ladies and gentlemen... forty-five (45) spiders.
forty-five spiders is cathy, ferdinand and peter
cathy plays bass, ferdinand plays the drums, peter plays the guitar and sings the songs.
cathy and peter live in the district of columbia, but are originally from hawaii.
ferdinand lives in suburban maryland, but hails from the philippines.
they practice in wheaton.
this is the future sound of wheaton.
they've shared stages with a bunch of great bands, like divine comedy, brilliantine and the van pelt.
people have said they sound like:
versus
yo la tengo
a bunch of flying nun bands
terry riley dueting with steve reich on mellotrons
the godz.
standard forms of communication is the spiders' first cd. it was drunkenly released december 29 at the galaxy hut to a packed house. they also can be found on paint with sound, a compilation also on DEEP REVERB.