Musical Influences David Sylvian, Pieter Nooten, Michael Brook, Cocteau Twins, Idaho, American Music Club, Red House Painters, Depeche Mode, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Pete Namlook

Group Members [ michael plaster - guitars, synths, programming, vocals, everything else.] . [ jason farrel - live drums ]0

Albums [please sennd help, 2001] . [hope was, 1998] . [pyewackit, 1997] . [everyone will eventually leave you, 1995] . [eating the sea, 1993]

Press Reviews Hope Was charts the difficult territory of love lost between hope and despair, somehow crafting an album of breathtaking beauty from the soul-crushing horror of a relationship falling apart before your eyes. Michael Plaster sings his incredibly honest, vu l nerable lyrics in a voice so overcome with conflicting emotions -- loss, fear, regret, anger, but above all, love -- that you want to weep, and not stop until he and his lover are reunited. The overall Gothic ambiance of Hope Was fits with Plaster's ot h er Soul Whirling Somewhere recordings, but this one has more of an edge to it, weaving late-night insomniac radio static, ominous drones, and jittery percussion in with soft-strummed guitars and oceanic synths. These jarring juxtapositions are perfect f or evoking the swings in the lyrics from morose self-hatred to blind, loving hope. For instance, the synths on "How to Hang Yourself" start off warm and enveloping, but Plaster pushes them a little off-key, showing how off-balance it feels to live in a wo rl d without your lover. - [from Dave Aftandilian, INK19.com]f

Location phoenix, AZ - USA

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