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Toby Pipes doesn't want planes or Ferraris. Or breakfast at Tiffany's, but another hit of that magnitude certainly wouldn't hurt.

Pipes and his brother Todd are half of the band Deep Blue Something. Their hit "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was a huge success, but not a lot has been heard from the band since then.

Until now.

Their self-titled album has garnered critical success, and their sound has come a long way from their first album, Home. Toby Pipes said their record company, Aezra, nurtured the new sound by giving the band near-total creative freedom.

"We had a couple years break between record companies, and that gave us time to pick a company that lets us do what we want to do," he said. "Aezra isn't over our shoulder all the time like a lot of record companies are."

Deep Blue Something is getting more experimental with atypical instruments, as opposed to the standard guitar and drum sound on Home.

The band members are happy with their music even if it doesn't top the charts.

"Of course we want to put out music everyone likes, but that doesn't always happen," he said. "Not every song is a 'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' That's good, though. We never even thought of that song as really special. It was just another song to us."

Toby and Todd Pipes write all the songs in the four-man band. Typically, the author is the singer. It's kind of a Lennon/McCartney set up, their publicist said.

In the case of Deep Blue Something, however, there is little competition and ill feeling.

They have had plenty of practice working with one another. They've been in bands together since Toby, now 30, and Todd, 33, were in elementary school.

A lot has changed for the Texas pair since then, but they still work well together, just like they did in childhood garage bands.

And their parents are proud.

"They think it's all pretty cool," Toby said. "We never really let things go to our head, so it's not like they have to be concerned for our egos."

At the peak of their fame, Deep Blue Something toured Europe and Asia, and were often recognized.

"It's cool when you're in London or wherever and you're sitting there eating pizza and people recognize you," Toby said. "That was fun, but when you're in your hometown grocery store trying to live a normal life and total strangers know who you are, it's a little weird. It never got too bad for us though, because we didn't go all crazy with videos."

Pipes said he wants more success and fame, too, but it's not his priority.

"We're pretty happy," he said of himself and Todd. "Anyone who says they don't want people to like their music is lying. We want to be popular too, but right now, I've got everything I need for right now.

And with that, he went back to surfing the Internet in his Doubletree Hotel room in California.

Deep Blue Something will play in Phoenix this Saturday at Hard Rock Café, 2621 E. Camelback Rd. The show is for all ages, and Deep Blue Something goes on stage at 10:45 p.m.


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