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State College 1996 - Photo by Elissa Zurbuchen In the early 1990s, long before streaming platforms or digital recording made independent music widely accessible, Should emerged from a small circle of home studios and tape machines. Formed in Austin, Texas by songwriter and producer Marc Ostermeier, alongside vocalist Tanya Maus and guitarist Eric Ostermeier, the project began as an experiment in sound rather than a conventional band. Originally recording under the name shiFt,