The group released several albums of Beatles-influenced power pop in the late 1990s and early 2000s before disbanding in 2001.
Brothers Carrick and Finn Moore Gerety founded the group in the early 1990s with David Benjamin and Matt Fishbeck; they all met as students at Harvard University.
[2] While their early work was heavily indebted to indie rock musical artists such as Pavement, they began moving toward more of a power pop sound in the mid-1990s;[3] reviewers also noted influences from 1980s-era musicians signed to Rough Trade and K Records.
[4] They signed with Massachusetts-based Sealed Fate Records, run by Eric Masunaga of the Dambuilders,[2] and released their debut self-titled album with the label in early 1997.
[10] Their fourth album, Feel No Fade, arrived in late 2001,[11] and received a scathing review by Pitchfork Media.