Pelican (band)
| Pelican | |
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 Pelican Live 2004 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Chicago , United States |
| Genre (s) | Post rock , post metal |
| founding | 1999 |
| Website | www.pelicansong.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Trevor de Brauw | |
Electric guitar |
Dallas Thomas |
| Bryan Herweg | |
| Larry Herweg | |
Pelican is an American post-metal - instrumental band
history
Pelican was founded by Laurent Lebec, Trevor de Brauw and the brothers Larry and Bryan Herweg in 1999 in Chicago and emerged from members of the band Tusk. The band moved to Los Angeles soon after . Her former label, Hydra Head Records , is owned by Aaron Turner , the singer of the band Isis . In 2009, Pelican switched to the Southern Lord label .
style
Pelican are often compared to bands like Isis , but are purely instrumental and therefore more like the new wave of instrumental bands like Mono , Red Sparowes or This Will Destroy You . Bassist Bryan Herweg stated in an interview that in his opinion a singer would have restricted the band, and in the case of a strong, screaming man, Pelican would have been classified as metal , in the case of a thin man, emo . As an instrumental band, there are no genre boundaries for them. By not using singing, there are no fixed themes, but the artworks in the publications allow conclusions to be drawn about nature as a leitmotif .
Discography
Albums
- 2003: Australasia
- 2005: The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
- 2007: City of Echoes
- 2009: What We All Come to Need
- 2013: Forever Becoming
- 2014: Arktika
- 2019: Nighttime Stories
EPs
- 2001: Pelican
- 2005: March into the Sea
- 2007: Pink Mammoth
- 2009: Ephemeral
- 2012: Ataraxia / Taraxis
Splits
- 2005: Pelican / Playing Enemy Split
- 2005: Mono / Pelican Split
- 2008: PLCN / TAAS - Split with These Arms Are Snakes
DVDs
- 2008: After the Ceiling Cracked