Stutter Steps

The Stutter Steps, a musical project from Pittsburgh, PA, is the brainchild of Ben Harrison (curator of performing arts at The Andy Warhol Museum), who has been writing songs and performing with various Pittsburgh-based musicians for over a decade. On this new record, Ben's songwriting, guitar, and vocals take lead, accompanied by Cindy Yogmas (keyboards, vocals), Sean Finn (drums), David Horn (bass), and Jeff Baron (guitar - of Merge Records' Essex Green & Ladybug Transistor). Recorded in October 2013 in a cabin in the Laurel Highlands, PA, the album contains both new and old material. Gary Olson, proprietor of the Brooklyn-based recording studio Marlborough Farms and also the founding member of Ladybug Transistor, produced and recorded the songs on site. Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) graciously contributed slide guitar on the track Fog. Musical influences ranging from the sonic artfulness of the Velvet Underground to the wry playfulness of Beat Happening and the jangle pop of New Zealands' the Bats, are reflected in songs that are at once honest and earnest, quirky and catchy.