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Lorelei return with new album, first ever west coast dates
First-wave Slumberland Records band Lorelei are back with their first new album since 1994’s “Everyone Must Touch The Stove.” In their 90s heyday, the Washington, DC based three-piece (Matt Dingee on guitar, Stephen Gardner on bass and Davis White on drums) earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the most unique bands around, with a very distinctive blend of post-rock dynamics, sneakily melodic song-writing and ear-blasting guitar noise. Finding kinship with bands as disparate as Whorl, The Swirlies, Laika, Bailter Space and Lilys, Lorelei’s records are as subtle and multi-layered and their live show is aggressive and memorably powerful.
New album Enterprising Sidewalks picks right up where Lorelei left off, serving up ten gorgeously complex exercises in pummeling rhythms and melodic abstraction. Recorded with associates Archie Moore (Velocity Girl, Black Tambourine) and Ben Bailes (Chessie) and mixed by Guy Fixsen (My Bloody Valentine, Moose, Laika), “Enterprising Sidewalks” is a deep and intricately-produced listen. Tunes like “Hammer Meets Tongs” (which you can stream or download, above) and “Sorry For The Patience” are as full rich with rhythmic twists and melodic intrigue as their very best material, and Matt’s guitar attack is as varied as ever, ranging from ringing harmonics to shredding feedback and back, often within the same verse.
Enterprising Sidewalks is out August 14th, and the band are playing a series of shows leading up to the release, including their first-ever west coast gigs.
Fri 6/22 - The Townhouse, Sacramento. w/Manatee, English Singles & Knock Knock. $7
https://www.facebook.com/events/424858860870657/
Sat 6/23 - Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco. w/Whirr, Lorelei, Half String, Moonbeams + DJ Kid Frostbite. $8, 9PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/214509755329972/
Sun 6/24 - The Echoplex, Los Angeles. PART TIME PUNKS Shoegaze Festival with MARK GARDENER [of RIDE], SKY PARADE, WEEKEND, LORELEI, HALF STRING, ASTROBRITE, THE KVB, TROPIC OF CANCER, WHIRR, MOONBEAMS, TENNIS SYSTEM, Guest DJ BRAD LANER [of MEDICINE]. $18, 4PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/320316938050422/
Mon 6/25 - Soda Bar, San Diego. w/Half String, Lorelei, Moonbeams, Divers. $7, 8:30PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/394356253918755/
Thurs 7/19 - Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY. w/New Lines, Mansions, Junipers. $10, 8:30PM.
https://www.facebook.com/events/383354455035067/
Fri 8/17 - Black Cat, Washington, DC. w/Deathfix, Sun Wolf. $10, 8:30PM. Record release party!
https://www.facebook.com/events/461689840527098/
Sun 9/23 - Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD. Sonic Circuits Benefit w/Tone, Blue Sausage Infant.
https://www.facebook.com/events/162308393902089/-
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Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C-86, early Creation, Postcard, K, Bus Stop, lower East Side noise, and also the renegade art aesthetics of people like Cage, Burroughs and Duchamp. We were complete musical neophytes but so pumped-up about all the amazing things going on in post-punk independent music that we just had to jump in.
The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of 'zines, labels and distributors and we felt that there was room for our noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. While there were loads of US indie labels releasing a steady stream of 7"s, there wasn't much pop going on. Notable exceptions included Bus Stop, K and Picture Book, and we hoped to join that group and help chisel out some space for melodies amongst the noise.
Early releases from Velocity Girl and Black Tambourine struck a note, and we found like-minded popsters getting in touch from all over the world. As we expanded the label roster and our own horizons, the goal was always to bring you great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. And so it continues over twenty years later and 150+ releases later. We still get excited about listening to and sharing new music, and hope to be delivering sublime slabs of pop beauty for many years to come.
