Blog: Welikeit.indie

San Francisco 8-piece Photons has swiftly won over new fans this year with an energetic brand of indie pop that features bassoon, glockenspiel, clarinet, & a full chest of bizarre instruments such as the electro-harp, soda-bottle percussion & the bulbul tarang (Indian banjo). When Calvin Liu began to form Photons in early 2008, the original intention was simply to give band members an opportunity to learn a secondary instrument. (Liu switched from bass to drums, for example, but he has since returned to bass.) Soon realizing the potential for a band with so many members and multi-instrumentalists, [...]

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