Members: Ben Davis (3), Pete Wagner, Sean Husick

The project’s roots go back to a years-gone post-show conversation between Husick and Ben Davis (Milemarker, Bats & Mice), in which Sean asked Ben if he might want to collaborate on a “goth” project together.

Husick took a whack at it, drafting a couple of tunes the betrayed a heavy debt to dark eyeliner-heavies like Samhain and Siouxsie Sioux. As songwriting progressed, the music’s influences began to turn toward atmospheric post-punk and shoegaze. Often, Husick used a bass guitar to form each track’s melodic foundation, freeing up room for guitars and synths to play a textural role. Davis added vocals.

Soon, the duo had generated a record’s worth of songs and recruited friends from Chapel Hill and Chicago to form a live version of the band, including guitarists Dave Nesmith and Rachel Hirsh and drummer John Crouch.