The Obligations is tagged as: pop, under 2000 listeners, indie, alternative, retro It started, more or less, 25 years ago when vocalist James O’Connell and guitarist Hugh Simmons took a breather from Creative Writing classes to knock out a couple of pop songs together, just to see what they’d come up with (by chance, they’d learned that they both liked “Fear of Music” by Talking Heads and, unlike most of their peers, “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies). From the get-go—a catchy absurdity called “Young Writers In Love”—they knew they were musical soulmates: a pure love of melody, the necessity for irony, and a wistful sincerity just under the surface. They survived the Peace Corps and a graduate poetry program to join up again in NYC for a long run of recording projects, and ultimately, a band that played out. Joined by drummer Rob Speck, their songs got a much-needed boost. It was also a boost of resolve. In effect, they got their groove on. Connected to and inspired by the budding Brooklyn music scene of the late 80s, they found their fan base. Although eclectic influences from Camper Van Beethoven to West African Pop were integrated, they’d never stray far from the path to pop heaven. After grad school, careers, and wanderlust intervened, O’Connell and Speck wound up on the crowded Boston scene, in the cocktail-and-angst pop band ... Read More About The Obligations Biography...  Send The Obligations ringtones to your cell
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