Yvette & friends with Strange Boys' lead singer Ryan Sambol at 92Y Tribeca in NYC 6/24/11
(All Music Guide) - Brainwashed by years of exposure to an American Bandstand cassette (a
circa 1966 show, apparently) in their mother's car, brothers Ryan
and Philip Sambol started bashing out their own take on British and
psychedelic rock while still attending high school in Dallas, TX. With Ryan on guitar and vocals, and Philip on bass, the brothers honed their retro sound on their own before enlisting Matt Hammer on drums and Greg Enlow on guitar and keys, forming the group now known as the Strange Boys
in 2004. The fellas quickly asserted themselves in the fertile
Dallas/Austin indie scene and released their debut EP, States Newest
Noise Makers, in 2004. Relocating closer to the action in Austin in late
2006, the Strange Boys sought out the Gris Gris' Greg Ashley
to man the board for their first full-length release. In 2007, amid
work on the aforementioned full-length, the group issued the 7" EP
Nothing on Milwaukee's Dusty Medical Records. The Strange Boys moved to In the Red Records for their debut album, 2009's Strange Boys and Girls Club. For the following year's more expansive Be Brave, the band enlisted Mika Miko's Jenna Thornhill and Darker My Love's Tim Presley as collaborators.
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