The Van Pelt
The Van Pelt is an American indie rock band from New York, United States. Read Full Bio ↴The Van Pelt is an American indie rock band from New York, United States.

Formed in 1993 at New York University featuring Chris Leo (formerly of Native Nod and brother of Ted Leo) on vocals and guitar, Brian Maryansky on guitar, Toko Yasuda (formerly of Blonde Redhead) on bass, and Neil O'Brien on drums. Yasuda left the band in 1996 and was replaced by new bassist Sean Greene for the remainder of their existence. The band released two albums: Stealing from Our Favorite Thieves and Sultans of Sentiment, on Gern Blandsten Records in 1996 and 1997 respectively, an EP and several split 7" vinyl's.

The Van Pelt disbanded in 1997, with Leo and Yasuda forming a new band called The Lapse that year, and Maryansky later joining the band Jets to Brazil in 1998.

The band reunited in 2009 for two shows, playing one show on June 20 at the Blackcat in Washington, D.C. with Frodus, and another on June 21 at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In February 2014 it was announced that the band would be issuing a record of previous unreleased material recorded around 1996 and 1997 titled Imaginary Third. On December 6, 2022, the band announced via Instagram that a fourth studio album, entitled Artisans & Merchants, would be released in March 2023. This album marks the first new recordings by the band since the 1990s. The record will be released by Spartan Records in North America, Gringo Records in the UK and La Castanya in Europe and the rest of the world.

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The Van Pelt Lyrics


Cold Coconuts Cold Coconuts I'm coming for ya But first I've got a…
Did We Hear the Same Song Did we hear the same song when Upon taking an afternoon…
Do The Lovers Still Meet At The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial? Where's that San Miguel when you need one? Where's the empt…
Don't Make Me Walk My Own Log I sent my goodbyes I'm closing my eyes These good things d…
Grid I saw a band, an awesome band In a garage on…
His Saxophone Is My Guitar Call an ambulance, Min's got cancer. But my heart is…
His Steppe Is My Prarie …
It's A Suffering Bridgette Lin's got a twin and she's good and she's…
It's New To Me To get the water you climb a mountain, 'cause you're…
Let's Make A List Let's make a list so we can feel like we're…
Magic Fantasy Complaining about it doesn′t mean I want to leave without…
Nanzen Kills A Cat There it is, plain and simple. It destroyed itself without…
Old Souls from Different Epochs I caught your eye Attracted by what I thought was an…



Pockets Of Pricks The minds that drive the Philadelphians Will forever remain…
Shame On You Downtowns most peculiar scenes, where when taken at face val…
Simone Never Had It This Good Take this ugly traitor and kill it, it makes me…
The Good, The Bad & The Blind Was it right when it made the germs that would have put…
The Speeding Train The Speeding Train - The Lapse See the trains go by see…
The Young Alchemists I took a dive down in disbelief, My goal was…
Turning Twenty Into Two I can't get up, but I should write it down.…
We Are the Heathens Good-bye child, you were born in america Though you'll neve…
We Gotta Leave Ooh we gotta leave Ooh we gotta leave Ooh we gotta leave Ooh…
Yamato If the question′s asked When the kid is innocent And the ans…
You Are The Glue I'll meet you in the yellow my friend, Probably not…


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