Shimmer Kids Underpop Association

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The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association are a lo-fi, 60's psychidelia-influenced indie pop band. Lyrically reminiscent of the stylings of Stuart Murdoch and instrumentally eclectic in the same fashion as artists such as Olivia Tremor Control from the Elephant 6 label, the Shimmer Kids are clever, original, and a refreshing change of socks from the hellishly unrelenting and agonizing assault on the senses that is much of modern pop music. Most of the group members are California born and bred, having made each others acquaintance while taking courses at the University of California at Santa Cruz. After some bold and vague movement throughout the state of California, eventually ending up in San Francisco, they made the transition from loosely-formed collective of friends to a fully-fledged and official band in 1996, calling themselves the Shimmer Kids Underpop Association. For the sake of pretentious artsiness and because it's a damn cool thing to do, the Shimmer Kids began accompanying their live performances with film footage (made by theremin player Lorelei David) and other sorts of visual stimuli. To fund their exploits and cover gig expenses, they began to sell home-made cassette tapes of their music recorded in basements using minimal equipment with even less processing. Apparently sales and gigs were successful enough to acquire for them a solid fan base because 2000 saw the release of their first full-length album, entitled Bury My Heart at Makeout Point, albeit in extr

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Bury My Heart At Makeout Point

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The Natural Riot

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The Book Of Mirrors

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Fluxblog 2002 Survey

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Prairie Prayers EP

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Prairie Prayers

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Tones In Orbit 1998 - 2003

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Bub Balulalow

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True Believer

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Soak Your Shoes in Red Wine and Strike the Angels Dumb

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Top 250 of the 2000's

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Soak Your Shoes In Red Wine & Strike The Angels Dumb

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