Special Thumbs is an OKC-based indie band melodically exploring rock, psych, and pop. Their music features lush vocal harmonies, sensatiable guitar riffs, and multi-textured synths that weave a unique and colorful aural tapestry. 

Starting as a three-piece outfit, members of Special Thumbs met at university and bonded over a love of classic rock. They began writing songs influenced by bands like The Velvet Underground and The Kinks, as well as modern artists such as Tame Impala and MGMT. In 2014, after adding a fourth member and playing around OKC's arts districts, Special Thumbs found a local following and subsequently began work on POLLEN in their home studio. Throughout the recording process Special Thumbs became a two-man project (Pablo Tortoise and Chiefy Roon) and enlisted the help of mixer/producer/wizard Michael Trepagnier to complete their debut EP - POLLEN (Released 10/14/2016).  Since releasing POLLEN, Special Thumbs (with newly added members Jared Fatkin and Ryan McGuire) has been actively gigging around Oklahoma and recently released a new two-song digital release entitled ADVICE!

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I grew up in a traveling circus where I befriended a woman named Ursula Clementine. Between performances, Ursula would eat bangers and mash whilst playing her aquamarine hurdy-gurdy. Inspired by her virtuosic renditions of Perry Como classics such as “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” I quickly sought out my own musical outlet. I went to a pawnshop in Butts County, Georgia eagerly foraging for my very own instrument. The selection was tremendous. They had everything from a theremin to a steel drum. Utterly overwhelmed, I approached the front desk in need of assistance. As the girl behind the counter turned around, I fell in love instantly with the most beautiful woman I had seen. Two days later I left the circus life behind me and we were married and had two children: Squabbles and Doris. 

Yet, I still hadn’t found an instrument. 

It was a cool Autumn morning on Doris’s third birthday and I decided to find her the best gift in the world. I went to Circuit City and immediately stubbed my pinky toe on a display of computers. These weren’t just any computer, though. They had the most complex and up to date software imaginable: Windows 95. Thinking to myself that three year olds don’t really need presents anyway, I bought myself a computer. 

It was on this computer that I produced my first song. I had fallen in love with the production process. I just knew that I had to record Ursula playing her hurdy-gurdy. Turns out she had died. Ursula, god rest her soul, had been the inspiration for my musical endeavors. I hereby dedicate every song I have written to Ursula Anthony Clementine.

Atomic Breeze Studios is the home studio of producer and bass player David Steele. Located in Oklahoma City, OK, Atomic Breeze is currently looking for singers, songwriters and musicians to collaborate in writing and recording original music.

mp3hugger is one of the original indie music blogs, established in 2005 and based off the coast of Ireland.

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