Biography:
They met wearing Pokemon costumes outside a WXYC 80’s Dance Party, and it was love at first sight. Over the course of the next several months, Lake Inferior started sharing guitar riffs, vocal melodies, and an apartment living room. Perhaps it was Nasir Abbas’ Chippendale costume at a Dressed to Get Screwed Party or maybe it was Derek Torres’ ever-present “Crust-tache,” but somehow Lake Inferior was able to win the hearts and minds of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro community and ultimately find itself as the flagship band for UNC-Chapel Hill’s student record label Vinyl Records. A steady gig as the Saint Anthony’s Hall house band turned into opening slots for Deerhunter, Times New Viking, the Rosebuds, and Annuals, and the completely sold out, debut Lake Inferior EP has led to demand for a new 10”, Pegasaur, coming out in November 2009.
Pegasaur 10” (Street Date: Nov 12, 2009)
Preorder at Big Cartel
Lake Inferior’s latest release takes listeners aboard the SS Pegasaur for a celestial and psychoactive journey through nether-regions of outer space. Pegasaur finds the band delving into swells of electric guitars and washed-out synthesizers, filled with burbling poly-rhythmic delight. Limited to 420 copies worldwide, Lake Inferior’s Pegasaur is set to take off in T-minus 11.12.09 seconds.
Press for the Lake Inferior EP:
"[...] with glowing indie pop that elicits thoughts of Brian Eno's pop production. Stark but warm, dynamic but restrained, Lake Inferior is already a fully functional unit, but still radiates the promise of even better things to come."
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-The Independent Weekly
“Lake Inferior excel in composition and the EP strolls through its six songs with a fierce confidence in its work...it’s the note-perfect “Spiders” that is the crown jewel of this EP and that will undoubtedly have people dancing, figuratively or literally…It’s a swinging, pulsing, living song that is impossible to ignore. It sounds, underneath, like the cartoony music that should underline some mammoth creature’s stroll through the underbrush."
-Aquarium Drunkard
Full Review Here
Happy connecting with you guys. We're planning on coming that way in March 2010. And we encourage you to come this way, we'll help book ya in our town!
I listened to the WNKC radio show today and you guys were fun, I like the new Johnny B. tune! Keep up the good work. What I like most is you have your own sound. Lake Inferior is Superior!
Hey all, Just got our 4 song Demo/EP uploaded. Check it out. If you listen to the first 4 songs in order, they flow into one another. Hope all is well on the road!
i haven't gotten on myspace in like 2 months, but i should totally be one of you guy's top friends, like #16 or something, because y'all know i'm like your FAVE person in the whole wide world. no denying it- just saying. friends are forever.
Um, so I may have a proposition for you guys regarding a music review in an international magazine (written by yours truly) depending on when you will be releasing your full length album...
also, I see you guys have some shows coming up in NYC, I would love to come and catch up with everyone. i miss you boys, and I hope you've all been well!
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