Strange Names

Strange Names certainly are a Brooklyn-based indie pop trio using a rhythmic, synth-heavy, brand-new wave-inspired sound. Produced in Minneapolis by keyboardist Liam Benzvi and guitarist Francis Ximenez, they released their self-titled debut EP in 2012 via Los Angeles-based indie Light Iris Information. Both Benzvi and Ximenez had been still concluding degrees on the School of Minnesota and continuing to construct their regional market in the Twin Metropolitan areas playing bills using the Walkmen, Macintosh DeMarco, Yeasayer, and various other notable indie serves. By adding now-full period drummer Fletcher Aleckson, they released the one “Minor Moments”/”Once an Sea,” once again on Light Iris and, completed using their schooling, relocated to NY in 2014. Throughout their amount of time in Minneapolis that they had finished focus on their initial LP, but disappointed using the recordings, they opted to start out once more at a different studio room in Brooklyn. Having attained what they regarded as a far more concise and honed edition from the record, they agreed upon with Frenchkiss Information and shipped their debut full-length Make use of YOUR TIME AND EFFORT Wisely in early 2015.