Morning Spy is an American
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...
band based in San Francisco, California on the
Abandoned Love Records
Abandoned Love Records is an independent record label, founded in 2004 in San Francisco by Jon Rooney of the independent rock band Morning Spy and solo project Virgin of the Birds. The label moved to Austin, TX in 2005 and then to Seattle, WA in A ...
label. Morning Spy was formed by singer-songwriter and bassist Jon Rooney and drummer Mark Loftin in 2001. Their sound has been compared
Luna,
Yo La Tengo and
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. The original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. MacLise w ...
. "Foggy Filter" from ''The Silver Age'' was chosen for the Eric Chaikin documentary ''
A Lawyer Walks into a Bar'', and "Daughters of History" from ''Subsequent Light'' was in episode No. 317 of ''
The Ghost Whisperer
''Ghost Whisperer'' is an American supernatural television series, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005, to May 21, 2010.
The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon ( Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has the ability to see and communicate wit ...
''.
Original and Current Lineup
* Jon Rooney – vocals, bass
* James Spadaro – guitar
* Allison Goffman – vocals, keyboards, guitar
* Mark Loftin – drums, percussion
Discography
*''
Subsequent Light'' (2004)
*''
Two Horses EP'' (2004)
*''
The Silver Age
''The Silver Age'' is a c.1576-1581 oil on panel painting of the Silver Age by Jacopo Zucchi, a favoured artist of Ferdinando I de' Medici at the end of the latter's cardinalate in Rome, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
It and '' The Golden Age' ...
'' (2005)
Amazon: MORNING SPY: The Silver Age
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External links
Official Website Myspace
Notes
Musical groups established in 2001
American dream pop musical groups
American shoegaze musical groups
Alternative rock groups from California
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