Turtleneck

Ryan Hibbett, handling vocals, guitar, and drum machine, teamed up with Jeremy Beiermann on vocals, bass, and samples to launch Turtleneck in 1998 after years of exhaustively playing Sebadoh, Palace, and Pavement albums. The pair retrieved their four-track and embraced a lo-fi method that fused melodic, catchy hooks with poetic lyrics, yielding two demos they would later label "a learning experience" before issuing a split EP with Millawake's Afo Zankey Band that same year. Springfield, IL, has never been the same.