Melissa Rodenbeek and Hiram Lucke formed The Harvey Girls in August of 2003 in Lawrence, Kansas. The group, named after the waitresses who served travelers in the American West from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries along the AT&SF railways, combine the melodies of bubblegum pop with experimentation in sound.

Discography
2003 - The Biggest Book You'll Never Read e.p.
2004 - Blabber 'n Smoke album
2005 - The Harvey Girls compilation album released on Imaginary Albums
2005 - Hazy Heat / Your Evil Man single
(all the above releases are available to download from either The Harvey Girls or Imaginary Albums)

Bringing us bang up to date with their fantastic double album... 'The Wild Farewell'.
The album is a semi-autobiographical account of Melissa's move from Brooklyn to rural Kansas, which is mirrored in the musical style of the album that's split into the two parts, with touches of Prince Paul, Captain Beefheart and the more straight forward popiness of The Shangri-las.
Not that The Harvey Girls really do straight forward, there's always something wonderfully strange going on somewhere.

Reviews
"Falling somewhere between Stephen Malkmus and Stereolab, The Harvey Girls have created an EP with a number of interesting ideas that make you want to listen."
'The Biggest Book You'll Never Read' review at Rock Kansas

"Experimental lo-fi pop isn't something that conjures up images of grinning listeners, but this is exactly what is the result of one spin of Blabber n Smoke."
'Blabber 'n Smoke' review at Delusions of Adequacies