Artist description Rock band from Austin, TX.

Music Style punk emo hardcore rock

Musical Influences Death Cab for Cutie, Midtown, Cursive, The Stereo, The Dismemberment Plan, Recover, Refused, Jimmy Eat World

Similar Artists Midtown, Alkaline Trio, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters

Group Members Austin Orand: Bass - Aaron Franco: Guitar - Chris Chalman: Drums Chris Vanlaningham: singings

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, lungs

Albums Music Is Useless

Press Reviews "...their stunning new Music is Useless is equal parts melody and drama. Think Bright Eyes and At the Drive-In, and get an early peek now." - Andy Langer (Austin Chronicle) "Manatee is a band poised for greatness and picking up “Music is Useless” will be proof that you were in on the bandwagon long before the others. This is one fucking Austin rock record that is going to be a collector’s item some day! Let’s just hope the guys remember where they came from." -filethirteen.com "Mostly, the songs come in tightly compressed bursts of white-knuckle art-punk, with long passages of merry-go-round arpeggios over apologetic basslines, and lots of cutaways to Vanlandingham a cappella." - Christopher Gray (Austin Chronicle Review of Music Is Useless)

Location Austin, TX - USA

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