“Nee is the dance squad at the cool kid magnet school. It is vintage synthesizers and ricocheting drums and poses. Mostly it is Kristin Dennis, who is surprisingly effective at making you feel bad for not dancing. She also, while singing certain vowels, sounds like an actual bird. The band emanates from her in every way. They are her lyrics, as brazen as “I fell in love on my back,” the opening salvo of single “Pretty Girls.” The battles with love found elsewhere in the catalogue get as dire as poisonings. 

If you think bad-times subject matter precludes good-times songs, you obviously aren’t much into songs. The pop music created by Dennis, Synth player Lex Herbert, multi-talented multi-instrumentalist David Beeman and tireless drummer Mic Boshans can make you forget, for a moment, that there is such a thing as tomorrow. Sounds, visions, choreographed dance routines and assorted titillations are just a well-aimed Google search away.” 

—Kiernan Maletsky, Music Editor at River Front Times 


Quickly gaining local respect and notoriety after releasing the debut EP The Hands of Thieves, Née has developed a presence in the St. Louis music community through well-crafted recordings as well as energetic and well-placed live performances including recent opening spots for indie heros SANTIGOLD, Y.A.C.H.T., Neon Indian, Penguin Prison, Reptar, Asobi Seksu, Cold Cave, Class Actress, Millionyoung and others. 

Née has just released the FINCHES EP on 10” yellow vinyl as well as CD and digital formats (02/01/13) and plans to hit the road in 2013 with a suitcase of dancing shoes.