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John Ostby - lead vocals, keyboard
Brent Paschke - guitar, vocals
Eric Fawcett - drums, vocals
Christian Twigg – bass

How do you describe a year in which your band toured the world, played on a gold-selling record, performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” scored radio and MTV airplay, garnered critical acclaim, shared stages with everyone from David Bowie to Jay-Z and recorded its debut album?

“I call that a really good year,” says vocalist John Ostby, whose group Spymob hit it big in 2003 as the backing band for Neptunes side project N.E.R.D. For the average artist, such achievements usually mark the summation of an entire career--if they're lucky. Spymob, however, is just getting started.

Their eagerly awaited debut album Sitting Around Keeping Score glows with the absorbed influences of Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, Jellyfish and Split Enz.

About the Neptunes/N.E.R.D. collaboration, Ostby says, “It changed our ...