Anomie was a Santa Cruz, CA shoegaze band formed in late 1992, by Darren Thompson and Jeremy True. They had been in several high school and college rock groups already, but after hearing bands like Curve, Slowdive and the Cocteau Twins pushing the boundaries of music further and further they answered the call for their own musical exploration. Ryan Coseboom worked at an indie record store downtown, and had his own synth-pop project "Thinner." He was drafted to play keyboards at first, but soon switched to playing electronic drums. Brent Christian played additional keyboards at live shows.Jeremy wrote almost all of the music, though he collaborated with Darren whenever possible. Darren’s guitars alternated between ambient chords or waves of feedback while Jeremy's melodic lead guitar echoed