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'' co-star

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, and drummer Christian Buenaventura. A feature in the September 2007 issue of ''

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'' describes the band's songs as “silly, confessional, and off-the-cuff rag-tag ditties,” based on “simple structures” and “adolescent-in-love lyrics.” The band's original material is available on its MySpace page, including songs “Can I Call You Mine,” “Leading Man,” and “Pilgrim.” The band credits

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as a musical influence (a cover of Weezer's “

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” is available on YouTube); Cera calls Weezer's ''

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'' his “favorite album of all time." The band remains unsigned as of August 26, 2007, and

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Music Blog suggests, “Based on the lo-fi quality of the band’s recordings, it is clear that the boys view their side-project as a goalless hobby, or just an excuse to carry around guitars.” This perception is reinforced by a November 13, 2006, posting on the band's MySpace blog which reads, “We will not post lyrics. Most of them aren't that great anyhow... you're not missing anything.” On March 12, 2007, a posting by Clark Duke on the band's MySpace blog indicated that “a side band is forthcoming.” In addition to

, the band's MySpace page credits the following musical influences:

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, Beulah,

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, Of Montreal,

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, and Built to Spill.

References

External links

The Long Goodbye
{{DEFAULTSORT:Long Goodbye, The Indie rock musical groups from California Musical groups from Los Angeles