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Stephen Steinbrink was born in 1988 in a non-descript stucco hospital franchise adjacent to a Circle K in the ultra-conservative Phoenix suburb of Mesa, AZ. He grew up and learned to play guitar to deal. The majority of his teens and twenties were spent living an improvised and experimental existence, being nowhere and recording incessantly. His 8 LPs of pop songs have been released in Japan, Europe & North America, and has performed in dozens of countries around the world. As a session player, he has collaborated with Girlpool, Dear Nora, Broken Water, AJJ, Flying Circles, Ever Ending Kicks and LAKE. He currently lives and works in Oakland, CA.
“Recalls the magic pop purity of Arthur Russell… its minimalism manages to feel enlightened and transformative.” - Pitchfork
“Lushly arranged pop songs, the listener can tie and untie Steinbrink’s vivid and unrelated images into something meaningful” - NPR
“Melodic and self-assured. Steinbrink delivers his knotted lyricism with a smooth lilt.” - Stereogum
"Kristina Moore guises as koleżanka for her lusciously free, electronica- and folksily informed guitar music. Combining elements of retrotronica, a lo-fi modular rhythm section, Americana-pop melodies and a voice that lofts and swoops with all the easy natural talent of St Vincent, bent away from a glammy future pop and into empathetic warmth, brings the epiphany to the day-to-day, zeroes in with beauty.” - Backseatmafia.com
“A good portion of the album marries up the aural hypnotics of Beach House with the wonky time signatures of Grizzly Bear in the best way imaginable.” - Under the Radar
Debut album, Place Is, out now on Bar/None.
Friendly pop songs penned by Tyler Blue. Originally from Arizona, now situated in the Bay Area.
“Since 2012, Diners, which is the musical alias for Tyler Broderick, has been recording and releasing idiosyncratic pop and indie tracks that range from the dreamy and sincere, to the unconventional, and well, equally as sincere.” - Atwood Magazine