The Push Kings
The Push Kings (sometimes simply Push Kings) were an American rock band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. The group released several albums of Beatles-influenced power pop in the late 1990s and early 2000s before disbanding in 2001. History Brothers Carrick and Finn Moore Gerety founded the group in the early 1990s with David Benjamin and Matt Fishbeck; they all met as students at Harvard University. The Geretys are the sons of former Trinity College and Amherst College president Tom Gerety. They released several 45rpm vinyl singles in the first half of the decade. While their early work was heavily indebted to indie rock musical artists such as Pavement, they began moving toward more of a power pop sound in the mid-1990s; reviewers also noted influences from 1980s-era musicians signed to Rough Trade and K Records. They signed with Massachusetts-based Sealed Fate Records, run by Eric Masunaga of the Dambuilders, and released their debut self-titled album with the label in early 1997. The New York Times wrote of the band, "the band's retro garage pop and its bowl haircuts quickly grow on you." They appeared on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic later that year. The band released four albums in five years, a pace