Early experiments in noise following the band’s formation in 2000, involving completely improvised live sets and a cut 'n' paste musical aesthetic, developed into more defined song structures, eventually separated into individual tracks and delineated into the current fractured guitar-driven electronica that has seen the band tagged as the sound of 'Kraftwerk remixed by Shellac' or 'Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth meets Autechre'. Sunnyvale's live shows, meanwhile, can shift from confrontational dissonance to the kind of experimentation that can make you dance, all within the space of a single song.

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