After blowing up on the San Francisco scene in 2006 with their self-released EP "This Is The World's Biggest Hammer", Social Studies is aiming high. With two tours under their belts and countless shows in their hometown (including dates with The Pipettes, the Long Blondes and Handsome Furs), the band spent months recording and finessing a full-length that pushed their eccentric songwriting skills to new heights.
The result, "Wind-Up Wooden Heart" tempers the Fiery Furnaces with a love of unadulterated pop songwriting and arms the Decemberists with Casiotones instead of accordions. With adventurous structures, consistently catchy melodies, and Natalia Rogovin's enchanting voice, Social Studies crafts an album that's equally infectious and innovative.
Throughout the record, the band constructs a prophetic future that upon closer look is crumbling with nostalgia and regret. "Wind-Up Wooden Heart" is pop music fully realized for a modern era, and it's a debut LP that begs to be talked about, sung along to, and played on repeat. It announces Social Studies as a band ready to break out into the national consciousness - they're a group to watch in 2009.
Website
www.socialstudiesband.com
Band Members
natalia rogovin - vox, casiotone, tambourine tyler mcCauley - guitar, vox, moog mike jirkovsky - drums, chanting, dramatics jason kick - bass, vox, positive vibes
Influences
The Spanish Armada, Henry Darger, Maurice Ravel, Mahler, The Inquisition, Mao, Agyrophobia, Stela Artois, The Anatomy of Cats, Cabinet of Curiosities
