Saxon Shore
| Saxon Shore | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Brooklyn , Philadelphia and Washington, DC , United States |
| Genre (s) | Post-rock , instrumental music |
| founding | 2001 |
| Current occupation | |
| Matthew "Matt" Doty | |
| Oliver Chapoy | |
| Stephen Roessner | |
| Will Stichter | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Joshua "Josh" Tillman |
Electric bass |
Zach Tillman |
Keyboard, electric guitar |
Matthew "Matt" Stone |
Electric bass (live) |
Justin Saxby |
Keyboard (live) |
Bethany Olson |
Electric bass (live) |
Joel Votaw |
Drums, glockenspiel (live) |
Erin Berkey |
R-Bass (live) |
Jesse Pierce |
Saxon Shore is an American post-rock band from Brooklyn , Philadelphia and Washington, DC, and was formed in 2001.
history
The band was formed in the winter of 2001 by guitarist and pianist Matthew Doty and drummer Joshua Tillman. A short time later, Joshua's brother Zach Tillman joined the band as bassist, before the group recorded their debut album Be a Bright Blue , which was released in 2001 on the band's own label Broken Factory Records. After the group received a contract with Burn Toast Vinyl , a US tour followed, as well as the second album Four Months of Darkness , which was released in 2004. Then both Tillman brothers left the band. Oliver Chapoy joined the band as guitarist, previously with Shai Hulud and as keyboardist Matthew Stone. In the fall of 2004, they began writing new material, which was released in the spring of 2005 as the EP Luck Will Not Save Us from a Jackpot of Nothing . While they continued to write on new material afterwards, bassist Will Stichter joined them, who was joined by drummer Stephen Roessner in January 2005 after a US tour. In the same year followed the next album The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore , which was followed by It Doesn't Matter in 2009 .
style
According to Allmusic's Jon O'Brien, the band play instrumental post-rock, comparable to the music of Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky . Allmusic's Ned Raggett compared the music on The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore to the works of The Flaming Lips , M83 and Mogwai.
Discography
- 2002: Be a Bright Blue (Album, Broken Factory Records)
- 2003: Four Months of Darkness (Album, Burnt Toast Vinyl )
- 2005: Luck Will Not Save Us from a Jackpot of Nothing (EP, Burnt Toast Vinyl)
- 2005: The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore (Album, Burnt Toast Vinyl)
- 2009: It Doesn't Matter (Album, Broken Factory Records)
Web links
- Saxon Shore at Discogs (English)
- Saxon Shore at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Saxon Shore: Be A Bright Blue. (No longer available online.) Redeyeusa.com, archived from the original on April 23, 2014 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chamberry: Saxon Shore biography. progarchives.com, accessed April 21, 2014 .
- ^ A b Jon O'Brien: Saxon Shore. Allmusic , accessed April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Ned Raggett: Saxon Shore. The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore. Allmusic, accessed April 21, 2014 .
