eric Chang, and drummer Lee Huber) released its self-titled debut album in 1998. Following impressive college radio play for the album -- added on over 200 college station playlists and charting on a dozen -- Yuma House began to host its music on various websites, exposing the band to an even broader audience. The band then began to hone its sound in shows in the Washington region, and continued heavy promotion of its first release on the Internet. The result - a deal with Garageband Records in 2001 and the release of its follow-up album, Future Perfect. Yuma House found unprecedented success online at Garageband both in online playback (8 of 10 songs voted into the site's top 100 songs) and online CD sales (over 900 units sold and top seller at cdbaby.com for 5 weeks). On the heels of that success came an extensive East Coast tour to promote the album that stretched as far west as Chicago, where the band performed at the International Pop Overthrow Festival. Following the early 2002 demise of the Garageband Records label (although it continues to promote Yuma House in its reborn web-centric incarnation), Yuma House set to work on writing new material for its next release and continues to tour.

Group Members Don Brasek, Eric Chang, Lee Huber, Danny Espinoza

Instruments Vocals, Bass, Drums, Guitars

Albums Yuma House

Press Reviews 'We're betting that you're going to be hearing much more of this winning quartet in the coming months.' - Larry Flick, Billboard 'At a time when many major-label bands are trying to pad one or two catchy songs into an album, Yuma House is blessed with a power-pop bounty.' - Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post '...a fine, noisy pop nugget...' - Next Flash Magazine 'Yuma House effortlessly cranks out intelligent guitar pop...' - Scene Magazine 'This DC-area foursome has seemingly mastered the pop genre, with a nice mix of power, quirk and noise pop.' - CDReviews.com

Location Washington, DC - USA

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