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"Whatever's around, we use". This laissez faire attitude describes just
about everything associated with Superba - a loosely rotating cast of
characters, built around the winter-fresh sighs of vocalist Aya Peard
and musical disarray of Gregory Camp (Smash Mouth) and Kelly Castro
(Caterwaul, Skycycle). Sometimes the drums are played by Michael Urbano
(Sheryl Crow, Deathray, Third Eye Blind) and sometimes by Christopher
Cano (Orson, Agnes Gooch). Occasionally, the drums just play
themselves.
What initially came together as a "just-for-fun" experiment between
long-time friends eventually blossomed into an ongoing project that
continues to gain steam with each impromptu recording session. The
group's fondness for lovelorn melodies and drunken bossa beats provide
the framework for rainy-night songs that incorporate everything from
clicking Zippo lighters and toy pianos, to cheap samplers and
questionably-tuned pawnshop guitars.
In the perfect record store you might find Superba under
ALT-POP-FAUXBOSSA-SADCORE. "All of the unwelcome references in our
other bands take center stage with Superba: Bacharach, Jobim,
Gainsbourg, Neruda, Cole Porter, The Zombies, VU, The Pixies, AMC,
Sade, Style Council... whatever. It's a bizarre combo, but we have fun
doing it."
Despite comparisons to "Mazzy Star," "The Cardigans" and "Frente,"
these artists have had no influence whatsoever on Superba's unique
saudade, which originates from the misty point where the cold Pacific
touches the green mountains of Santa Cruz.
Oddly, Superba is named after a small street in Venice, California,
that doesn't quite reach the sea.
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