Todd Carlstrom--lead vocals, guitars, all instruments on the record;
Brian Elmquist--guitars, vocals;
Eric Shaw--drums, vocals
Influences
Pixies, Soft Boys, Muddy Waters, John Mayall, Sleater-Kinney, Breeders, Black Heart Procession, Guided By Voices, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Pavement, Archers of Loaf, Kristin Hersh, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, White Stripes, U2, Belly, Belle and Sebastian. Nirvana, Sugar, PJ Harvey, REM, Beulah, The Libertines, Bettie Serveert, Albert King, The Shins, The Figgs, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses, Sonic Youth, Pink Floyd, XTC, Wilco, The Muffs, Monty Python.
Sounds Like
The smell of bacon cooking, but y'know, as a sound.
Most people put a band together, work on their songs, then record an album. Which is a logical progression, but sometimes ass-backwards is the way things are meant to happen.
GOLD ON THE MAP is the album. I played everything on it. The rules I set for myself were simple: every day I showed up to Olive Juice Studios without a song written, and yet, had to leave that day with a song completely tracked, including a vocal melody (lyrics to be written later). Improv indie rock sounds like a potential disaster, I recognize that. For me, however, it resulted in some of the strongest songs on the record. I filled out the album with some old unreleased Heroes of the Alamo material, which I decided to record when I found out my wife was pregnant. I wanted to get them down if it would be years before I'd have the disposable income to get back in the studio.
I knew the songs would improve on a stage, so I got my band, The Clamour, together. That's about it. Oh, I'm a Pisces.
Most people put a band together, work on their songs, then record an album. Which is a logical progression, but sometimes ass-backwards is the way things are meant to happen.
GOLD ON THE MAP is the album. I played everything on it. The rules I set for myself were simple: every day I showed up to Olive Juice Studios without a song written, and yet, had to leave that day with a song completely tracked, including a vocal melody (lyrics to be written later). Improv indie rock sounds like a potential disaster, I recognize that. For me, however, it resulted in some of the strongest songs on the record. I filled out the album with some old unreleased Heroes of the Alamo material, which I decided to record when I found out my wife was pregnant. I wanted to get them down if it would be years before I'd have the disposable income to get back in the studio.
I knew the songs would improve on a stage, so I got my band, The Clamour, together. That's about it. Oh, I'm a Pisces.
