Artist description one man with a 4-track and a bunch of instruments at his disposal... spare, muddy melodies, slightly off-key vocals, and... well, the rhythm section usually sounds pretty good, actually.

Music Style muddy lo-fi 4-track/field-recorded indie songs

Musical Influences beat happening, pavement, guided by voices, sonic youth, slint, recuerdo, joy division, mirah, early ween, bob nanna's half-assed 4-track covers

Similar Artists sebadoh, beat happening, recuerdo, slint, mogwai (occasionally), joy division (even less occasionally)

Artist History when j was a junior in high school, he obtained a 4-track and began experimenting with it. trained only in percussion and piano, he forced himself to write songs on guitar, resulting in a beat happening-esque mixture of the clever and the irritating. though he plays in more traditional/successful bands on the side, he has continued to mess around with his 4-track (and, later, a field recording device) in his spare time.

Group Members j - guitar, drums, bass, vocals, keyboard, xylophone, tabletop, maracas, etc.

Albums n/a

Location Urbana, IL - USA

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