There are a few things about the Chapel Hill-based band SNMNMNM that you need to know:

1. The band’s name is not a less-than-subtle reference to a fetish, nor is it a play on the name of a certain rapper, or even an ode to those little candies that melt in your mouth and not in your hand. The S and the M’s are actually taken from the first letters of each of the four band member’s names: Seamus aNd Mark aNd Matt aNd Matt.
2. Yes, Mark Dauman is playing the tuba. Like The White Stripes, SNMNMNM is missing a bass player. Unlike The White Stripes, the bass has been replaced with an amplified tuba. And, oh yeah, singer Seamus Kenney also rocks the accordion.
3. SNMNMNM has a deep love and appreciation for Dewey Decimal System. The first single from the band’s upcoming fourth album Crawl Inside Your Head, “Addy Will Know,” is in fact a tribute to the librarians of America and even contains something special just for them — in the song’s bridge vocalist Kenny recites the call numbers numbers of several books without noting their actual titles and authors.

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