About

Throwback indie rock made in basement studios by Columbus-native, Andy Dunfee, who draws on 90's alternative, 70's prog rock, post-2000's indie rock, and pop punk. Sometimes compared to STP, Modest Mouse and Talking Heads, though Andy thinks he hears The Hold Steady, Car Seat Headrest and The Shins.

Andy has a DIY attitude and philosophy to make what he wants to hear, do best with what he's got and treat each song like a time capsule, aiming to strike a balance between raw simplicity and artsy complexity, between catchy melody and the strain of reality.

Starting on guitar in the mid-90s, early influences were STP, Weezer, RATM, Zeppelin, Sabbath; and later included the Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, At the Drive In, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson. He tries to write like Warren Zevon or Tom Petty, speeds everything up, adds big rock drums and Matt Freeman (Rancid) -esque bass, mixes in guitar parts inspired by anything from Brent Mason to INXS to Green Day, forces his lyrics through a strangled frog of a voice, and then shoots for a saturated, lo-fi/hi-fi mix.

After many trashy, lo-fi tracks in the early 2000s, Andy’s first “real” albums were My Devil, an LP 70% about death, 20% about bears and 10% about cereal; and Please Go Away, a concept EP with indie/punk rock tunes about insecurity, delusion and loneliness. In 2020, he released the more aggressive and polished Thomas Henry Huxley, a guitar-driven, psychedelic-pop rock LP.  In 2021, he released three singles. He released an EP/mini-album in 2022 and another in 2023—Chill Out, Future Man and Happy Me Now, respectively. The combined 13 tracks returned to a more DIY aesthetic while also blending in more electronic sounds. They were also an opportunity to focus more on songwriting and deeper introspection, and were a prelude for what was to come...

Hello Anthropocene, a 9-track LP, is slated for release in late 2025/early 2026.

“‘Forgotten Faces (Outside)’ is a trippy, nostalgic art rock masterpiece and there is nothing else like it on the airwaves.”

‘Forgotten Faces (Outside)’ - Song Review on Bravado Press (3/29/21)

“…you get the feeling that this is a band just having a bit of fun with their instruments and that sort of feeling is contagious. It offers that relief from life that music needs to offer.”

‘My Baby’s a Bull’ - Song Review on Mind Noise Network (12/27/2019)

“The fact that these two tracks can share an album consecutively highlights a diverse musical background and internal mastery of the intent of both genres; the free-spirited love and doobie-induced indifference of a music festival in one track immediately followed by the angst and active rebellion of punk rock. It’s clear the group knows how to make good music; all ten tracks are well conceived and performed.”

My Devil - Album Review on Music in Motion (9/19/2019)

Additional Reviews:

‘Tried To Wake Up’ - Song Review on Bravado Press (5/31/21)

‘I Stole an Aeroplane’ - Song Review on Bravado Press (7/19/21)