Our new album 'Superbloom' is out now! 
https://rarariot.lnk.to/superbloom

Making music in Tokyo with friends and collaborators everywhere. Debut album "The Floating World"

"I dont think I can compare Space Fight to anyone... They're gonna be absolutely huge." - Billy Clark, ThisIsFakeDIY.co.uk radio.

THING ONE is the pet project of childhood chums Joey Palestina and Spencer Miles. Originally melding elements of jazz and hip-hop, they released two LPs - 2005's debut Miles From the Road and the subsequent Ghettoskylinesuburbanfarmland. Defying categorization, THING ONE went on to reinvent themselves on the dance-rock inspired Ridiculous Speed EP and the follow-up You'll Be Fine LP in 2008. After a successful US tour (Flower Booking) kicking off at Bowery Ballroom, and playing with acts such as Matisyahu, Ra Ra Riot, and Jukebox The Ghost, THING ONE took it live to WOXY Cincinnati and had their most popular single ‘Move It’ in heavy rotation on WFUV 90.7 and Rochester WITR Radio. On New Years Eve, 2016 they released the indie-pop EP Fair Weather Friends. Layered with synth-centric melodies, programmed beats and deep bass grooves, THING ONE loves to genre jump, a la Beck, Ween and Flaming Lips, with a touch of Steely Dan’s meticulous attitude and The Beach Boys creamy harmonies. They recently opened for Gin Blossoms February 25th in their hometown of Montclair, NJ at Wellmont Theater.

W.D. Neely grew up in western Pennsylvania, and came of musical age around the time the first wave of the British Invasion crashed on the banks of the Monongahela. Inspired by what he heard, he taught himself to play guitar – and was writing songs by the time he hit high school. Mistaking friends’ forbearance for approval, he cheerfully persevered till he got the hang of it.

After migrating to New York City, Neely joined with Liz Emmert, Bill Bly, and Deborah Griffin Bly to form the acoustic music group Left Field. The band became known for its repertoire of obscure cover songs and original tunes on a bewildering array of topics, delivered with happy disregard for stylistic consistency. This signature mix – frequently ironic and/or satirical –appealed to a group of dedicated listeners who turned out to hear Left Field at venues across the metropolitan NYC area. The four also made frequent appearances on Princeton radio legend John Weingart’s weekly show, Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio (http://wprb.com/).

Left Field produced two recordings – a live album, Left Field: Still A-Live! (1996), and Extra Innings, a studio recording of original songs (1998).

Several of Neely’s tunes were recorded by Left Field for The Fast Folk Musical Magazine (FFMM), a monthly album of original songs produced by The Musicians’ Co-op (a/k/a the CooP) in Greenwich Village.

The FFMM catalog was eventually acquired by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (http://www.folkways.si.edu/search/the-fast-folk-musical-magazine), which cited its value as a primary source of urban folk music from the late 20th century. 

Early in the new century Neely contributed songs to a musical revue loosely based on Pilgrim’s Progress. Headlong Retreat: A Musical Meditation on the Pilgrimage, was presented by Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, PA in January 2009. 

More recently, Neely conspired with long-time musical partners at Mark Dann Recording to produce the CD "Ballads, Bromides and Broadsides: Songs by W.D. Neely with Liz Emmert and Bill Bly", 14 fresh takes on the vicissitudes of modern life.

Wendel is London born and Yokohama based musician/songwriter Tom Welch, plus an ever-growing list of musicians and collaborators. 
 
Growing up surrounded by great sounds played to him by his family he developed a love of music from a young age. Early musical influences like Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, The Beatles, David Bowie, Crowded House, Squeeze, Neil Young, Wilco and The Jayhawks being just a taste of the bands that led him to attempt to play guitar and write some tunes. 
 
 “Wendel” was decided upon- amid the madness of 2020- as the moniker for his new musical project, taking the name from the worlds first drum sampling machine, developed by Roger Nichols for Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and first used on the Steely Dan album Gaucho.
 
Citing Steely Dan among one of his all time favorite bands, he was blown away when drummer Keith Carlock (Steely Dan, John Mayer, James Taylor) laid down some (superb) drums on the debut Wendel single These Times. The track was mastered by Andy Walker at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London.
 
Smooth Rhodes vibes, digging drums, funky fender basses, jazzy pianos, cutting guitar lines and three part harmonies are all part of the Wendel manifesto....sometimes. Sometimes it gets dark and weird with backwards guitars and scratchy drum machine beats, vintage synth sounds and random noise.
 
Turn up Wendel, the neighbors are listening.

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