Native Pennsylvanian, California-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Michael Stasis records lo-fi, experimental, fun-time pop with influences from the history of pop/rock and indie. With a routine of creating and sharing scores of songs piecemeal, he eventually released a series of collections to constitute his early album discography, including 2011's self-released, 17-track RIP (2003-2009). His regular releases included the synthy Chainsaw in 2012 and Venus in Soap in 2014. The 12-track RIP III arrived on Arbutus Records in 2015, incorporating spoken word, post-punk, novelty songs, and psychedelic/garage, among other genres. ~ Marcy Donelson