BELLES OF SKIN CITY

AUDIO

Robots Are People Too
from You Do The Company Proud - 2008

Lighten Up Katherine Lanpher
from Ha Ha Boardroom Think Tank Tantrums - 2006

 

The Belles of Skin City exist solely out of midwestern proportions. Or they just can't afford to leave. 5 grown men make plans for the creation of music. They rent a practice space and buy a van. Said van is destroyed day of purchase by car thief in stolen car. Said practice space is broken into the first month of residence and most equipment is stolen. The Belles finally proceeded to make music with what they have left and what they can piece together. The only thing to do was actually play.

Belles of Skin City released their debut EP- Ha Ha Boardroom Think Tank Tantrums on Totally Gross National Product records in the fall of 2005. Being accused of having a "Sousa meets swap meet" style, The Belles' mixed themselves a Zoloft milkshake and proceeded to record a much more focused and precise follow up full length album-"You Do The Company Proud".

Their run in the Twin Cities music scene was both inspirational and engrossing. Always a great live show. You can catch a similar experience today, as frontman David Joe Holiday is currently at work with his new band called The Book Of Right On. Check them out.