The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control was an Athens, Georgia indie rock band in the mid- to late 1990s and, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of th

The Olivia Tremor Control was an Athens, Georgia indie rock band in the mid- to late 1990s and, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of the three original Elephant Six projects. The band was founded by the remnants of the group Synthetic Flying Machine (Jeff Mangum, Bill Doss, and Will Cullen Hart) in 1994 and was disbanded in 1999.

The band's distinct sound is a mixture of Doss' pop leanings, and Hart's experimental tendencies. This chemistry is evident in their albums given that some tracks are 2-3 minute pop songs, while others are sound collages ranging in length from 2 seconds to 10 minutes, and differing in content from vibrant horns to near silence. The band was influenced by the odd quality inherent in dreams and asked their listeners to send in tapes describing their own, excerpts of which can be heard in the final track of Black Foliage in particular.