The Botticellis

The Botticellis
The Botticellis
Genres	Indie pop, surf rock, folk
Years active	2004–2010
Website	www.thebotticellis.com

The Botticellis were an American surf pop band founded in 2003 in Santa Cruz by Alexi Glickman, Zack Ehrlich, Burton Li, and Dave Tranchina. Their 2008 debut record was released by Antenna Farm Records in 2008 to critical acclaim. NPR,^[1] Dusted Magazine,^[2] Allmusic,^[3] Pitchfork Media^[4] Daytrotter^[5] Crawdaddy!.^[6]

"Botticelli" is Italian for "little barrel." The Botticellis' sound has been described as "chamber pop"^[2] and likened to the California surf music of the 1960s^[1] as well as post-Beatles pop groups like Big Star, Chris Bell, Raspberries, ELO, George Harrison, Belle & Sebastian, Paul Simon^[4] and similar artists who are known to bring sophistication to pop composition.^[6]

The band dissolved in 2010, with its members pursuing separate musical projects.^[7]

Band members

Alexi Glickman
Burton Li
Jeremy Black
Steve Taylor

Past members

Zack Ehrlich
Dave Tranchina
Blythe Foster
Ian Nansen
Ryan Browne

Related projects

Apollo Sunshine
Burgers
Judgement Day
Little Wings
Lucky Cloud
Papercuts
Slumgum
Sonny & the Sunsets

Discography

"The Botticellis," 2004 Self-Released (CD)
"EP," 2006, Self-Released (CD)
Old Home Movies, 2008 Antenna Farm Records (CD/Digital), Rocinante Records (LP)
"Awaiting On You All / Table by the Window", 2008 Bellevue Records (Single)

References

^ ^a ^b [1] NPR review.
^ ^a ^b [2] Dusted Magazine review.
^ [3] Allmusic review.
^ ^a ^b "Old Home Movies | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-10-27. Pitchfork review.
^ Daytrotter Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Daytrotter review.
^ ^a ^b [4]^{[permanent dead link‍]} Crawdaddy! review.
^ Port, Ian. "Riptide: Making Sandy's First Album Nearly Dragged Alexi Glickman Under". SF Weekly. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

External links

[NPR_review-1] [1] NPR review.

[Dusted_Magazine_review-2] [2] Dusted Magazine review.

[Allmusic_review-3] [3] Allmusic review.

[Pitchfork_review-4] "Old Home Movies | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-10-27. Pitchfork review.

[Daytrotter_review-5] Daytrotter Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Daytrotter review.

[Crawdaddy!_review-6] [4]^{[permanent dead link‍]} Crawdaddy! review.

[7] Port, Ian. "Riptide: Making Sandy's First Album Nearly Dragged Alexi Glickman Under". SF Weekly. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

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