The Nuclear

Margot & The Nuclear So And So's 是一支來自印第安那州， 印第安那波利斯市的獨立樂隊。第一次看到這個樂隊的時候，它又長又奇怪的名字一下子讓我記住了。在一次采訪中，樂隊的核心Richard Edwards開玩笑說，這個樂隊的一部分名字是來自于他的女兒Margot（事實上他根本沒有女兒!），另一部分則來自于布什總統在讀“nuclear"這個詞時的搞笑發音。最后，起這個名字的原因還因為Richard Edwards在加利福尼亞遇到了一名女孩，她好像叫"Margot E."……（對于Richard Edwards這個名字的玩笑，我真的很無語……）。 事實上，樂隊的這個奇怪名字來自于Gwyneth Paltrow在電影“The Royal Tenenbaums”中飾演的一個角色。 這個樂隊的風格，被他們自己定義為"chamber pop"，與獨立樂隊Arcade Fire的風格相似，使用了很多渾厚的古典樂器（比如鋼琴、小提琴、小號），有大段的弦樂演奏，散發著一種高雅的氣質。 The dreamy bittersweet world of Margot & the Nuclear So and So's is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Richard Edwards. In 2004, he formed the eight-piece indie rock collective in his native Indianapolis, naming the band after the Margot Tenenbaum character in Wes Anderson's sophisticated comedy The Royal Tenenbaums. In addition to Edwards' scenic chamber pop sound, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's feature Andy Fry (guitar), Jesse Lee (cello), Emily Watkins (piano), Hubert Glover (trumpet), Chris Fry (drums), Casey Tennis (drums/percussion), and Tyler Watkins (bass). The band's debut album, The Dust of Retreat, was issued on Standard in spring 2005. The picturesque dozen-song set is themed around the musicians' own fancies of Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Playfully ironic, the modest Edwards has also admitted to critics that the bandmembers aim to play how they feel when they're watching Woody Allen films. In November 2005, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's signed with Artemis Records. A remixed and remastered version of The Dust of Retreat was released in March 2006, and the band relocated to the Epic roster while working on their sophomore release the following year.