Creaky Boards

Creaky Planks emerged in NY in 2004 as an eccentric, bright-eyed anti-folk duo made up of singer/songwriter Andrew Hoepfner and trumpet participant Jason Benjamin. The duo generated a little bit of hype in the brand new York anti-folk picture and continued to execute at high-profile locations just like the Knitting Manufacturer as well as the 2004 Summer season Antifolk Fest. Led by Hoepfner, who demonstrated himself to become the creative push driving the music group, Creaky Boards shortly swelled to add five associates. The newly extended band’s debut full-length, Where’s sunlight?, premiered in 2005; it discovered Creaky Boards shifting beyond their anti-folk root base and delving into sun-drenched, fun-loving indie pop that nodded to serves like Saturday Appears Good if you ask me and Fishboy. Creaky Planks’ rotating ensemble of characters extended to six during the period of the next calendar year. Their sophomore discharge, Brooklyn Is Appreciate, arrived in past due 2007. One monitor from that record, “The Music I Didn’t Write,” was the main topic of some controversy in the summertime of 2008. Utilizing a YouTube mash-up to demonstrate his stage, Hoepfner alleged that Coldplay acquired copied “The Music I Didn’t Write” in composing “Viva la Vida,” a melody that was highlighted on a industrial airing in those days. Coldplay shot down the state, denying any understanding of Hoepfner’s melody prior to documenting “Viva la Vida.”