Labeled "retro-electro", The Toy Soldiers combine sincere lyricism reminiscent of the northwestern indie-rock movement with the explosive energy of a French dance club. Recorded in the summer of 2008, “The Toy Soldiers EP” exemplifies this mix-and-match style of dance music with indie-groove anthems like “It Remains” and “Outside”, songs harkening to bands such as Spoon and The Cure. Included on the EP are more traditional electro-dance songs like “Radio” and “Backwindow”, making the album as comfortable on a turntable as in an acoustic club.

After forming in San Francisco (2006), The Toy Soldiers built off of their early live success to travel to Vancouver, B.C. to record “The Toy Soldiers EP”. Enlisting the help of Producers Scott Fairbairn and Anthony De Lemos and the use of the legendary Armoury Studios (AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Cranberries, etc.), The Toy Soldiers embarked to create an album that would, simply put, “make people dance”. The debut EP follows the lead of recent indie-dance groups such as MGMT, taking a fresh new look at dance music by adding a songwriter element, while maintaining the rhythmic backbone of the electro-dance movement.

The Toy Soldiers now reside in Seattle, Washington, where they are actively working to promote the local dance scene.

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