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Years active
  
1998–present

Record label
  
Talitres

Website
  
Official website

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Labels
  
Hometapes, Praemedia, Talitres

Origin
  
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (1998)

Members
  
Ryan Sawyer, Sam Amidon, Laura Ortman

Albums
  
The Ken Burns Effect, Sun Lights Down on the Fence, Took the Ass for a Drive

Genres
  
Experimental rock, Indie rock

Similar
  
Tall Firs, Leverage Models, The Silent League, Pixeltan, Jon Natchez

Profiles

Myspace

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Stars Like Fleas is a Brooklyn-based band formed by multi-instrumentalist Shannon Fields and vocalist Montgomery Knott in the winter of 1998. Frequently compared to later Talk Talk and Robert Wyatt, their music blends avant-jazz and free improvisation with electronic textures and several overdubbed murmured vocal lines.

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History

The band started in 1998. On their albums and in live performances, Fields and Knott have recruited a host of other musicians, including members and ex-members of Other Dimensions in Music, TEST, No-Neck Blues Band, Papa M, Out Hud, Gold Sparkle Band, At the Drive-In, Beirut, Tall Firs, TV on the Radio, Celebration, Fiery Furnaces, The Silent League, and Mercury Rev. In 2007 they did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon.

Members

  • Shannon Fields - producer
  • Montgomery Knott - vocals
  • Ryan Smith - piano, synthesizers, laptop, many other things
  • Ryan Sawyer - drums, percussion
  • Matt Lavelle - bass clarinet, flugelhorn, trumpet, cuica
  • Sam Amidon - fiddle, banjo, voice
  • Jon Natchez - reeds, brass, strings, keys, etc.
  • Gerald Menke - pedal steel, dobro resonator, guitars
  • Shelley Burgon - harp, laptop, baritone guitar
  • Tianna Kennedy - cello
  • Shayna Dulberger - bass
  • Laura Ortman - violin

    • Discography

  • Took the Ass for a Drive (1999; digitally re-released by File 13 2007, downloadable at iTunes)
  • Sun Lights Down on the Fence (2003, Praemedia)
  • The Ken Burns Effect (2007, Talitres Records in Europe) (May 20, 2008 Hometapes, distribution via Absolutely Kosher/Misra)

    • Songs

    You Are My MemoirThe Ken Burns Effect · 2007
    I Was Only DancingThe Ken Burns Effect · 2007
    Berbers in Tennis ShoesThe Ken Burns Effect · 2007

    References

    Stars Like Fleas Wikipedia
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