Kentucky Nightmare

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It happened in lovely Bloomington, Indiana. Summer of 2003. One "Simon P. Moore" had a line on a show in August, and the idea of starting a band called "Kentucky Nightmare" had already been cultivated in his mind by a friend's reference to a Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast episode. He had been writing songs for almost ten years, and was eager to front a band. He joined forces with friends Ben C. Fowler (drums) and Evan L. Farrell (bass and vocals). Kentucky Nightmare began playing like a good power trio usually ought to: dynamic, classic, and powerful songs with Evan's dancing bass lines and Ben Fowler's furious drumming. The band started playing bigger and bigger shows in Bloomington, with great bands like the M's, Mock Orange, Manishevitz, and Asobi Seksu. Gray clouds were on the horizon, though. Evan, being the sparkling, effervescent fountain of joy and brilliance that he is, was snatched up by Sub-Pop's Rogue Wave for a tour in the winter of 2003/2004, and successively asked to join the band. With what little time they had with Evan between tours, the band optimistically began to self-produce their debut release, *There's Vampires in Them Hills! (2004)* Evan and Ben transformed into a stampede of horses. Simon laced a joint of J. Mascis with some Cream-era Eric Clapton and shredded. But Evan soon was far too busy to continue working with the band. Simon began writing songs that required two guitar parts, so in addition to recruiting Karen Jensen to take the reigns on bass

top songs

albums

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Paste Magazine Sampler 52

Take Her Favour

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IndieFeed: Indie Pop Music

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Take Her Favor

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A Very Standard Christmas, Volume 2

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2009 Standard Recording Co Sampler

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In The House Facing South

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Paste Magazine Sampler #52: May/June 2009

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There's Vampires In Them Hills!

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Where Are You Now?

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the lost EPisode

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New Recordings

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