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Psychedelic pop experimentalists (with a heavy emphasis on the mental) Simian came into full fruition after James Ford, Alex MacNaughton, and James Shaw bumped into <a href="spotify:artist:52LT9OBEsrtxuTbcT6pJMB">Simon Lord</a>; after the trio heard <a href="spotify:artist:52LT9OBEsrtxuTbcT6pJMB">Lord</a>'s compositions and vice versa, the four opted to work together under the name of Simian. Informed by and resembling experimental artists of the '60s like <a href="spotify:artist:6dP7OHshDvGHaNNSwunol4">Silver Apples</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5pq14S4AFVXGSyYbIGJC6Q">the United States of America</a> just as much as those of the current times, from <a href="spotify:artist:0HfxCluo7N2dhr4oRM0wBv">Luke Vibert</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:2LMR8u7DOMF0FBseDpTsRa">the Beta Band</a>, Simian debuted on the U.K.'s Source label in 2000 with the Watch It Glow EP. Another EP, The Wisp, was released a full year later, followed four months later by their acclaimed debut LP, Chemistry Is What We Are. Astralwerks picked up the head-scratcher of a record for release in the U.S. In late 2002, the group released We Are Your Friends, and early the following year they embarked on their first U.S. tour. Unfortunately, a third was not forthcoming, although Ford and Shaw later regrouped as the production act <a href="spotify:artist:31DXlldabwPHwu6dYevuzK">Simian Mobile Disco</a> and released Attack Decay Sustain Release in 2007. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

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