Meeting of Important People is an American indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band

Band (music)

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 based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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. The trio consists of guitarist/vocalist Josh Verbanets, basist Aaron Bubenheim, and drummer Matt Miller. The group was formed in 2008 with these members of three prominent Western Pennsylvania united: Vebenets formerly fronted The You, whose 2006 debut album For the Masses attracted major-label consideration, but was released on by a lesser-known company; Miller previously worked with Lohio, which frequently tours through the Mid-Atlantic; Bubenheim once was a part of local group Br'er Fox.

In 2009, the group released its first, self-titled album on Authentik Music. The group cites The Kinks

The Kinks

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 and The Who

The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

 as some of their primary influences. Influential British radio station XFM

Xfm

Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

has recently put the band into rotation, which has allowed the band to quickly gain an international image, while still serving mostly as an opening act for more known groups at home.

Discography

Meeting of Important People (2009)

• 1) Brittney Lane Don't Care (2:30)
• 2) Hanky Church (2:17)
• 3) List Show (4:08)
• 4) One O'Clock (2:29)
• 5) Dead Man (2:48)
• 6) I Know Every Street (2:01)
• 7) Mothers Pay More (3:24)
• 8) Pretzel Rod Blues (Riff Song (2:59)
• 9) Down in the Hollow (2:07)
• 10) Nothing's Going On (3:12)

iTunes Bonus Tracks

• 11) Brittney Lane Don't Care (Laptop Demo) (2:30)
• 12) Rest-Stop (Demo) (3:08)
• 13) Stop Seeming Like a Good Idea (Demo) (2:51)
• 14) One O'Clock [Demo] (2:34)

Quit Music (2010)

• 1) Training Song (3:18)
• 2) Jesus Song (2:12)
• 3) Big Muscles (2:46)
• 4) Leap-The-Dips (3:39)
• 5) They Love Me In The City (2:23)
• 6) Country Wife (3:36)

iTunes Bonus Tracks

• 7) Tonight, Let's All Make Love In Pittsburgh (Demo) (3:00)
• 8) Jesus Song (Demo) (1:10)
• 9) Country Wife (d/Demo) (3:27)
• 10) They Love Me In the City (Demo) (2:56)