mini-symphonies packed into pop song format; danceable deep thoughts set to compelling melodies; a scat-singing, hard-rocking Druid priest; Mark Bolan, Robyn Hitchcock, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, The Breeders.

Genre: Alt Rock, Indie Pop, Jazz, Punk, Psychedelic

”Pop songwriting… with a drawer full of brilliant and diverse ideas… dropped from a great height for the best possible results” – Greg Harper, RawRip Editorials

Steven Martinelli: both a veteran of the local Seattle music scene and a newcomer. After almost weekly gigs at the infamous Lake Union Pub, as well as brief stints with The Scratch Quartet, and The Turn-Ons as lead guitarist, Steven took an extended hiatus from Seattle to focus exclusively on his songwriting. Fairly soon after his return to Seattle, Steven had the good fortune of reuniting with producer and engineer Mike Davidson (Jon Auer, Sky Cries Mary), and began recording tracks that would eventually become his solo debut album “Tombstone Tantrika”.