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Psychedelic pop experimentalists (with a heavy emphasis on the mental)
Simian came into full fruition after
James Ford, Alex MacNaughton, and James Shaw bumped into
Simon Lord; after the trio heard
Lord's compositions and vice versa, the four opted to work together under the name of
Simian. Informed by and resembling experimental artists of the '60s like
Silver Apples and
the United States of America just as much as those of the current times, from
Luke Vibert to
the Beta Band,
Simian debuted on the U.K.'s Source label in 2000 with the
Watch It Glow EP. Another EP, The Wisp, was released a full year later, followed four months later by their acclaimed debut LP, Chemistry Is What We Are. Astralwerks picked up the head-scratcher of a record for release in the U.S. In late 2002, the group released
We Are Your Friends, and early the following year they embarked on their first U.S. tour. Unfortunately, a third was not forthcoming, although
Ford and Shaw later regrouped as the production act
Simian Mobile Disco and released
Attack Decay Sustain Release in 2007. ~ Andy Kellman