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Graze the Skylines
4+ albums
about
Frontman and guitarist Prithee Lake found his calling one fateful night in 2006 when he set his playlist to shuffle. There wasn't much to do for a young man like Lake in Salem, Oregon. In a place like that you make your own fun or have none at all. Acid on his tounge and caution to the wind, Prithee began a sonic journey into another world... Not knowing what to expect, his whole musical library was in the mix... while Lake thought he was touching God, the symphonic delights of Neutral Milk Hotel melted into the soulcandy of Weird Al. Perhaps it was the acid talking, but that night Prithee Lake felt that human nature was finally clear to him. The next day, Lake sold his iPod and bought a guitar. It was time to stop consuming music and begin making it. There was only one goal on his mind: to meld the complex emotional palette of avante-garde indie rock with the simple joys of comedy. Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the city, Maxwell Spenders was gorging on a diet of Beatles and Tom Lehrer. Born into a family of strict Christian Methodologists, Spenders was finally learning true freedom of thought in college. Making up for his lack of social knowledge by developing an impressive sense of wit, Maxwell gained acceptance from his peers with quick, improvisational poems. Eventually becoming his school paper's concert reviewer, Spenders found himself witness to Prithee Lake's one-man show opening for local metal band Dethbard. Lake claimed during the show that he could set any
top songs
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The Ballad of the River Cat
92Holes in the Fort
93Ghost Procession Thru Warsaw
84Off to the Lions
75Sadly Broken Men
76The Difference Between Coldhearted Apathy and Real, Visible Change is a Bullet in the Brain, parts I- XIV
77Drinking Up the Blood-Soaked Martian Sun (Mama, th' Spaceman's Out to Get Me)
78Smuggling in the Love
69Moonlit Confession to the Orang Tree
610Lost Perspective in a Vacuume
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