Hour of the Shipwreck

Hour of the Shipwreck; Los Angeles based five-piece ensemble with instruments including wind organ, numerous guitars, upright and electric bass, glockenspiel, mandolin, drums, and four-part vocal harmonies. The music is complex, through composed, long form with unusual harmonies, inspired by Bjork, Radiohead, Danny Elfman, and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, among others. They recorded their first EP, One Day This Will Be a Theme Park, in the summer of 2005 and began performing at the end of the year.

Since then they have performed at the Troubadour, Spaceland, The Knitting Factory, Tangier, and The Smell with Faun Fables, Grizzly Bear, Stolen Babies, Barbez, and Bad Dudes. They are currently recording their debut full-length record.

www.houroftheshipwreck.com