Shane Bartell
Shane Bartell
Top Songs
| 1 | Almost Perfect | ||
| 2 | Crash Landing | ||
| 3 | There Were Times | ||
| 4 | Long and Short | ||
| 5 | Up For Air |
Albums
Jan 2005 • 11 songs
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About
Biography
A little bit folk, a little bit shoegaze, Shane Bartell's influences can be traced to wan Brits like Morrissey and Thom Yorke. Raised in cowboy country (Kerrville, a smallish town nestled in the rugged hills of central Texas), Bartell moved to Austin in 1992 to attend the University of Texas. It was there that he started playing in a local dream pop group called Cling. The band had some success in the Austin area, even opening up for such popular mid-'90s acts as Oasis and Liz Phair, but the group dynamics were volatile at best. Bartell relished the band's success but the cons...