Artist description robert+karen play neurotic pop/rock music with a general disregard for conventional genre boundaries. the east bay quartet brew "a solid soup of majestic, noisy guitars, great rock beats, and stunningly mature lyrics."* synthetic bleeps, organic buzzes and percussive rattles punctuate dense, hook-heavy rock frameworks. an eclectic lyrical mojo and guileless vocal approach form the ideal temperance to r+k's melodic musings * - John Hedlund, Delusions of Adequacy

Music Style indie-rock, noise-pop, indie-pop, power-pop , post-pop, post-rock, math-rock, space-rock and spaz-pop

Artist History United on a whim and a prayer, Labor Day 1999, Alex Culang, Arthur Culang and Michael Ulrich set out to bring their creative fervor and youthful ebullience to the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. After a year together, the trio christened itself robert+karen and self-released songs about eight people and life as a handicapped adult. In 2002, the group expanded to a quartet with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Ryan Santos and released maximum love vibes through their own here come the warm records. robert+karen has played Bay Area shows alongside fellow up-and-coming acts including the Velvet Teen, Xiu Xiu, Rilo Kiley, Dealership, and KaitO. Today, the gents continue their maturation, exploring new musical contexts with the upcoming full-length record from the nervous system

Group Members Alex Culang - bass, guitar, vocals / Arthur Culang - percussion, keyboards, vocals / Ryan Santos - keyboards, guitar / Michael Ulrich - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion

Instruments vocals (1 ulrich, 2 culangs), guitars (stratocasters, telecaster, godin SD), bass (musicman sterling), amplifiers (carvin SX-200S, eden WT-400, ampeg SVT, ampeg br-100), drumkit (slingerland), cymbals (zildjian K/K customs), organ (hammond xk-2), keyboards (yamaha PSR-190 / casio SK-1), effects (boss, pro-co, ibanez), percussion (LP, rhythm tech)

Albums maximum love vibes, life as a handicapped adult

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Location El Sobrante, CA - USA

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