STARFUCKER (or STRFKR if you prefer) was founded in 2006 in Portland. Starting as a solo project for Joshua Hodges, STRFKR quickly became a three piece with the addition of former Sexton Blake bandmate Ryan Biornstad, and new friend Shawn Glassford. Hodges says that they chose the name Starfucker just based on the curiosity of how far they could get "with a stupid name like that".
As a three piece, the band released their self titled debut album in September of 2008. In January of 2009, the band brought aboard Keil Corcoran, and shortly after released EP Jupiter in May of 2009.
In late 2009 the band suffered a brief marketing nightmare that saw the band change its moniker to Pyramid, then Pyramiddd, then back to Starfucker (and when they’re trying to avoid censors, they can still be seen listed as STRFKR). The Portland quartet has narrowly escaped slipping through the cracks, and has returned with its second full-length album Reptilians.
Hodges describes the band's music as "dance music that you can actually listen to, that's good pop songs, but also you can dance to it." Passion Pit’s dance-rock is an obvious reference point, but Starfucker also references Beck, Pinback, Pet Shop Boys, and even My Bloody Valentine.
Reptilians was released on March 8, featuring single Julius.
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Source: LastFM, A.V. Club, Wikipedia
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