The Van Pelt

The van pelt at 13th note
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About the artist

The Van Pelt is an American indie rock band from New York, United States. Formed in 1993 at New York University featuring Chris Leo (formerly of Native Nod and brother of Ted Leo) on vocals and guitar, Brian Maryansky on guitar, Toko Yasuda (formerly of Blonde Redhead) on bass, and Neil O'Brien on drums. Yasuda left the band in 1996 and was replaced by new bassist Sean Greene for the remainder of their existence. The band released two albums: Stealing from Our Favorite Thieves and Sultans of Sentiment

Top songs

  1. Nanzen Kills A Cat
  2. Yamato (Where People Really Die)
  3. My Bouts With Pouncing
  4. We Are the Heathens
  5. Don't Make Me Walk My Own Log
  6. The Young Alchemists
  7. Let's Make A List
  8. Pockets Of Pricks
  9. The Good, The Bad, And The Blind
  10. the good, the bad & the blind
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  1. Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?
  2. His Steppe Is My Prarie
  3. It's A Suffering
  4. Shame On You
  5. His Saxophone Is My Guitar
  6. You Are The Glue
  7. Simone Never Had It This Good
  8. Magic Fantasy (We Are Provincial)
  9. It's New To Me
  10. The Speeding Train
  11. Turning Twenty Into Two
  12. Infinite Me
  13. Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai - Shek Memorial?
  14. Evil High
  15. The Betrayal
  16. The Threat
  17. Three People Wide At All Times
  18. His Steppe Is My Prairie
  19. Democratic Teacher's Union
  20. Punk House
  21. A B C D's of Fascism
  22. Image of Health
  23. We Gotta Leave
  24. Grid
  25. Artisans & Merchants
  26. Cold Coconuts
  27. Old Souls from Different Epochs
  28. Love is Brutal
  29. Did We Hear the Same Song
  30. ABCD's of Fascism
  31. Kris Is Riding Horses In Ojai
  32. the democratic teachers union
  33. The Democratic Teacher's Union
  34. Linens Should Be Freshly Pressed
  35. Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chang Kai- Shek Memorial
  36. A Voralberg Of The Mind
  37. Magic Fantasy
  38. Arid As The Aral
  39. City of Dead Ends
  40. The Good, the Bad and the Blind
  41. Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial ?
  42. Rally Song For Marianne
  43. Frank's Jukebox
  44. Martha Graham & The Moon
  45. Flaws of Attraction
  46. Lawrence, KS
  47. Yamato (Where People Die)
  48. This Steppe Is My Prairie
  49. Death by a Solid Argument
  50. The Good The Bad The Blind
  51. Everything's Alright
  52. Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chang Kai-Shek Memorial
  53. Turning Twenty In Two
  54. Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai Shek Memorial
  55. Yamato (Where People Really Di
  56. do the lovers still meet at th
  57. Turning Tenty Into Two
  58. My Bouts With Pounding
  59. Old Souls
  60. His Steppe Is my Praire
  61. Same Song
  62. magic fantasy (we are provinci
  63. Do The Lovers Still Meet at the Chang Kai-Shek Memorial?
  64. Sultans Of Sentiment
  65. magic fantasy (we are provinc
  66. Speeding Train
  67. Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial
  68. yamato
  69. Same As Stone
  70. The Young Alchemist
  71. Yamato, Where people really die
  72. Don´t Make Me Walk My own Log
  73. Lets´ Make A List
  74. Let's Make A List (Radio Edit)
  75. This Steppe Is My Prarie
  76. Pocket Of Pricks
  77. The Van Pelt - Nanzen Kills A Cat
  78. The Swede's Down At The Beach
  79. Young Alchemists
  80. Turning Twenty In
  81. Posters
  82. Nanzen Kills A Cat (live)
  83. nanzen_kills_a_cat
  84. stealing from our favorite thieves lp
  85. the_good,_the_bad_&_the_blind
  86. The Good, The Bad The Blind
  87. Great White Hope
  88. yamato_(where_people_really_die)
  89. we_are_the_heathens
  90. 08 - it's new to me

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