Oblio Duo

OBLIO DUO is: Steven Lee (Lawson) - guitars,vocals, piano, bass, harmonica; William Duncan - Drums, vocals, piano, percussion, banjo. Influences: leonard cohen, nilsson, tom waits, elliott smith, bob dylan, john lennon, sparklehorse, neil young, queens of the stone age, flaming lips, david bowie (esp. hunky dory, ziggy, and space oddity), pavement, wilco, howling wolf, mississippi john hurt, donovan, kris kristofferson, wille nelson, beatles, my morning jacket, jack elliot, pink floyd, townes van zandt...

Influences: leonard cohen, nilsson, tom waits, elliott smith, bob dylan, john lennon, sparklehorse, neil young, queens of the stone age, flaming lips, david bowie (esp. hunky dory, ziggy, and space oddity), pavement, wilco, howling wolf, mississippi john hurt, donovan, kris kristofferson, wille nelson, beatles, my morning jacket, jack elliot, pink floyd, townes van zandt, miles davis, tin hat trio, the shins, silver jews, black sabbath, stevie wonder, otis redding, bonnie 'prince' billy, sweetheart of the rodeo, daniel johnston, CAN, pretzel logic, frank zappa, hank williams, woody guthrie, jim o'rourke, jimi hendrix, leadbelly, johnny cash, lightnin' hopkins, nick drake, modest mouse, velvet underground, ween, thelonious monk.

Sounds Like: a sprawl of soft strums, stray noises, brittle piano, chunks of distortion and the twosome's fluttering, sleep-starved coos.