The Natural History

The Natural History are a New York City-based trio, featuring brothers Max Tepper on guitar/vocals and Julian Tepper on bass, with drummer Derek Vockins as the only other member. Max Tepper and drummer Vockins had both been playing in emo-rock/math-rock bands (similar to Don Caballero and Fugazi), before their mutual interests began to change. By the beginning of 2001, they were ready to try something new, and they began reaching back into the past, pulling out influences from their youth, including Elvis Costello, the Kinks, the Beatles, Wire and Xtc. They were still in need of a bass player, and less than a week after graduating college, in June '01, Max's brother Julian joined the band. They began rehearsing, and just a few short weeks later, recorded their first release, a self-titled 3-song EP issued by Macarta Recordings (a tiny label operated by members of the Walkmen. The Natural History continued to perform, even touring the

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