46bliss

Electronic-based trio 46Bliss crafts melodic pop steeped in 1980s influences. Deriving its name from a New York City subway station, the group unites the varied skills of vocalist Clare Veniot, keyboardist/vocalist David Cooper, and drummer/electronic musician Jack Freudenheim.

Each musician arrived with a distinct background before the band formed. Veniot spent her early years in a Canadian fishing village, resided for a year in Paris, and worked as a seamstress for a traveling Shakespearean acting troupe before relocating to NYC to concentrate on singing.

Freudenheim, raised in France, studied under bebop drummer Kenny Clarke and later moved to the U.S. to explore Indian and electronic music at Wesleyan University. Cooper trained at Berklee School of Music in Boston, performed with several bands, and co-wrote the musical Captain Gravy: Where Is the Moon?, presented at the 2003 NYC Fringe Festival, before meeting Veniot in the East Village. 46Bliss issued its debut album, Pistachio Home, in 1999, followed by a self-titled album in 2005 and You're Not Good in 2008.