Basement – Yoke 

Its weird for me to think of bands as having been influenced by Small Brown Bike. Why not just be influenced by Hot Water Music and skip the middleman?

Honestly, though, it feels weird. SBB was one of my favorite bands for nearly 15 years (the new album is not good), and being from Michigan, I got to see them pretty often, and rarely in full venues. So I forgot they had a following outside the people I knew.

Basement are/were clearly part of that following. Canada Square could be a “River Bed” era SBB cover. Hell, even his voice sounds Mike Bike-ish.  

Yes, their influences are close to the skin but, but “I Wish I Could Stay Here” is Basement’s first album and I’m sure with time they’ll go into themselves. When Small Brown Bike started, everyone said they were just Hot Water Music clones.