Spaceface is a

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

band formed in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

, in 2011. Members include Jake Ingalls (formerly of

The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (keyb ...

), Matthew Strong (also a guitar tech for The Flaming Lips), Eric Martin, and "Big Red" Daniel Quinlan.

History

Ingalls, Strong, and Martin moved in together in 2011 and began making music soon after. In 2012, the band was rounded out by additional musical members and Quinlan, who runs the group's light show, built from a "series of on and off switches, which Quinlan runs off the side of the stage." They began touring later that year. In 2014, they released their eponymous EP, ''Spaceface EP''. Working in

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in Memphis in 2015 led the band to release another EP, ''Live at Ardent Studios'', that year. They have played at many music festivals across the United States, including

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and

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. On April 21, 2017, they released their first full-length album, ''Sun Kids''.

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External links

Official Spaceface website
American psychedelic rock music groups Musical groups established in 2011 Musical groups from Memphis, Tennessee 2011 establishments in Tennessee