Australia. When recording "studio" albums, they aim for a warm, room sound, using the close mic technique, and usually recording in their own apartments, with ambient sounds (including microwaves being turned on) apparent in instances. Members Andy White – guitar, vocals, electronics Edwin M. White – drums, vocals, electronics Songwriting is shared equally between the brothers, who for long periods lived in different cities due to work and studying. Songs are often constructed by swapping demo recordings via email, megaupload, and mediafire. Both are prolific songwriters and have maintained a series of side and solo projects. Andy also records under the name 'Andy Boay', while Edwin's main solo project is titled Eola. Band name Tonstartssbandht is a made up word. According to Edwin, it comes from "a word collage that I made cutting up letters and words and I pasted it down and I loved how it looked. Because it's made up, it confused people, people get thrown off by consonants, they take one look at it and sometimes they're disgusted, they're like 'That's not a word anyone could pronounce!'" Discography The following are a mixture of live recordings and studio albums "Tonstartssbandht" Tonstartssbandht. Retrieved December 30, 2017. Water Buffalo (2008) An When (2009, Does Are) Maihama (2009) Dick Nights (2009) Parson Sounds (2009, Black Cheeks) Midnite Cobras (2010) Hymn (2011) Now I Am Become (2011, Arbutus) Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich (2011) God Speed, Mans (2013, Spacebridge) Nantes (2014) Overseas (2014) Hanoi (2015) Christchurch (2016) Sorcerer (2017) Petunia'' (2021) References External links Official website American psychedelic rock music groups Arbutus Records artists Mexican Summer artists Musical groups from Orlando, Florida Sibling musical duos