Formed by brothers Evan and Quinn Seurkamp, southeastern Ohio band the Laughing Chimes calls on the bright jangle of multiple generations of college rock and indie pop for their sweetly melodic tunes. Echoes of the best of the Flying Nun roster met with R.E.M.-informed vocal harmonies on their 2021 album In This Town, and the band began working with Slumberland for the release of their 2022 EP Zoo Avenue.
The Seurkamp brothers began the Laughing Chimes in 2020, inspired by lo-fi pop bands of the '80s and '90s. They began recording demos in their backyard shed, later using an ...