“Oh, Gramercy - we’re in love!”
The Guardian (UK)
This supergroup has been described as the Byrds paying tribute to the Velvet Underground. Well that sounds promising!
The band features current and former members of Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan Wasser of Joan as Police Woman, Dead Air and The Dambuilders' Dave Darby. In yet more music marketing (not involving the radio_, NYC's Gramercy Arms song "Looking at the Sun" will debut on NBC's Chuck and then on a Lenscrafters commercial. The album has guest spots by Sarah Silverman, Lloyd Cole, Chris Brokaw and Joan Wasser as well as present and former members of Nada Surf, The Pernice Brothers, Dead Air, Shudder To Think, and more.
Trivia: The band is named after an imposing Art Deco apartment block at East 22nd Street.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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