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The Features
Origin Sparta, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock
Indie pop
Neo-Psychedelia
Years active 1994—present
Label(s) Sub Pop
DGC / Geffen Records
Associated acts The Privates
The Preservatives
De Novo Dahl
Website The Features
Members
Matt Pelham
Roger Dabbs
Rollum Haas
Mark Bond
Former members
Don Sergio
Jason Taylor
Parrish Yaw

The Features are an American band from Tennessee. Though they have had limited success in the United States, they have been very well received in the United Kingdom and have a very loyal following in the Southeastern United States.


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[edit] History

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    This was the first track from The Features self-titled EP released on Spongebath Records in 1997. This album is the only official recording that features original members Don Sergio and Jason Taylor.
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    This song from their sessions with Matt Mahaffey was one of the first recorded tracks after Rollum Haas joined the band. His energetic drumming style and Parrish Yaw's complex keyboard countermelodies quickly became an identifiable influence on the band's sound.
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[edit] Early Years

Matt Pelham, Roger Dabbs, Don Sergio and Parrish Yaw attended middle school together in Sparta, Tennessee, a rural town that at the time had a population of less than 5,000. Pelham, Dabbs and Sergio started a band when they were in the eighth grade out of boredom, and they started playing covers of Camper Van Beethoven, Neil Young, Guns N' Roses and others. As they continued through high school, they continued to play together at local events like parties and talent shows, then graduated to playing

[edit] Spongebath Records Era

While still in high school, a representative Within a few years they had become a fixture of Murfreesboro and nearby Nashville, and soon signed a deal with Spongebath Records, a local independent label that featured several of the biggest rock acts in the Nashville area such as Self (band), The Katies, and Fluid Ounces. Their first release, a six-song self-titled EP, was released in 1997

Once they graduated high school, Pelham and Dabbs moved to Murfreesboro to study music at Middle Tennessee State University while Sergio and Yaw went to Tennessee Technical University in nearby Clarke. It was here that they first began to seriously play together as a group. Pelham and Dabbs brought classmate Jason Taylor on to play drums, and Sergio brought Yaw on to play keyboards. Murfreesboro was a much larger town than Sparta, and The Features began to play at various bars and clubs around town, eventually dropping out of college to focus on the band.

The band consists of Matthew Pelham, Roger Dabbs, Mark Bond, and Rollum Haas. They are unsigned and have had limited success, but have been well received by English media. They are expected to release new material soon, and are currently supporting the Kings of Leon on their U.S. tour.


[edit] Discography

  • The Beginning EP- 2004
  • Exhibit A LP- 2004
  • Contrast EP- 2006

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