Nemo (NY Band)
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Nemo is an American
United States
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 indie rock
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 formed in Brooklyn
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, New York
New York
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 in 2002
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 by Dennis Tyhacz & Luke McCartney. The band takes their name from a character
Captain Nemo
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 in the novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Their debut album Signs of Life was released in June 2004 on Binge Records
Binge Records
Binge Records is a Brooklyn, NY based indie rock record label that was founded by Dennis Tyhacz and Luke McCartney in January 2004. "Signs of Life" by Nemo was the label's first release...

. The album was notable for its unique collisions of New Wave
New Wave music
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, ethereal acoustic sounds, and inspired indie rock
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...

. It was recorded entirely in an apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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, prior to becoming one of the final LP's to be mastered at the Vic Thrill
Vic Thrill
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 Salon in Brooklyn (shortly before the Salon was closed in 2004). McCartney & Tyhacz later recorded in a group called The Sound Mirrors, and they released their debut LP "The Calling" in 2007, also on Binge Records
Binge Records
Binge Records is a Brooklyn, NY based indie rock record label that was founded by Dennis Tyhacz and Luke McCartney in January 2004. "Signs of Life" by Nemo was the label's first release...

.

Members

Luke McCartney, Dennis Tyhacz
Additional members (touring and/or recording):
Chris Plyem, Sam McCall

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