The Dodos

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The Dodos

The Dodos are an American indie rock duo consisting of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber. They create psychedelic folk songs.

History

Meric Long self-released solo EP "Dodo Bird" in February of 2005. Shortly afterward he met Logan Kroeber and began playing live shows under the name The Dodos. "Beware of the Maniacs" also self-released in December 2006 followed along with relentless touring most of 2007. December 2007 they were signed by Frenchkiss Records and they released their second album Visiter in March of 2008, which was well received by critics.

In an April 2008 interview in L.A. Record Meric Long revealed the origin of the name of Visiter. "The reason it’s misspelled is because it’s from a drawing this kid gave us. We played a show for a bunch of kids in South Central L.A.—Dorsey High. A friend’s sister [Barbara Lempel] is a special-ed teacher there, so we went down there to her class and we played for the kids and it was super fun. Then it came to the kids asking us questions and then one of the kids came up to us and he gave us a drawing with that written on it. The drawing is the cover actually of the album, and just—I dunno we liked it. Actually we used all of the drawings that the kids made in the artwork on the album. It was definitely a fun, interesting venture for us. We’d never played for kids before—we didn’t know what to expect but they were clapping and dancing."

A promotional MP3 of the song "Jodi," from the album Visiter, can be found here.

Discography

• Dodo Bird Meric Long (2005)
• Beware of the Maniacs (2006)
• Visiter (2008)

External links

• Official MySpace profile
• Official web site