Artist description Lately my debut album has had two titles. This is because it also has two major themes: Love, and the Porter Dorms. I spent three years living in these residence halls. I arrived here, barely 18, and now I'm leaving, as my 21st birthday approaches.

Music Style like high school choir girls, fiddling with stuff in their room and playing their first guitars

Musical Influences That dog, Mates of State, belle and sebastian, sparklehorse, reindeer section,

Similar Artists Cocteau twins, Ani Difranco, Portishead, and just plain 'me'

Artist History The title of my band was devised from events soon after I met Kyle Mock, creater of the band, Program Notes. After our first date, I left for a family vacation in Missouri. I was miserable because of things in my life, and because I missed this boy I had just met. I started to write him letters in my journal about three times a day. These were the most passionate letters I have ever written. Unfortunately, somehow, in my travels between Missouri and San Jose (my home town) and Santa Cruz, the journal was lost, and no matter how hard I searched, I never found it. I am still waiting for the day when he will know, in words, how I feel for him, the day we recover "The Lost Missouri Letters." I guess I lost Porter, in a way, also. We're forced to leave this wacky place we called home, only returning as guests to witness another generation bumble through it.

Group Members Just me, right now.

Instruments Guitar, mouth organ, keyboard organ, plastic things, my computer's frozen blurp noises, my hands to my lap, my voice layered over itself.

Albums Strange Dream, Sonnets from the Porter dorms: How to say I love you in 7 different languages(NEW)

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Additional Info Partial profit will either go to Concern, a global charity, or get passed on to fund artistic projects in the community. Visit my other site on mp3.com, under "notsoedgyfuz".

Location Santa Cruz, CA - USA

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