Artist Info: Spy Device

SPY DEVICE operated in Seattle from October 2011 to October 2013. BEN EASHER sang and played guitar, JAKE SMITH played bass and sang backup, and STEVE MALMIN (coincidentally a former member of the WIRETAPS) played drums. They released an album, MINIATURIZED, in 2012.

According to Roctober, “SPY DEVICE’s catchy kookiness seems to be a friendly tug of war between driving, early, poppy British punk, à la BUZZCOCKS/STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, and the kind of nerdy, regional New Wave from the early ’80s that every city had. [read more...]