{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} [[File:Heather McIntosh by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Heather McIntosh]] '''The Instruments''' is the musical project of Heather McIntosh, cellist in a number of [[Athens, Georgia]] groups including [[Circulatory System]], [[Elf Power]], and [[Japancakes]]. They released three albums between 2003 and 2008. Other members of the band include [[Peter Erchick]], [[Will Cullen Hart]], [[John Fernandes (musician)|John Fernandes]], [[Hannah M. Jones|Hannah Jones]], [[Jeff Mangum]], and [[Derek Almstead]].
McIntosh toured with [[Gnarls Barkley]] in 2008 as their bass player and later the same year played bass and cello on [[Lil Wayne]]'s tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147315-instruments-elephant-6-gal-joins-lil-waynes-band|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113085406/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147315-instruments-elephant-6-gal-joins-lil-waynes-band|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-11-13|title=Instruments/Elephant 6 Gal Joins Lil Wayne's Band |accessdate=2020-03-31}}</ref>
In 2009, Heather contributed cello to the tracks "Graze" and "Bleed" on [[Animal Collective]]'s [[Fall Be Kind]] EP.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Fall Be Kind|year=2009|publisher=[[Domino Recording Company]]|others=[[Animal Collective]]|type=liner notes|id=RUG341CD}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== *''Billions of Phonographs'' ([[Orange Twin Records]], 2003) *''Cast a Half Shadow'' (Orange Twin Records, 2006) *''Dark Småland'' (Orange Twin Records, 2008)
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