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The Walkmen are an Indie Rock band from New York City . The band formed with three members from Jonathan Fire Eater which had recently disbanded and two members from The Recoys in 2000 . The group comprises of Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar), Paul Maroon (guitar, piano), Walter Martin (organ), Peter Bauer (bass) and Matt Barrick (drums). Their sound is made unique with the use of vintage musical instruments, most famously the clangy upright piano, and through the use of their self-designed recording studio Marcata Recording , which uses analog recording equipment. The 2002 debut album '' Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone '' was well received by critics for its experimental approach and progressive sound. The track ''We've Been Had'' from ''Everyone Who Pretended...'' was used on a television commercial for the Saturn Ion . The follow up album '' Bows And Arrows '', was released in 2004 and was listed by many critics as one of the year's best albums while embracing a less whimsical, experimental sound than the previous album. Several songs were featured on the Fox television program The O.C. , including ''What's In It For Me?'', ''The Rat'' and ''Little House of Savages''. ''Bows and Arrows'' was released on the Record Collection label from Warner Bros, in contrast to the independent label Startime that released ''Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone''. Their next album, ''A Hundred Miles Off'', will be released in the US on May 23rd. The band premiered most of the new songs on a tour of the Northeast in early 2006. Confirmed song titles for the upcoming album include "Good For You's Good For Me," "All Hands and the Cook," "Lost In Boston," and "This Job Is Killing Me." 2006 may also see the release of another full-length offering by the Walkmen: a re-recording of Harry Nilsson and John Lennon 's drug-fueled '' Pussy Cats '' album from 1974. DISCOGRAPHY LPs
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