kaw valley project

A group that comprises itself of preschool teachers, grad students, an EMT, and a drummer with a heart defibrillator, the hard working - kaw valley project- after only a few practices, found themselves playing several venues around the city of Lawrence. They had originally called themselves, The Years, but were threatened with law suits by angry Canadians who also went by that name. They later realized it was not the best name anyway and let their (not so) friendly neighbors to the north keep it without litigation. The kv project find their inspiration in acoustic driven bands such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, and the Violent Femmes, with an often shimmering piano undercurrent all unsettled by displaced electric guitars, and a pulsing drumbeat that somehow holds their world-weary stories together.