The Vanity Set
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The Vanity Set is an indie rock group of mostly second-generation Greek-Americans formed in New York City in 2000. Led by Jim Sclavunos, the drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, they describe their music as a blend of "low art, high sass and raw bluster."[3] Their music includes the sounds of rebetiko, "psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, mellifluous theremin."[3]
The Vanity Set | |
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| Origin | New York, New York, United States |
| Genres | Indie |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Label | CARGO UK |
| Members | Jim Sclavunos Peter Mavrogeorgis Jennifer Carey David Morton Tam Ui Sasha Kazachkov Jaiko Suzuki |
By 2022, Sclavunos told an interviewer for NME that the project was done.[4] He also said in 2021 that he had a set of unfinished Vanity Set material that he was working on releasing.[5]
Current members
- Jim Sclavunos - lead vocals
- Peter Mavrogeorgis - guitar, bouzouki
- David Morton - keyboards, clarinet
- Tam Ui - drums
- Sasha Kazachkov - bass
- Jennifer Carey - tuba & dead-bird-in-bag wrangler
- Jaiko Suzuki - percussion
Previous members
- Meredith Yayanos - violin, theremin
- David Berger - drums, percussion
- David Clifford - drums
- Brian Emrich - bass, synthesizer, ondioline
Discography
- The Vanity Set (2000)
- Little Stabs of Happiness (2003)
- The Big Bang (7" single, 2005)[6]
