Hot Chip, Everything but the Girl, Lamb, Mirah, Arcade Fire, Portishead, Bjork, Ratatat, Iron and Wine, Grizzly Bear, Blonde Redhead, Mum, Gang Gang Dance, Octopus Project, M.I.A, Goldfrapp, Under Byen, Duffy, Ghostland Observatory, KEXP, Feist, Mates of State, Amon Tobin, Daedelus, Les Baxter, Cornelius, Stereolab, Jim O'Rourke, Prefuse 73, M Ward, MGMT, Coco Rosie, Cat Power, Neko Case, The Helio Sequence, Radiohead, Jose Gonzalez, Beirut, Hungry Pines, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Postal Service, Miracle Fortress, Santogold, Andrew Bird, CSS, Morcheeba, Zero 7, Manu Chao, The Dodos, Sol Seppy, Caribou, School of Seven Bells, Carrie Biell, Kristin Allen Zito, Chris Riffle ..... Rainy days.
Hailing from the rain capital of the country, Seattle, Washington, Lucy Bland fuses the dynamic range of indie rock, the experimentation of electronica, and the story telling of folk into this genre-defining sound. Lucy Bland began in 2005 after Todd Wallar (Omniverse) and Tim Stedman decided it was time to take their electronic noodling beyond the basement. After a few interesting auditions they came across an ad placed by singer/songwriter Cat Biell who was seeking a programmer to work with. After a few months cellist Anil Seth was brought in, and a year later “Lucy Bland’s First Recital” was released. The Debut EP landed them on some of Seattle’s top stages opening for artists Tresspassers William, The Fading Collection, Boat and The Transmissionary Six. The EP received regular airplay from Seattle station KEXP. “It was so good I almost feel like speaking would be a disgrace,” Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) proclaimed during their KEXP in-studio performance.
In 2006 Anil left the band after earning a doctorate in astronomy. After months of searching, violinist Katie Mosehauer joined the band. Shortly thereafter, Lucy Bland recorded and produced their first full-length effort.
In the past year, Lucy Bland released “Down to Sea Level” to critical acclaim, receiving airplay on college stations all across the country as well charting in the CMJ Top 200! The record garnered shiny reviews from NPR, Three Imaginary Girls, Aiding & Abetting, Pop Matters and more. Seattle's independent weekly, The Stranger, featured Lucy Bland as “Band of the Week” in June.
With the help of their newest member, drummer Chris Icasiano, Lucy Bland has been packing local venues, sharing the stage with Throw Me the Statue (Secretly Canadian), Visqueen (Blue Disguise), Ms. Led (Fish the Cat Records), Grand Hallway (Sideout), Shane Tutmarc & His Traveling Mercies (Inverness) and Carrie Biell. In April, they went on a West Coast tour to support their new release. Recently they played Noise For the Needy and are booked for international electronic music festival, Decibel Festival in September. Lucy Bland signed licensing deals with Audiosocket and PlayNetwork. Currently Lucy Bland are working on songs for their follow-up album and plan to release a remix album in 2009.
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