MisterWives
American indie pop band
MisterWives are an American indie pop band based in New York City, consisting of lead singer Mandy Lee, drummer and percussionist Etienne Bowler, bass guitarist William Hehir, guitarist Marc Campbell, and keyboardist and saxophonist Mike Murphy.
MisterWives have played with acts such as Panic! at the Disco, Twenty One Pilots, Half Moon Run, Bleachers, The Mowgli's, Walk the Moon, Foster the People, Paramore, American Authors, X Ambassadors, Bishop Briggs, and Lawrence. The band's debut album Our Own House was released in January 2015, and subsequently met with critical acclaim.
History
Formation
MisterWives was formed in late 2012 when lead singer Mandy Lee wanted an '80s cover band for her birthday party. She partnered with fellow musicians Etienne Bowler and William Hehir. Lee met Hehir through a mutual friend, and was introduced to Bowler a short time later. At the time, the two had been working at restaurants just a block apart in Manhattan. Eventually the band would expand to its current set-up of five members by bringing Bowler's friends Blum and Campbell (not including the band's saxophonist Mike Murphy), and play its first show as 'MisterWives' (a gender-flipped play on the term, sister wives, suggesting polyandry as opposed to polygyny) on February 1, 2013 at the Canal Room in New York City.
Early career
The day after playing the Canal Room, the band was signed to Photo Finish Records.
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