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Aberdeen City
12+ albums
indieindie rockamericanalternative rockbands not from the place in their name
about
In 2001, the four members of Aberdeen City met while smoking outside of a lecture series about unfulfilled childhood potential entitled “Young Hopes, Dead Dreams”. They quickly learned how much they had in common. Each was lauded as a "boy genius" in his youth. But, due to 4 parallel twists of fate, no member was able to achieve any real degree of individual success. The music of Aberdeen City is their attempt to make sense of a world that gives no second chances. Christopher McLaughlin (guitar, vocals) was predicted to be "the world's next great physicist". At the age of 9, he succeeded in creating, for the briefest of moments, a new element by bombarding volatile helium atoms with ionized photons in his parents' bathtub. But this marvelous event was shrouded in tragedy as Christopher's beloved golden retriever, mistaking the experiment for his weekly bath, leapt into the tub and combusted. Despite the pleas of scientists and scholars, the inconsolable Christopher gave up science completely. He took up sonic experimentation, saying, "at least nobody can get killed". From a very young age, J. Ryan Heller (guitar) was groomed to takeover his family's snack food empire. He showed his family great promise when he developed a ketchup-flavored potato chip for his fourth grade science fair. On the eve of the fair, however, family rival Andrew McCormack sabotaged the test batch with lemon-pepper. This resulted in a repulsive taste test and a lowly participation ribbon for the much
top songs
albums
The Freezing Atlantic
We Learned By Watching
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The Freezing Atlantic (Columbia)
Sixty Lives EP
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SXSW 2006 Showcasing Artist
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Freezing Atlantic
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Can You See Santa From the Southside?
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FreeIndie.Com Web Mix
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Just Like Christmas Card
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The Freezing Atlantic (Special Edition)
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4 Songs EP
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We Learned by Watching [EP]