Melissa Rodenbeek and Hiram Lucke formed the harvey girls in August of 2003 in Lawrence, Kansas. The group, named after the waitresses who served travelers in the American West from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries along the AT&SF railways, combine the melodies of bubblegum pop with experimentation in sound. Their music stands as a cross between Prince Paul's production work and the songs of the Shangri-Las (that's what we're sticking with; feel free to come up with your own description).

The harvey girls are a group that can argue about the merits of a much-needed editor for David Foster Wallace (or anyone who uses three damn names for that matter), claim that ABBA is the greatest pop group of all time without an ironic smirk, and bake you a decent cake for your birthday. If you would like a list of our favorite acronyms, to know what we have been reading lately, or to let us know what day your birthday falls on, you can just drop us a line.

Here's what some people are saying:

About "The Wild Farewell":
Delusions of Adequacy

Erasing Clouds

3hive

Shake Your Fist

NO-FI

Lawrencian (scroll to page 15)

Lawrence.com

About "Blabber n Smoke":
Delusions of Adequacy (DOA is down right now--come back!)

An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming

Spoilt Victorian Child

Fluxblog

Dr. Gunni (in Icelandic - scroll to 02.01.05., which is getting farther and farther down. It translates (- thanks to an Icelandic fan!) to: Another marriage. Bumped into this while musicblogsurfing. Cool song from some americans who will probably never make the charts. We are, apparently rightly so, taking this as a compliment.)

Splendid

Lawrence.com

About "The Biggest Book You'll Never Read":
Rockkansas.com

Delusions of Adequacy

Splendid

Interviews and Podcasts

Pitch interview

Rock Kansas interview

Lawrence.com podcast

Our contribution to Erasing Clouds 100 Musicians Answer the Same 10 Questions

Lawrence.com Show Review (with Superargo!)

Head to our Imaginary Albums debut, The Harvey Girls: The Harvey Girls (not the most inspired title, we admit, but it was better than "Greatest Misses" or "50,000 people have never heard of this band" - since it's kind of a greatest-hits-as-picked-by-Craig-Boyko album)

Millieu A review of the harvey girls: the harvey girls

"That was so much better than spending $2 on tacos." - Marcus (?)