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The magnitude is debatable, but it's certainly a drag of some degree to learn Los Angeles rock duo Giant Drag now has two fewer shoes to gaze at. According to a news tidbit on MTV.com, founding member and drummer/keyboardist Micah Calabrese has departed the band for unspecified reasons. Calabrese played on 2005's Hearts and Unicorns debut LP and 2003's Lemona EP.

This leaves spunky frontlady Annie Hardy as "the writer and face of Giant Drag", according to a spokesperson for GD label Kickball/Interscope quoted on MTV.com. The act's MySpace now lists the band members as "annie and whoever else feels like doing it"-- so, folks, start lining up!

Calabrese's bail-out should give him plenty of time to focus on playing in the Summer in Between, the adorable indie pop trio he joined back in 2000. While the Kittridge Records-signed band hasn't been particularly active of late, Calabrese is still listed as a member on the act's MySpace page.

Meanwhile, Giant Drag are-- er, is "making new music" right now according to her MySpace. If you're in dire need of a GD fix, however, you can hear Hardy duet with Chino Moreno and contribute some squirm-inducing, potty-mouthed spoken word to the trip-hoppy "Pink Cellphone" on the new Deftones disc Saturday Night Wrist.