San Diego Reader

Aryn Grusin: Vocals | Sean Taugher: Drums | Greg Gibson: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Tim Peacock: Bass guitar | Shantih Beeman: Trumpet | Matt Gagin: Drums, Electronics, Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Harmonica, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals | Nicola Wilson: Vocals

Genre: Alternative, Noise | Xprmntl, Rock

Sound description: Take Devo, round off the hard edges, and paint a watercolor sunset over the remnants using Flaming Lips pink and Postal Service blue.

RIYL: Aspects of Physics, the Mars Volta, Brian Eno, John Cage, Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates

Upcoming Local Shows

• The Tower Bar — Saturday, May 26, 8pm

Discography

Related Links:

• http://www.immovableobjects.com

• Hometown CD Review · April 23, 2008

• Street Reviews · Oct. 25, 2007

• MySpace page

Synoposis

Influences: The Mars Volta, Devo, the Flaming Lips, the Postal Service, Brian Eno, M83, Ulrich Schnauss, Sigur Ros, Mum, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Brian Wilson, ELO, Dntel, Her Space Holiday, Ratatat, Aspects of Physics, Suicide, Pilotram, Disinterested, Windy and Carl, Efterklang, Erik Satie, Bob Dylan, Broken Social Scene, Sufjan Stevens

Background:

Ignoring convention creates the possibility of both reward and peril. It is the electronic tones, not the drums, of Immovable Objects that keep the beat, while soft atmospheric vocals enchant and keyboards plink out toy piano noise. Acoustic guitar and well-played bass ground the music, with a Fender Rhodes piano adding mellowness and melody. However, when things settle into being comfortable and familiar, bandleader Matt Gagin ramps up the reverb noise and Pink Floydian special effects.

Gagin says noise is his specialty, citing an expertise he claims to have been born with. “I can tell you what pitch your vacuum cleaner runs at,” he says. “It isn’t really a talent. It’s what happens after you get hit in the head with a baseball at age 11 and go into a coma for 19 hours. Some sort of weird brain damage, I’m sure.”