The Sexy Accident play "forceful, even fiery power-pop" "driven by catchy melodies and smart, real-life lyric writing." (The Big Takeover) The band are from Kansas City, Missouri.
Their latest EP, Now That She's Gone, is "a smart, catchy, fulfilling course" (The Pitch) that reveals "a self-contained world of cheating and leaving lovers" (Erasing Clouds). Mantoloking, the band's 2009 full-length produced by legendary Seattle producer Steve Fisk, "addresses the noticeable failings of leaders, family, friendship, and love" and "proffers raw lyrics and bitter memories with aching honesty" (Present Magazine)
At all times, Jesse Kates, the band's singer and guitarist, writes lyrics that "are detailed, seem carefully crafted, and reflect circumstances from life as we know it." (Erasing Clouds) and "sings with a devotion and sensitivity that's sometimes surprising." (The Big Takeover)
In the past, the band have been accused of "evok[ing] the new-wave songwriters of the '80s, clean-cut pop artists like Marshall Crenshaw, Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello" and have been called the midwest's "regional answer to the Fountains of Wayne." (Ink KC)
press photo 1 . press photo 2 | all shots by Forester Michael
Prior lineups
| from | to | who | recorded | pic |
| Nov 2009 | June 2010 | Jesse Kates, Daniel Torrence, Chad Toney, Camry Ivory, Jonathon Smith | Now That She's Gone | view |
| Jan 2009 | Nov 2009 | Jesse Kates, Daniel Torrence, Chad Toney, Pat Padgett | Mantoloking | view |
| June 2008 | Jan 2009 | Jesse Kates, Pat Fent, Daniel Torrence, Chad Toney | | |
| Nov 2007 | June 2008 | Jesse Kates, Pat Fent, Daniel Torrence | Kinda Like Fireworks | view |
| April 2007 | Nov 2007 | Jesse Kates, Doug Chandler, Pat Fent | | view |
| April 2006 | April 2007 | Jesse Kates, Clay Vernon, Doug Chandler | | |
| Oct 2005 | April 2006 | Jesse Kates, Billy Brown, Clay Vernon | | |
| May 2005 | Oct 2005 | Jesse Kates, Billy Brown, Dan Weller | Tourism | view |
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