Cosmopolitan New York-based indie rock outfit the Fancy Shapes formed in 2008 around the talents of Sabrina Roberts (vocals), Dan Roth (drums), Daniel Berchenko (guitar), Seth Walter (bass), and Seth Kaufman (guitar). Based primarily in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but coming from lands as distant as Kenya, India, Kansas, and San Francisco, the band’s distinct blend of indie rock, Afro-pop, and highly danceable urban angst has been compared to everyone from Vampire Weekend to Tom Tom Club. The Fancy Shapes’ full-length debut, Fun City, arrived in October 2010 on Sukuma Records. ~ James Christopher Monger