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Guilty Giraffe | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
Genres | Rock, post-hardcore, shoegaze |
Years active | 2015–present |
Labels | Mint 400 Records |
Members | Kevin Knebel Mathew McGinnis Shane Sumano Will Vellek |
Guilty Giraffe are an American rock band from New York.
Guilty Giraffe started as a rock duo from Yonkers, New York that formed in 2015. Both members were self-taught musicians.[1] They self-produced and released their debut album A Time to Slime in December 2015.[2] They have been classified as post-hardcore and shoegaze.[2][3] Guilty Giraffe made The A.V. Club's 2017 Year In Band Names list.[4] In 2017, they signed to the independent record label Mint 400 Records.
Their second album, Server Error. was released with Mint 400 Records on 9 May 2017.[3] Will Vellek joined Guilty Giraffe in the Winter of 2018 on bass, and they played as a three-piece for a while, until Reis quit Guilty Giraffe in Spring of 2018 to follow other musical endeavors. Guilty Giraffe rebuilt the line-up, adding Kevin Knebel on drums, and Shane Sumano on bass. For the Mint 400 Records compilation NJ / NY Mixtape, which features artists that performed at 2018 North Jersey Indie Rock Festival, Guilty Giraffe contributed the song "Off Ripped."[5][6] They also released their third album Filtered in 2018, which was new versions of music written by Mat Mcginnis years prior.