Crooked Fingers

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Crooked Fingers is a Seattle, Washington-based indie rock band led by former Archers of Loaf lead singer Eric Bachmann. The band currently releases albums on Merge Records, and tends to have a rotating lineup.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles and EPs
3 External links

[edit] History

Following the breakup of Archers of Loaf in 1998, Bachmann started work on a solo project that he named Crooked Fingers. The first release of this project, a self-titled release of various songs he had written, was released by WARM Records in 2000. It was followed shortly after by a second album on WARM, Bring on the Snakes.

Following the release of Bring on the Snakes, Crooked Fingers signed to Merge Records. Under Merge, Crooked Fingers released Reservoir Songs EP in 2002, comprised of cover songs of artists such as Neil Diamond and Queen. Red Devil Dawn followed this in 2003, his first full-length for Merge.

Dignity and Shame was released in 2005, a concept album based around the lives of bullfighter Manolete and Lope Sino, a Spanish actress.

Crooked Fingers has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, both as a solo act and with a full band. They were featured on National Public Radio's Morning Becomes Eclectic and on NPR's World Cafe in May of 2005. On the 2005 U.S./Canada Tour, Matt Gentling, former member of Archers of Loaf, played the bass. The rotation of members in the band have included such musicians as Lara Meyerratken, Neil Swank and Kyle Johnson.