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Been Together Since: 2005

Sounds Like: "Anarchana."

Members

Ben Godfrey -- vocals, guitar, organ
Shane Patrick -- vocals, banjo, brass, percussion, piano, bass
Elton Marshall Graves -- organ, piano, bass, guitar, banjo, percussion
Jose Chavez -- drums

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The winter of two thousand and five

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Discography

listenlisten EP, 2007

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Listenlisten creates a sort of experimental folk rock that can be creepy and pretty in equal measure. The songs on the band's self-titled debut do more unfolding than they do driving. The Winter of Two Thousand and Five charts a droning course with intertwined guitar and banjo before a drum kicks in out of nowhere and some brass joins the fray. Then it gets deadly silent again.

There aren't solos to be found, nor standard verse-chorus-bridge constructions. Shane Patrick plays most of the percussion, which appears sporadically but dramatically. Godfrey puts it best: "He plays drums like an instrument and not to keep a beat."

Godfrey and Patrick started the band 2½ years ago, with Joe Joyner playing viola. Godfrey was a fan of old, gothic folk music like Dock Boggs.

"Old, scary music like that is my big love," he says. "I'll try to emulate that any way I can." He said the other two pushed the sound toward experimental rock. "Our sound just evolved from each of us bringing these influences."

The band is mastering a new album, which should be available in 2009.