The Trillions

The Trillions certainly are a self-described “shred pop” music group from Richmond, Virginia. Shaped following the dissolution of Prabir & the Substitutes in ’09 2009, the group combined three people from that power pop music group — bassist Robbie Ruler, guitarist Chris Smith, and guitarist/vocalist Charlie Glenn — with regional drummer Joe Ferguson, who’d previously held period for the Awesome Few. Collectively, the four cobbled collectively a new audio that paid tribute to previous and present, keeping the vocal harmonies that got characterized the Substitutes’ audio while adding some heavier components affected by indie rock and roll, punk, as well as 8-little bit. The Trillions also got a page through the traditional songbooks of Gustav Holtz and Ludwig vehicle Beethoven by dividing a number of the music group’s chords into single-note harmonies on each device. By March 2010, the Trillions got started playing displays in Richmond and additional East Coast towns. Glenn also logged a while like a touring guitarist/keyboardist for Thao using the Obtain Down Stay Down, who — along with organizations like Best Coastline, Girl Chat, and J Roddy Walston & the business enterprise — occasionally used the Trillions as an starting act. Later on that yr, the music group self-released an EP, Flux, and started focusing on a full-length debut, which made an appearance in 2012.