Influenced by the energy of 80's new wave, the darkness and drama of iconic bands such as the Damned, Bauhaus, and Birthday Party, This Isn't It combines richly- textured, intertwining guitar leads, careworn vocals, dramatic percussion, lilting piano, and tortured, synthesized symphonics to create love songs that eschew sentimentality for the starker terrain of waning affection. Comprised largely of veterans of Santa Cruz's early nineties music scene, the band draws on its members' own musica...
Influenced by the energy of 80's new wave, the darkness and drama of iconic bands such as the Damned, Bauhaus, and Birthday Party, This Isn't It combines richly- textured, intertwining guitar leads, careworn vocals, dramatic percussion, lilting piano, and tortured, synthesized symphonics to create love songs that eschew sentimentality for the starker terrain of waning affection. Comprised largely of veterans of Santa Cruz's early nineties music scene, the band draws on its members' own musical pasts - in particular, the modulated abandon of Bakamono and the free, organic tones of Thuja - to make music equal parts indie pop, dirge rock, and 80 new music scene.
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