Squirrel Nut Zippers

We always try to play music in the shop to create the right “atmosphere.” We generally stick with a mix of big band swing/frank Sinatra/billie holiday/esque plus some mellowish modern music like the shins, the decemberists, Andrew bird, etc. Course right now we are playing Sublime, breaking all the rules! It generally keeps it pretty interesting in here, there is enough that I stay interested all day, and we can switch it up most days so we don’t ever get tired of any one thing.

One of my favorite bands ever is Squirrel Nut Zippers. Remember them from the 90’s swing revival? There big song (I think) was Hell from their album Hot. They are just super upbeat, pretty retro, and the sort of the epitome of my musical style. I think if I were in a band, my band would be like squirrel nut zippers. Of course I am a musician, and play the harp, which is nothing like squirrle nut zippers, so it is funny that I think this. But, if I were in a band, that would be my ideal sound.

So I mention this because we have been open for two and a half months in our new space and I have had at least 5 people comment and ask if we are playing Squirrel Nut Zippers just while I am working the shop. No one ever asks about any other music playing, just squirrel nut zippers. All of our music is on random, so it probably plays one of their songs every 15-20 songs too, so I think it is particularly interesting. I guess there must just be more closet squirrel nut zipper fans out there than I realized! I find this fascinating, and though you all might as well.

Hope the weather is as beautiful everywhere else as it is here, and that you are getting time to enjoy it (not sewing purses like me!).