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Catie Moore – vocals
James Flores – drum/programming
Tim Rumbaugh – bass/programming
Nick Wisniewski – guitar/programming

What started as an homage to British trip hop has evolved into an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, electronica and alternative music. Orange County, California-based Sunset Room takes a deep appreciation of diverse classic artists such as Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin and Howlin Wolf, and combines it with the sensibility of modern influences such as PJ Harvey, Radiohead and Basement Jaxx. The band teasingly plays against a backdrop of electronic loops, samples and soundscapes, blurring the lines completely to captures its audience at every turn. It is a well-choreographed sideshow where slide guitars co-exist with laptop computers, vocal melodies drift into jazz scats, and upright bass lines morph into synth grooves.

This is best represented in the band’s debut album, Almost an Angel. The group’s self-produced album features a future-retro mix of acoustic and electronic instruments, tied together by jazz-driven vocal lines.

Almost an Angel was recorded in the band’s own studio, Erica's Playroom, and was produced by Sunset Room and engineer Marty Beal. The album also features the Delta Nove Horns (Rob Covacevich and John Harrington) who play on three tracks.

The band is poised to continue creating innovative and accessible music. The Sunset Room sound is capturing listeners at every turn. Or as someone was overheard to say at a Sunset Room show, "their vibe is so thick, it completely takes you over and rips you in half."