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Based in London, the indie rock quintet
Absentee are comprised of
Dan Michaelson (vocals, guitar), Melinda Bronstein (vocals, keyboards, melodica, glockenspiel), Babak Ganjei (guitar, lap steel), Laurie Earle (bass), and Jon Chandler (drums). The group signed to the Memphis Industries label and released its debut EP, Donkey Stock, in 2005. They followed up with the full-length album
Schmotime, which was produced by
James Ford, in 2006. When not recording or touring with
Absentee, both Michaelson and Bronstein have side projects with
Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards and the Bronsteins, respectively. Bronstein also plays with Babak Ganjei in
Wet Paint.
Absentee is everyone's main concern though and the group released their second album,
Victory Shorts, in the fall of 2008.
~ Katherine Fulton