The Adobe Flash Player is required to watch videos on this page

Team Smile and Nod

Team Smile and Nod is an electro folk pop duo from Columbus, Ohio. Their second album, Mourning Time, explores the continuously morphing state of mourning with an oddly uplifting and quirky approach.

Quick Links
About the Artist
Music
Achievements
Press Coverage
Return to Team Smile and Nod's profile

At-a-Glance
One-Sheet

Hometown	Columbus, OH
Genres	Synth Pop, Indie Pop
Band Members	Kara E. Sherman ; Rich Ratvasky
Achievements	» more
Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member Kara Sherman kara@thinkrootrecords.com (614)638-7169
# Years Experience Performing Live:	7
Venue History:	Shrunken Head - Columbus , OH Victorians Midnight Cafe - Columbus, OH Treehouse - Columbus , OH Columbus Pride Festival - Columbus , OH Wholly Craft - Columbus, OH Comfest - Columbus, OH
Similar Artists:	Tender Forever; Broken Bells; The Orb; Ani Difranco; Regina Spektor; Lily Allen; Kate Nash; Massive Attack; Lovers; Kimya Dawson; Rilo Kiley
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Mourning Time LP—2010; Look Both Ways Before You Die LP—2008

Expand All Expand All

Expand

About the Artist

“Dust from the Stars” is the first glimpse and title track of the pinnacle album of Team Smile and Nod’s collaboration. The lyrics describe a journey through a confusing dream-world that reveals an infinite dedication to love. The atmospheric and...

Expand

Music

Expand

Achievements

Electronica Winner, October 2011

Electronica Winner, September 2011

Reached 77th in Best of Pop chart in 2016. In the top 100 for 1 week.

Expand

Press Coverage

by Melt Magazine
“This album bravely hits a lot of typically taboo topics like vegetarianism and homophobia.” Melt Magazine, Nov. + Dec. 2008.

by Pat Radio
“(The song topics) go from the personal to the social to the political at the turn of a phrase…” Pat Radio, Program #122, June 18, 2008.

by Melt Magazine
“This album bravely hits a lot of typically taboo topics like vegetarianism and homophobia.” Melt Magazine, Nov. + Dec. 2008.

by Pat Radio
“(The song topics) go from the personal to the social to the political at the turn of a phrase…” Pat Radio, Program #122, June 18, 2008.

by Columbus Alive
“Its best track, the Everything But the Girl-style dance-floor ballad "Still Stuck," is as universal as any good love song.” Columbus Alive, December 18, 2008.

by Jon Peterson
It's hard to come up with a fresh and unique sound in this post post-modern world of music, but Team Smile and Nod has managed to do just that. Their sound is sophisticated, playful, melodic and extremely engaging. On songs like: “Still Stuck" and "They Grow It" Kara Elizabeth and Rich Ratvasky show their ability to absorb cross generational influences from Everything But The Girl to SMiLE era Beach Boys. By digesting the atmospheric layering and sonic textures of terrific emo-pop of the past, they have produced an emotionally compelling sound for the future that is distinctly their own.” Jon Peterson, Host, "Shakin It" WCBE/Columbus

by Life on the C-bus
“Kara’s voice is sweet, lively, and compelling all at once. One song it’s spritely and fun, the next her vocals are marked with an intense conviction that is impossible not to be drawn into.” Life on the C-bus, November 10, 2008. “The standout song for the night is the standout track on the CD -- “Still Stuck.” …Of all the songs, “Still Stuck” is the one that most craftily fuses their folk and electronic sounds together then blends in vocals that are spot-on and lyrically fun.” Life on the C-bus, November 10, 2008.

by Columbus Alive Blog
“…their album, Look Both Ways Before You Die, sounds like the work of seasoned pros. It’s female-fronted electro-pop with an unambiguous agenda for social equality.” -Columbus Alive, Sensory Overload Blog, November 7, 2008.

by Curve Magazine
“It’s hard to resist something billed as “lesbian-fronted electro anti-folk,” isn’t it? The interesting combination of politically charged vocals with danceable electronic beats offered up by the duo Kara Sherman and Rich Ratvasky works particularly well on clubby cuts like “Still Stuck,” and humorous diatribes like “Consumer Whore.” Curve Magazine, April 2009

See More of Team Smile and Nod's Photos

iAnEAqqqq

Video Playback Error

Team Smile and Nod

About the Artist

Music

Photos

Videos

Photos

Videos

Achievements

Press Coverage