Trin Tran

Trin Tran, the one-man band project of Steve Coombs, came about after the dissolution of Coombs' mid-'90s group, Xerobot, a local staple of the small-town scene in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin that packed up for San Francisco in 1999 and broke up shortly thereafter. Coombs, who had been drumming for the band, returned home to Madison, motivated to make music but not eager to collaborate. Based in part on an emphatic belief in live, computer-free performance, Coombs started the all-live, no-overdubs project in 2001, singing and playing guitar, drums, and keyboards simul...