The Comas formed in Chapel Hill, NC, in March 1998 as a joke country band, as a sort of counterweight to the hyped No Depression movement. Soon, however, both the "joke" and the "country" parts of the concept were eliminated, and they developed into a quirky alternative rock band. Their respectable 1999 debut effort, Wave to Make Friends, is sleepy but not lethargic, indie pop with just-off-kilter male-female vocal harmonies, billed by their own label as "stoner pop." Their instrumental canvas is larger and more eclectic than that of the typical indie group, using violin, organ, and creative non-rap samples in addition to the usual guitars and rhythm section. Adam Price of the Mayflies USA plays organ; the disc was engineered and co-mixed by Michael Holland of Jennyanykind. In fall 2000, the Comas issued Def Needle in Tomorrow, and they returned four years later with Conductor. The Comas signed with Vagrant in December 2005. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide