Artist description happysad melodic, harmony-laced and sometimes weird songs that often have especially prominent bass lines and whimsical arrangements. The lyrics range from the romantic to the nonsensical to the vindictive to the sentimental to the macabre to the paranoid to the ridiculous. The adjective most consistently used to describe the music is: quirky.

Music Style left-of-center POP!

Musical Influences Beatles, David Bowie, Prince, Danny Kaye for Children, Clash, Pretenders, Free to Be You and Me, 70s/80s tv theme songs, Lou Reed (Transformer), Talking Heads, XTC, Police, Robyn Hitchcock, lots of classical stuff

Similar Artists Reviewers have said: Beatles, XTC, Cardigans, Zombies, Kirsty MacColl, Victoria Williams, Julianna Hatfield, Kate Bush, Elliott Smith, Linus of Hollywood, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul Simon, Jellyfish

Artist History Andrea (On-dray-uh) was born in Oberlin, Ohio and raised from 5 on in Austin, Texas by classical pianists. She tried to study piano in her youth, but was unable to tolerate lessons for various and sundry reasons, some of which were that she couldn't read music, hated recitals and would rather be catching tadpoles. She tore up her books and quit. Her love for music, however, blazed on. She was a Beatles fanatic from birth, having come into the world weeks after the release of Sgt.Pepper. The Beatles were the only pop entity whose recordings her parents had in the house. Thus her influences were limited to classical and the Beatles until she got her own radio around age 11. Instantly corrupted, she began listening to top 40 music in the late 70s. She then discovered punk, classic rock and alternative in the 80s. She listened to the Clash every bitter day of her high school life. In 1987 she got her first four-track and has been writing and recording ever since. Pathologically shy, she does not play live. She prefers to layer sound upon sound on tape. Andrea is a Leo. Fire, fire. Speaking of which, "Light My Fire" was #1 on the U.S. charts on the day of her birth. ("All You Need Is Love" was #1 in the U.K.)

Group Members Andrea Perry - vocals, guitar, bass, keys. Chris Searles - drums

Instruments guitar, bass, piano, keys, drums, vocals

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Location Austin, TX - USA

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