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the seldon plan michael nestor dave hirner frank corl chris ehrich -lsb- http://www.theseldonplan.com/ www.theseldonplan.com -rsb- pupa 's window 2003 -- present magnatune , the beechfields record label , otp records the seldon plan
 yes mike landavere bobby landle matthew leffler schulman dawn dineen group_or_band indie rock , indie pop the seldon plan nyc.jpg baltimore , maryland , usa
the seldon plan

the seldon plan is a post-rock pop band from baltimore , maryland , united states .
it consists of michael nestor on guitars , keyboards and vocals and david hirner on bass .
since 2008 , nestor and hirner have used a rotating core of fill-in musicians to put out records .
although the seldon plan is primarily associated with the indie rock scene in the northeast u.s. , they have had national print , radio and television exposure and are featured in popular iphone applications .
while primarily playing indie rock that is reminiscent of the weakerthans , the feelies , nada surf and camera obscura an aspect of their sound has been compared to that of emo .
though recent records have increasingly been influenced by both indie pop and traditional pop .
the band was founded in 2003 by original guitarist bobby landle and bassist dave hirner .
landle chose the name for the band because of a lifelong fascination with isaac asimov .
in late 2003 hirner and landle met michael nestor while he was working on a ph.d. in neuroscience at the university of maryland school of medicine via an ad placed on a local music website .
the band played a few shows using a drum machine and sometimes with fill-in drummer austin stahl .
the earliest seldon plan demos feature stahl on drums .
while playing shows , the trio met drummer mike landavere , a traditional jazz drummer , and decided to take the band more seriously allowing stahl to work on other projects like the beechfields record label , which released the first seldon plan ep .
the seldon plan started off by playing in non-traditional venues in and around baltimore like art galleries and diy spaces .
many of their early shows were part of the diy renaissance that began in the baltimore music scene around 2004 .
during the early history of the band , they gained notoriety by inviting artists , poets , and filmmakers to display their work at their concerts .
with the line-up of landle , landavere , hirner and nestor , the seldon plan took on a busy tour schedule during 2005-2007 releasing two critically acclaimed full-length records and playing shows with explosions in the sky , the stills , now it 's overhead , the octopus project and matt pond pa. .
in august 2008 the band announced the addition of a new drummer and a new guitarist as both mike landavere -lrb- drums -rrb- and bobby landle -lrb- guitars and vocals -rrb- left the band .
the seldon plan was subsequently highlighted along with joan as police woman and jason mraz in the december , 2008 edition of the music alive !
magazine .
in april 2009 , to announce the reformation of the band , and promote their new record , `` lost and found and lost '' , the band offered a limited-time-only free download of the title track .
the single was immediately highlighted by the baltimore sun in a multimedia showcase and arts & life piece discussing creativity as an outlet for economic woes .
