National Skyline
National Skyline's indie rock conceptions began as a solo project of Hum bassist Jeff Dimpsey. Beginning as an idea to create a 45-minute composition in his hometown, Champaign, IL, in 1996, National Skyline eventually became a composite band with an always-changing lineup. After getting together a set consisting of Nicky Macri, formerly with C-Clamp and Euphone, Derek Niedrighaus, previously with Castor and Sarge, and Jeff Garber, another former member of Castor, Dimpsey ultimately managed to materialize his unique song conception. Followin...[more]
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NATIONAL SKYLINE is a duo featuring Jeff Dimpsey of HUM and Jeff Garber of CASTOR. Fusing an operatic art-pop-catharsis with an inspired elemental gospel, synth-driven heartbreak majesty, and gentle, aching dream-pop poetics, the soft-bombastic National Skyline offer seven epic tracks of dreamy guitarscaping and undulating melodies, painstakingly programmed electro-nuance and elastic rhythms. This shimmering web of sound and beats is adorned with Garber's boy-beautiful male vocals and stream-of-consciousn [ read more ]
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These are echoes that fill the empty corners of life. Left from sight and mind for too long, these dark corners now stir with the haunted melody that is NATIONAL SKYLINE's This = Everything. Floating on broken beats and tranquil soundscapes, this melody sheds sparse light on the ghosts familiar to the crevices of everyone's minds. NATIONAL SKYLINE formed in the autumn of 1996 as Jeff Dimpsey (HUM) and Jeff Garber's (CASTOR) response to their post-rock pasts Soon thereafter, the duo created their self-titled [ read more ]
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