Atlas Genius formed in November 2009 in Adelaide by three brothers, Keith William Hamilton Jeffery (born 10 March 1982) on lead vocals and lead guitar; Steven Roger Jeffery on bass guitar; and Michael Douglas Jeffery on drums. The name was provided by Michael “[he] had a dream, and the name came to him in a dream”. Their father had been a guitarist in his own high school band. They cleared out the family’s garage and started building a recording studio. They were joined by English-born Darren Norman Sell on keyboards. According to Keith their influences include The Beatles , Death Cab for Cutie , Beck , The Police , and Phoenix : “[a]s far as the music is concerned, we like to have space, sections where it breathes … [i]t’s hard for us to define our style of music being that we’re inside the songs. I’ve noticed a lot of reviewers calling it Indie/Pop though”. They gained a residency at a local pub, The Lion, which helped raise funds for their home studio.
formed in Adelaide
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