Send "Team B " Ringtones to your Cell 
| Tinymixtapes |
 Revisionist history might have you believe that the sidelines are filled with superstars — that studios are packed with rock legends and street corners are littered with prophets. Our stories are filled with unlikely victors: we see a young Jimmy Page as a session boy in London or a teenaged Bob Weir in Jerry Garcia’s Palo Alto guitar shop. But for every unexpected success, every lucky amateur, there are hundreds on the sidelines who will never see the field, destined to a life on the B Team.This is an irony that has not escaped Kelly Pratt, a Brooklyn-based musician who has sidelined for everyone from The Arcade Fire to Beirut to Coldplay, quietly lending his talent on stage and in the studio. But here, the seasoned session man has taken control of the switchboards and put together an album of his own under the most appropriate moniker Team B....full text |
| Fensepost |
| ook at the laundry list of names associated with the Team B project and you are likely to concoct an idea of how the group may sound. The list: Arcade Fire, Beirut, Stars Like Fleas, The Jealous Girlfriends… others. Now, prepared yourself because the result is likely the furthest from what you expect. Take, for example, a song like “Hang Me”; it has more similarities to Atlas Sound and Grizzly Bear than any of the aforementioned artists. It’s a surprise that takes a moment to sink in, and two moments to digest, and five to understand. After all, doesn’t sociology tell us that we all products of our environments? And if that is the case, how is not a trace of those artists depicted in this music — none whatsoever!...full text |
| Elbo |
| Look at the laundry list of names associated with the Team B project and you are likely to concoct an idea of how the group may sound. The list: Arcade Fire, Beirut, Stars Like Fleas, The Jealous Girlfriends... others. Now, prepared yourself because the result is likely the furthest from what you expect. Take, for example, a song like "Hang Me"; it has more similarities to Atlas Sound and Grizzly Bear than any of the aforementioned artists. It's a surprise that takes a moment to sink ...full text |
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