Menlo Park | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | Formed 1999; disbanded 21st-century |
| Members | Defunct |
| Past members | Chris Taylor (vocals) John Gresswell Ben Nicholls (bass) Natasha Panas (piano, vocals) Seb Rochford (drums) |
| Website | menloparkmusic.com |
Menlo Park was an alternative-rock band, founded in 1999, [1] and recording between 2000 and 2003.
The band has been described by the London Evening Standard as "cajun folkists", [2] by Time Out as "theatrical swamp", [3] and by themselves as "hip-hop county" and "voodoo folk". [4]
It featured Seb Rochford, [5] who won the BBC Rising Star Jazz Award in 2004 and leads the Mercury Prize-nominated experimental-jazz group Polar Bear. [6]
| Title | Date of Release |
|---|---|
| Menlo Park | 2000 |
| We All Doctors Here (EP) | 2000 |
| Greetings From Montauk NY (EP) | 2002 |
| Greetings From Lambeth (EP) | 2003 |
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