The Terrordactyls

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Discography [2004] Hoppy Birthday [Oct 2006] 80.5% Magic EP [May 2007] The Terrordactyls [Dec 2007] The Mike Bowers EP Band Members ♥ Tyrel Stendahl ♥ Michael Cadiz

The Terrordactyls are a very charming indie band from Washington & New York. It seems that the band is centered around Michael Cadiz, who wrote all the songs off their self-titled album. His partner-in-crime, based in Brooklyn then record his participation and send it back to Cadiz, who then pieced it together. Oh there's also someone named named Terry "Terrydactyl" Setter who "[fixed] everything and making it sound way better".

I only got to listen to the self-titled album, but I did download Hoppy Birthday from their website for free (Hoppy Birthday lists itself as out of 10 tracks, but download only offers 8 tracks... I don't know which one, if any, are missing).

The song that I instantly had to use was purely based on the fact that it's sung with antifolker, Kimya Dawson. I've briefly mentioned her before, so check the related links in this article.

What I love about "Devices" are the kazoos and the finishing-up of each other's lyrics (this method is used on several other songs on the album). My only complaint is that the song is so short!

Other good song to check out is "Shipping", which contain the best lyrics:

My body got messed up on the train.
A case of wine and some boxes of knives fell on my face.
Now, I am going to die.

If you like what you heard, the good news is that The Terrordactyls have a new EP called The Mike Bowers EP. It's coming out on December 15th and is The Pharmacy all-covers EP. Thanks to the band, I got a preview of the EP and it's quite good, so I might have to try and track down the original Pharmacy songs to hear the differences. Of the tracks, I liked "Overcast Summer" the best, mostly because of the harmonies between Mike and Tyrel.

You can pick up the The Mike Bowers EP at Don't Stop Believin', with an added promise of trading cards:

It's gonna have trading cards, guys. Trading Cards.

PS, Useless Journey trivia: I was told their latest singer is Arnel Pineda, lead singer of a Filipino Journey cover band.

PPS, watch my reaction to opening up on the album (yes, I know Andrew WK is not British, I read everything official in a quasi-Morrissey voice):

 

 

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