Artist Information Biography Guitarist Casey Harvey had been pestering Rachel Tracy about forming a band for years. She finally relented in the summer of 2005, agreeing to play bass, and they recruited vocalist/guitarist Anna Conner during a pickup baseball game and drummer Matt Davis shortly thereafter. Having cut their teeth in the formative Baltimore all-ages indie scene of the mid-nineties, they were itching to make meaningful music again. Several practice sessions in, they realized there was real chemistry and Thrushes was born.     Venerating Phil Spector as the patron saint of sonic emotion, their premise is strikingly simple. Rock music should be beautiful. Casey’s guitar work elevates grand canyon reverb to high art. More canvas than skeletal structure, its wall of sound is huge and enveloping. Giving form to these dreamscapes are Anna’s simple, pretty vocal lines, which she colors with clean, clear guitar picking. Out of the sonic swirl, Rachel manages to distill a bass line somewhere between rock-steady groove and the root melody of a lullaby. Her parts construct a visible road map for Matt to effortlessly meander through. With bells and shakers sitting on a table beside his hi-hat, his drumming is more orchestral than rock’n’roll and is peppered with beautiful triangle and xylophone melodies.   On "Sun Come Undone", their debut full length, Thrushes craft gorgeous noise pop and swirling dream rock lullabies. Opening with the cavernous drumming of “Aidan Quinn” into “Loyalty” and the revved-up, fuzzed out Jesus And Mary Chain-esque “Heartbeats,” and carried through the nods to Deadcan Dance in “Loyalty” and haunted claps of guitar thunder on “Ghost Train,” to the final feedback soaked fallout of “The Hardest Part,” this is the sound of blood on blood. • Thrushes have performed alongside The Raveonettes, Glasvegas, XIU XIU, Asobi Seksu, Rasputina, Man Man, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, A Place to Bury Strangers, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Palomar, The Octopus Project, Stereo Total, Shearwater, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.   RIYL:   Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, Pixies, Asobi Seksu, The Raveonettes Instrumentation anna conner- vocals, guitar casey harvey- guitars, vocals, fx rachel tracy - bass guitar matt davis - drums Discography "Sun Come Undone" (Birdnote Records, 2007) - Debut full length cd, distributed by Morphius.  European distribution by Cargo. "Heartbeats Remixed" (Birdnote Records, 2008) - Enhanced CD. Remixes of the hit single "Heartbeats" from "Sun Come Undone." "Sun Come Undone" (Sleepy Records, 2008) - Limited edition of 500 - 12" vinyl, distributed by Morphius.  European distribution by Cargo. "Just Like a Daydream" - Compilation, Jam Records (2008) "Self Storage" - Compilation, Self Storage Records (2008) Links http://www.thrushesrule.com