It was an unlikely meeting place for two very different musicians—a seedy "Asian fusion" restaurant/pseudo-night club in the heart of Old City, Philadelphia. A waitress who sang folk songs and an engineer who sang rock songs met and immediately discovered their somewhat common ground. Pretty soon, Kristin Bigness and John "Bueno" McCartney were crafting arrangements for Kristin's material, frequenting open mics, and finding they were not so different. By the time they finished their first song together, "Blink an Eye," they knew better than to stop there.

On the band's debut album, Surf+Turf, Kristin's uber-melodic, folk Americana meets Bueno's riffs (think Steve Malkmus and Neil Young's lead lovechild). Charlie Abriel keeps these two crazy kids in line, a drummer whose skill is rivaled only by his infectious love of music and all-around enthusiasm.