Nemo was an American
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band formed in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
,
New York in
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by Luke McCartney and Dennis Tyhacz. The band took their name from the character
Captain Nemo in
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
's 1870 novel ''
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas''.
Their debut album ''Signs of Life'' was released in June 2004 on
Binge Records. The album was notable for its blend of
new wave, ethereal acoustic sounds, and inspired
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
. It was recorded entirely in an apartment in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2003 prior to becoming one of the final LPs to be mastered at the
Vic Thrill Salon in Brooklyn (shortly before the Salon was closed in 2004). The title track "Signs of Life" was featured in Season 2 of the PBS show
Roadtrip Nation in 2005, and several of the songs on ''Signs of Life'' were also used as the backing music for NPR's
Morning Edition show for several years after the album's initial release. McCartney and Tyhacz later recorded in a group in 2006 called The Sound Mirrors, and they released one LP ''The Calling'' in 2007, also on
Binge Records.
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Members
Luke McCartney, Dennis Tyhacz
Albums
*'' Signs of Life'' Binge Records, 2004
Track listing
# Metropolitan - 3:11
# Northern Light - 2:39
# The Burn - 1:59
# Aviator - 2:23
# Signs of Life - 3:05
# Lunar Ship to Mars -2:33
# Fiction of Reality - 2:34
# Hampshire Brush - 2:39
# Odyssey - 3:13
# The Chariot - 2:20
# Swimming in the Rhine - 2:33
# Fall Away - 2:23
# Killer Bees - 1:17
# Eternity of This - 2:40
# The Sun of Ulee - 2:58
# Ether - 1:53
# Harbor - 2:34
References
External links
Nemo Myspace Page
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Review of "Signs of Life" by Nemo by NYROCK.com
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Musical groups established in 2002
Musical groups from Brooklyn