Biography
"...a lyrically charged indie explosion you'll love so much you'll feel perverted." musicemission.com
Vocal tag-team Greg Giles and Kelly Atkins blend seamless co-ed harmonies and thought-completing counterpoint with catchy and unpredictable songwriting, and have released three albums to date, most recently 2005’s critically acclaimed “Yawn + House = Explosion”. 20ML has been featured at Noise Pop, the Mission Creek Music Festival, on NPR’s Open Mic, Salon.com’s Song Search and they’ve shared the stage with numerous national acts, such as Frank Black, The Walkmen, Viva Voce, Rilo Kiley, Mates of State, Persephone’s Bees and John Vanderslice. 20 Minute Loop is currently finishing up their fourth album, to be released in 2008.
For more songs, see http://www.myspace.com/20minuteloop
Instrumentation
Greg Giles: Vocals and guitar; Kelly Atkins: Vocals and keyboards; Nils Erickson: Guitar; Adam Cunha: Bass; Mike Romano: Drums
Discography
New Full Length LP to be released 2008 (see song sample "12 Year Old Stoner")
Yawn + House = Explosion (LP, Fortune Records, 2005) "20 Minute Loop, has just unloaded the most absurdly addictive angst-pop record to emerge from the East Bay in, well, actually, ever. Yawn + House = Explosion is a ridiculously fantastic mash-up of pop hooks, slide guitar riffs, and dueling boy/girl vocals that either intertwine perfectly or clash magnificently." East Bay Express
Fortune Cookies II (Comp, Fortune Records, 2006) Including The Monolith, Herman Jolly and others.
West of Eden (The California Collection) (Comp, Zip Records, 2004). Includes: The Chantigs, The Shambles, The Sleeves, Anna Waronker, Persephone's Bees, and many others.
Split 7” Vinyl Single (Fortune Records, 2004) The Monolith/20 Minute Loop
Azadi! (Comp, Fire Museum Records, 2003) RAWA benefit CD. Includes: Charming Hostess, Deerhoof, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Zmrzlina, and many others.
Decline of Day (LP, Fortune Records, 2001) “20 Minute Loop is one of the more refreshing musical experiences I've had in months and months. Decline of Day practically begs for stupid music review fantasy hybrid-type descriptions. So here goes: say you've got XTC. Now subtract the TC, and pair the remainder of John Doe and Exene Cervenka with J. Robbins in a six-by-six cell haunted by Frank Black's muse, with only a Radiohead CD, a Flannery O'Connor novel, and occasional visits from the members of Seely to break the psychosis…” PITCHFORK – Rating 8.5
Fortune Cookies (Comp, Fortune Records, 2000) Includes: John Vanderslice, Bart Davenport, Etienne De Rocher, Deadweight, 20 Minute Loop and many others.
Self-titled Debut (LP, Fortune Records, 2000) "As the fronting members of 20 Minute Loop, boy-girl lyrical tag-team Greg Giles & Kelly Atkins have taken the best of the Pixies/Deal dissonance and cut it with the thought completing counterpoint of Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker & Carrie Brownstein. Hooky pop slides into new wave echoes as the two wax beautiful on life's ugliness - and stuff that makes far less sense: Russian airline disaster Aeroflot, parasitic worms, and an inhuman love affair between Bunnyman & Chickengirl. Atkins' crisp voice alternates between a sky-large wail and a throaty moan, set off by Giles' folk-singer restraint. The group's turn-of-the-millennium self-titled debut is one of the best local albums we've heard this year..." SF WEEKLY
Links
| http://www.20minuteloop.com |