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Revision as of 08:34, 24 March 2005 by 70.16.25.232 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Pupa's Window is a seminal east-coast low-fi musical act. Formed by Michael Nestor in 1995 as a way to document recording processes, this musical act has gone on to release over 15 home-recordings.
pupa’s window is the pseudonym for Baltimore based singer/songwriter Michael Nestor. Michael has been writing and experimenting with this side project for a number of years now and what started out as a way to document songs that were not being used in whatever band he was in at the time has evolved to find a life of its own. pupa’s window is unique in that Michael has taken the indie folk format and mixed it with a number of other styles including: pop, dance, emo, and traditional folk. pupa’s window is often compared to Pedro the Lion, Ida, Idaho, Elliot Smith, Red House Painters, America, and Radiohead.
Over the course of 15 home recordings, and two studio-albums released on the Seconal record label, pupa’s window has found a voice and carved out an interesting niche in the world of indie folk. As time has passed pupa’s window has encompassed the help of other musicians like Austin Stahl of Private Eleanor. In 1998, pupa’s window released the second of two studio recordings produced by John Purvis entitled Pear Meditations. Barely 21 years old, this was the breakthrough album for Michael. Pear Meditations charted in CMJ, and received airplay on 98 ROCK (WIYY) and 99.1 WHFS as well as heavy rotation at a number of college radio stations. After the release of the album, Michael took a break from pupa’s window to pursue success as singer and songwriter for the Baltimore based band lowell.
After beginning graduate school in 2001 and the subsequent breakup of lowell in 2002, Michael began to work on his favorite side-project again. 2002 was a busy year for pupa’s window with the release of the soft western songs, for love . Also in 2002 pupa’s window released two songs on the Maryland Music Cooperative Compilation: A Sampler of Sorts, and recorded a split seven-inch with Private Eleanor on the OTP Record Label.
pupa’s window has recently published a record entitled: lost voice, found voice: repeat which was released on The Beechfields Record Label in December, 2003. Currently, pupa’s window is touring to promote this album and the latest pupa’s window record (a split CD with Private Eleanor) titled: an audiography of prohibited sounds. Michael Is also currently playing in the band: The Seldon Plan.
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