The Ebb and Flow
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The Ebb and Flow are an American
indie pop
band formed in 2001.
The band's sound is considered experimental pop/rock with influences from 1970s progressive rock
. In the summer of 2005, they had a national tour in support of their first album Time to Echolocate
, which culminated in a performance at the CMJ music marathon in NYC and the Northwest Music Fest in Portland, OR.
The band recorded its second full length album in March 2006 with engineer Aaron Prellwitz (Neil Young, Sun Kil Moon) and producer Christian Hanlon (Unbunny, the Ebb and Flow)
In prelude to their 2nd North American tour the band released a "tour only" EP titled Here Are Caught the Ebb and Flow.
In October 2007, the band released its final recording "Attack and Decay" (Huevo Imaginary Records) at their farewell show at Great American Music Hall
in San Francisco.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
indie pop
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band formed in 2001.
The band's sound is considered experimental pop/rock with influences from 1970s progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
. In the summer of 2005, they had a national tour in support of their first album Time to Echolocate
Time to Echolocate
Time to Echolocate is the debut album by American indie-rock band The Ebb and Flow, released in 2005....
, which culminated in a performance at the CMJ music marathon in NYC and the Northwest Music Fest in Portland, OR.
The band recorded its second full length album in March 2006 with engineer Aaron Prellwitz (Neil Young, Sun Kil Moon) and producer Christian Hanlon (Unbunny, the Ebb and Flow)
In prelude to their 2nd North American tour the band released a "tour only" EP titled Here Are Caught the Ebb and Flow.
In October 2007, the band released its final recording "Attack and Decay" (Huevo Imaginary Records) at their farewell show at Great American Music Hall
Great American Music Hall
The Great American Music Hall is a concert hall in San Francisco, California. It is located on O'Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood on the same block as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater...
in San Francisco.
Members
- Roshy Kheshti - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals - Sam Tsitrin - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Sara Cassetti - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Discography
- Murmurs (2003, EP)
- Time to EcholocateTime to EcholocateTime to Echolocate is the debut album by American indie-rock band The Ebb and Flow, released in 2005....
(2005, Three Ring RecordsThree Ring RecordsThree Ring Records is an independent record label based out of the San Francisco/Bay Area in northern California. Started in 2003 by Dan Crowell of the band D.W. Holiday, Three Ring saw its first release that same year with the Bother's The Night Bleeds Gold...
, LP) - Here Are Caught the Ebb and Flow (2006, EP)
- "Attack and Decay" (2008, Huevo Imaginary Records, LP)