The Vanity Set is an indie rock group composed mostly of second-generation Greek-Americans. It was formed in New York City in 2000. Led by Jim Sclavunos, the drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, they describe their music as a blend of "low art, high sass and raw bluster." Their music includes the sounds of rebetiko, "psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, and mellifluous theremin."
By 2022, Sclavunos told an interviewer for NME that the project was complete. He also said in 2021 that he had a set of unfinished Vanity Set material that he was working on releasing.
Current members Jim Sclavunos - lead vocals Peter Mavrogeorgis - guitar, bouzouki David Morton - keyboards, clarinet Tam Ui - drums Sasha Kazachkov - bass Jennifer Carey - tuba & dead-bird-in-bag wrangler Jaiko Suzuki - percussion
Previous members Meredith Yayanos - violin, theremin David Berger - drums, percussion David Clifford - drums Brian Emrich - bass, synthesizer, ondioline
Discography The Vanity Set (2000) Little Stabs of Happiness (2003) The Big Bang (7" single, 2005)
References
External links Official website (archived in 2011 on Internet Archive) Article in The Guardian