The Vanity Set is an indie rock group composed mostly of second-generation Greek-Americans. It was formed in New York City in 2000. Led by Jim Sclavunos, the drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, they describe their music as a blend of "low art, high sass and raw bluster." Their music includes the sounds of rebetiko, "psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, and mellifluous theremin."

By 2022, Sclavunos told an interviewer for NME that the project was complete. He also said in 2021 that he had a set of unfinished Vanity Set material that he was working on releasing.

Current members

• Jim Sclavunos - lead vocals

• Peter Mavrogeorgis - guitar, bouzouki

• David Morton - keyboards, clarinet

• Tam Ui - drums

• Sasha Kazachkov - bass

• Jennifer Carey - tuba & dead-bird-in-bag wrangler

• Jaiko Suzuki - percussion

Previous members

• Meredith Yayanos - violin, theremin

• David Berger - drums, percussion

• David Clifford - drums

• Brian Emrich - bass, synthesizer, ondioline

Discography

• The Vanity Set (2000)

• Little Stabs of Happiness (2003)

• The Big Bang (7" single, 2005)

References

External links

• Official website (archived in 2011 on Internet Archive)

• Article in The Guardian