Scrabbel

The San Francisco-based project Scrabbel make knotty-yet-breezy, wry-yet-whimsical indie pop tunes. Within their moodier occasions they think of Mates of Condition and American Analog Arranged, and within their spun-sugariest occasions they conjure up Tiger Capture and Heavenly. Dan Lee and #poundsign#’s Becky Barron teamed up to create Scrabbel in 1999, as well as the duo produced their live debut alongside the Aislers Collection at the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA International Asian American Film Event the following yr. Scrabbel’s self-titled debut full-length premiered on Kittridge Information in 2001. Barron remaining Scrabbel the next year, eventually heading on to use Dressy Bessy. At this time, Scrabbel essentially became Lee’s task. When he wasn’t occupied with other responsibilities (we.e. completing as the Aislers Set’s keyboardist throughout their 2003 tour), Lee was focusing on Scrabbel. The band’s sophomore recording, 1909, premiered in 2004 on Three Band Records; the disk featured a brand new lineup that included cellist Helen Jo, the Aislers Set’s Alicia Vanden Heuval, and Ladybug Transistor’s Gary Olson. By the next year, Scrabbel’s fresh lineup solidified right into a six-piece group made up of Lee, Jo, Stanley Lam, Chris Cline, Aya Nakamura, and Atsushi Murase. The group self-released a limited-edition EP, Hijacked Music, the following yr. An individual, “Emily, I,” premiered online via Three Band in 2008.