"With its semicountrified, punk-influenced music that recalls Neil Young, Clem Snide, the Flaming Lips, and an assortment of '90s alternarock bands (from Nirvana to early Radiohead), the group doesn't simply pull off acoustic trio rock, it makes it seem natural."
- Boston Globe

Fancy Trash formed in August 2002 when Singer/Guitarist Dave Houghton moved from Boulder, CO to Northampton, MA and began playing with upright bassist Joshua Thayer. Not much later, drummer Ben Laine joined the group, his diverse and melodic rhythms completing an already earthy and developed sound. Fancy Trash works the line between rock and folk, blending a non-traditional sensibility with the tradition of acoustic instruments to make something unique. Spazzy folk-tinged acoustic indy rock.

Since cementing the lineup Fancy Trash has opened for national acts such as The Jayhawks, Twinemen, Hackensaw Boys and BR549, toured the Eastcoast and shared bills with notable regional acts like Drunk Stuntmen, Los Diablos and Spirithouse recording artists Ware River Club.

Fancy Trash’s charged live shows earned the band a reputation as a successful headliner at venues around the Northeast such as The Lakeside Lounge (NYC), Lizard Lounge (Cambridge, MA), and Iron Horse (Northampton, MA).

The band performed at the Northampton Music Festival in 2002 and at the Keene Music Festival in 2003, and won Best Folk Rock Group in the Valley Advocate's 2004 Grand Band Slam.

The e.p. "Weighted Down" was released in March 2006.

The new full-length album "Three Cheers for the Cheated" will be release nationally September 12, 2006 on Nine Mile Records.