I first heard of this band after drummer Benjamin Weikel joined Modest Mouse for their Good News For People Who Love Bad News album (Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock also brought them to the attention of Sub-Pop records). After checking out their Sub-Pop debut I was hooked. The first two albums have a My Bloody Valentine-esque wall of sound that is pretty incredible considering this band is only a duo. On their Sub-Pop debut Love and Distance they refined their sound into a sort of Flaming Lips/Modest Mouse hybrid that had lots of melody, and plenty of loudness. Their most recent is also their most uneven with half the songs being great, the other half being weak, though the title track "Keep You Eyes Ahead" is my favourite song by the band.
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