The Sharp Things

The Sharp Things is an American, New York City-based chamber pop collective, led by singer/songwriter Perry Serpa. Current members include Jim Santo, Aisha Cohen, Michelle Caputo, James Pertusi, Andrea Dovalle, Steve London and Adrienne Day. The band originated in the late 1990s as a recording project of Serpa and drummer Steve Gonzalez. The band's name was taken from the title of an unreleased demo tape, Here Come The Sharp Things, which in turn was taken from a lyric to a never-recorded song, the title of which is now forgotten. Guitarist Santo, joined in 1997 and the trio adopted The Sharp Things as its name for performances at small clubs on the Lower East Side of New York City. The Sharp Things steadily added members over the next few years and began to broaden its musical palette with strings, horns, woodwinds, keyboards and other instruments. The group's first album, Here Comes The Sharp Things was released in the United States in 2002 on Dive Records.