A mid-2000s band from Minneapolis that mixed indie pop with post-punk energy.
If you're going to listen to one thing, make it 'Insistor'. For something later, try 'Nightfall' from their top songs list, it shows where they ended up.
They arrived at a specific moment when indie rock was getting louder and more angular again. Songs like 'Insistor' from their 2006 album 'The Loon' had this sharp, catchy tension that felt both familiar and a little off-kilter. Their brief run left behind a handful of tracks that still sound like a particular time and place.
They started with 'The Loon' in 2006, which got some notice for songs like 'Cowbell'. Things got messy with label changes and a final album in 2011 that included 'Hang Them All', a song that caused some minor controversy. They haven't released new music since, but old songs like 'Manitoba' still pop up.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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