With a scrappy sound that balanced the hooky sweetness of indie pop, the buzzing guitars of indie rock, and a little bit of AOR swagger, Sleepyhead formed in a dorm room at NYU in 1989. Though the third member of the trio changed occasionally, the core duo of vocalist/guitarist Chris O'Rourke and drummer/vocalist Rachael McNally stayed together and released many fine albums that helped define the Amerindie sound of the '90s and even afterward as they sporadically resurfaced with new music.
The band's first bass player was Michael Galinsky and the trio released singles soon ...