The Depreciation Guild [In Her Gentle Jaws] [Spirit Youth]

The Depreciation Guild (2005-2010) was a dreampop band from Brooklyn, NY, USA. Recognized as much for their unexpected arrangements as for their unique blend of gauzy guitars and Nintendo Famicom programming, the group developed a very minor cult following in their five years in existence.
Originally a vehicle of songwriter / producer Kurt Feldman, the band's first recorded output was "Nautilus," an EP made available for free download through New York netlabel 8bitpeoples in 2006. After recruiting Akira Hashizume as second guitarist, the group went on to record their first LP, "In Her Gentle Jaws," which was released as a free download from their website in December of 2007. This album was self-engineered in New York and mixed by Joshua Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv, Sons Of Magdalene) in Chicago, IL. Hashizume left the band in 2007 and was replaced by guitarist Christoph Hochheim. Anton Hochheim joined the band in 2008 as drummer.
In 2009, the trio signed to Kanine Records who released the remainder of their recorded work: two singles, Dream About Me (June, 2009) and Blue Lily (September, 2010) as well as their second album, Spirit Youth (May, 2010) which was also engineered, mixed and produced by Joshua Eustis. A limited edition vinyl reissue of the now deleted In Her Gentle Jaws album was released in 2009 as well. Depreciation Guild's second and final album, Spirit Youth, aimed to broaden the group's sonic palette, emphasizing pop hooks over gimmick and adding layers of live instrumentation to their already lush sound.
After touring extensively in Europe, the United States and Japan in 2009 and 2010 (the latter portion in which they were joined by live bass / keyboard player Raphael Radna), the band amicably split to pursue other musical endeavors.
In August of 2010, the band released an original iPhone puzzle game called TileWild as a collaboration between Kurt Feldman and programmer Hayden Cacace. While the band is currently defunct, Depreciation Guild, Inc. continues to develop games for the iOS.
Currently, Kurt Feldman writes and produces music for his synthpop project, The Ice Choir. He also plays drums in The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. Christoph Hochheim is a touring guitarist for The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and writes music under his solo moniker, Ablebody. Anton currently plays drums in the Brooklyn-based experimental rock band, Dinowalrus.

The Depreciation Guild on MySpace