Bio

Still maturing from a childhood project that combined brothers Sean and Jimmy Galloway’s first names, The Shimmies have created a self-appointed genre for themselves, which they lovingly refer to as “home school rock.” Much the way a home schooled child’s take on a book may have less to do with the collective opinion of their peers, so does the Shimmies’ take on pop music stand apart from the collective pretense of our generation. Sean and Jimmy started out in the late 90’s as an acoustic two piece, and before that as kids trying to perfect difficult harmonies by panning Simon and Garfunkel’s Wednesday Morning 3AM on their small cassette deck boom box. They’ve since plugged in and added younger brother Stephen on bass and long time friend Jack Gingerich on drums.

The Shimmies’ music has come a long way since inception, but it’s defining characteristic remains angelic harmonies from the band’s two front men, giving them a magical quality similar to that of The Avett Brothers or Fleet Foxes. With a sound that garners comparisons to the likes of Band of Horses, Jeff Buckley, and Sigur Ros, The Shimmies have written a lyrically powerful record in To All Beloved Enemies, for a generation who puts little to no emphasis on lyrical content.
 
The Shimmies have already won the musical hearts and minds of their native Chico, CA, having won The Chico News and Reviews’ C.A.M.M.I.E. awards three years consecutively.  Presently, The Shimmies’ sights are set on sharing their music with a greater audience, with national release of To All Beloved Enemies along with an upcoming tour of the US in late 2011. While other bands look to the future or to a time before they were born for inspiration, The Shimmies continue to make their home school rock. Rather than steal from their parents music, they’ve updated the music they grew up with, adding a more contemporary anthemic quality to our favorite 90’s memories.