Before they couldn't, but now they can note
Created by Thomas Fay Syndicate, The Plastic E-Gulls (TPEG for short) are a virtual/cartoon band, like Gorillaz, The Archies, Evelyn Evelyn and others.
- Ian Furelli (frontman, songwriter, guitar) The rug that ties the room together. Born and raised in Montauk, and moved with the band to New York.
- Ellen Blinstone (keyboards): Ian's wife from Joisey. They were friends since childhood... and she was literally the first girl Ian ever met.
- Brian O'Feeny (drums): An Unlucky Everydude from Connecticut. Unlucky at love. And cards. Help him. Please.
- Tina Furelli (bass): Ian's girl-clone, although that label leaves a bit to be desired. And yet, they treat her as one of the family. She was created halfway through the first album, when their old record label
asked for a bass player.
TPEG has a Google site
and a Bandcamp page if you're interested.
Discography
Studio albums
- One More for the Road (2014)
- Air, Fire, Water (2015)
- Out and About (2016)
- Blinstone and Furelli: Because I Can (The Wedding Album) (2017)
- Sea Base (2017)
- Tales from Vinegar Hill (2018)
TPEG provides examples of the following tropes:
- Auto-Tune: Experimented with in a remixed version of "Renaissance Man".
- Buffy Speak: Ian's guacamole recipe calls for the use of a "hand-citrus-juice-squeezer-outer-thingy".
- Character Blog: Ian used to have one on Google+ before it closed, but the entries have been preserved on websites like DeviantArt and Fiction Press.
- Cover Version: Exclusive to their YouTube channel are, among others, versions of A Quick One While He's Away, You Never Give Me Your Money, Science Fiction/Double Feature and Interplanet Janet
- Epic Rocking: Three tracks on Sea Base clock in just past five minutes, while "The Girl That Wasn't There" goes on for eleven minutes!
- Image Song: "To Whom It May Concern" is this for Tina.
- Instrumentals: At least one per album, and the entirety of Because I Can.
- Puppy Love: Ian and Ellen first fell in love in first grade.
- Revolving Door Band: So far, only three-and-a-half albums have Tina on bass.
- Sibling Rivalry: Ellen's twin sister Mary, who's jealous of Ellen's fame, as illustrated in the song "I Want My Sister Back".
- Step Up to the Microphone / A Day in the Limelight: While Ian is the primary lead singer, Ellen, Brian and Tina have also had their moments at bat.
- Textless Album Cover: Air, Fire, Water
- Walking the Earth: Aimless Wandering
I'm busy going nowhere, and it doesn't sound like fun
But it is when you try it, puttin' trouble on the run
Just like me, just doing nothing, and I'm making it a thing
A thing that I call aimless wandering.
But it is when you try it, puttin' trouble on the run
Just like me, just doing nothing, and I'm making it a thing
A thing that I call aimless wandering.
- A Wild Rapper Appears!: Lots of the tracks on Out and About have rap sections, given the hip-hop nature of the album as a whole.
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