throwing them into a bowl and tossing them into a strange salad that challenges your musical taste buds." Jenna Minnig of PennState CommMedia compared Stauber's music to Ariel Pink's; as both have hypnagogic-pop styles and have similar voices, but believed it was unnecessary and reductionary to compare the two. Knoxville News Sentinel's Chuck Campbell described Stauber's music videos as "nostalgic and childlike, but there’s also something disturbingly adult about them, the kind of thing that might have surfaced on Pee-wee's Playhouse back in the day." Music Stauber is well known for his hypnagogic pop, avant-pop, and synth-pop music. Stauber's unique vocal effects are developed in the shower, and are inspired by Donovan in his song "Hurdy Gurdy Man". Stauber also collects objects to create sounds to use in songs, and has a drawer filled with "various noise-makers" he has collected. Stauber uses the Plopscotch Records label to enlist copyright on his music. Aside from his perennial avant-pop style, Stauber is well-versed in traditional guitar playing, regularly incorporating it into his music. Stauber’s album Viator is a particular example, for the fact it’s a radical contrast to the rest of his discography, both in music and tone. Viator consists of somber and bleak indie folk and lo-fi acoustic music. Despite this being the only folk album he’s released, Stauber would include songs in a vein like that of Viator, such as “Bothersome” and “Calm Water Fast Living” on Pop Food and Micropop respectively. Artists that have expressed admiration for Stauber's music include rock musician Jon Bon Jovi, comedian Andy Milonakis, actor Verne Troyer, indie singer-songwriter Sidney Gish, and model Paris Jackson. Videos Stauber's videos utilize a mixture of different types of media, such as traditional animation, 3D computer animation, claymation, and live action. Almost all voices in these videos are done by Stauber himself. His videos are usually separated into three styles: "surreal", characters with odd and striking facial expressions and frequently part of his claymations, "colorful", which are usually featured in his VHS animations and music videos, and "Stauber faces", light-skinned characters with cartoon noses. To create his animations, Stauber uses Microsoft Paint for the drawings. He then sequences the frames in Adobe Premiere Pro, and then runs the finished video through a VHS tape. Teeth play a constant theme in Stauber's work, often referenced in his music and videos. Teeth featured in Stauber's videos are most often fake, these