Guilty Giraffe

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American rock band

Guilty Giraffe

Guilty Giraffe at the 2018 North Jersey Indie Rock Festival.

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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Mint 400 Records
* 2 Members
* 3 Discography
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History[edit]

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] [3] They have been classified as post-hardcore and shoegaze. [2][4] Guilty Giraffe made The A.V. Club's 2017 Year In Band Names list.[5] In 2017, they signed to the independent record label Mint 400 Records.

### Mint 400 Records[edit]

Their second album, Server Error. was released with Mint 400 Records on 9 May 2017. [4] 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."[6][7] They also released their third album Filtered in 2018, which was new versions of music written by Mat Mcginnis years prior.

## Members[edit]

* Mathew McGinnis – vocals and guitar (2015–present)
* Will Vellek – bass (2018) and guitar (2018–present)
* Shane Sumano – bass (2018–present)
* Kevin Knebel – drums (2018–present)

Former members

* Felipe Reis – drums (2015–2018)

## Discography[edit]

Albums

* A Time To Slime (2015)
* Server Error (2017)
* Filtered (2018)
* Pacing (2021)

Singles

* "Washed Out" (2017)
* "Hungry Cats" (2018)
* "Off Ripped" (2018)
* "Filter" (2018)

Appearing on

* NJ / NY Mixtape (2018)

## References[edit]

Citations

1. ^ Arlene's Grocery Staff 2017.
2. ^ a b Huggler 2016.
3. ^ Disser 2016. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDisser2016 (help)
4. ^ a b Pirate! Staff 2017.
5. ^ Ryan 2017.
6. ^ Makin 2018.
7. ^ New Jersey Stage Staff 2018.

Bibliography

* Arlene's Grocery Staff (3 May 2017), "Guilty Giraffe", Arlene's Grocery, retrieved 7 January 2019
* Disser, Nicole (27 December 2018). "Week in Shows: Fresh Newgaze, Disco Misnomers, and Phish Swims Up Livestream". Bedford and Bowery. New York. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
* Huggler, Jocelyn (21 December 2016), "Guilty Giraffe", The Deli, retrieved 7 January 2019
* Makin, Bob (13 September 2018), "Makin Waves Scene Report with Central Jersey Jazz Festival, Indian Summer festival, Ancient Babies & More", The Aquarian Weekly, retrieved 7 January 2018
* New Jersey Stage Staff (19 September 2018), "3rd Annual North Jersey Indie Rock Festival", New Jersey Stage, retrieved 7 January 2019
* Pirate! Staff (9 May 2017), "Guilty Giraffe Server Error", Pirate!, retrieved 7 January 2019
* Ryan, Kyle (5 December 2017), "The Year in Band Names", The A.V. Club, retrieved 7 January 2019

## External links[edit]

* Guilty Giraffe on Bandcamp