The Folk Implosion

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The Folk Implosion
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , lo-fi
founding 1993
resolution 2004
Founding members
Lou Barlow
Imaad Wasif
Russell Pollard
John Davis

The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock and low fi band. In addition to the band Sebadoh , it was another project by Dinosaur Jr. bassist Lou Barlow , who founded the group in 1993 with John Davis. The name is a reference to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion .

Career

The Folk Implosion had their greatest success in 1995 with the single Natural One , which made it to number 29 on the American Billboard Hot 100 . The song comes from the soundtrack of the film Kids , on which a total of seven songs by the band can be found, none of which appear in the film itself.

Musically, The Folk Implosion moves between indie rock and folk , but also keeps experimenting with electronic elements. After Davis left the band in 2000, Russell Pollard and Imaad Wasif joined the band Alaska! to. The group has not been active since 2004.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Natural One
  UK 45 06/15/1996 (2 weeks)
  US 29 02/03/1996 (20 weeks)
Free to go
  UK 90 06/03/2000 (1 week)

Albums

  • Take A Look Inside (Communion, 1994)
  • Dare to Be Surprised (Communion, 1997)
  • One Part Lullaby ( Interscope Records , 1999)
  • The New Folk Implosion ( Domino Records , 2003)

Singles and EPs

  • Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion, Tape (Chocolate Monk Records UK, 1993)
  • Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion, Rerelese / EP (Drunken Fish Records US, 1994)
  • Electric Idiot (Ubik Records, 1995)
  • Natural One ( London Records , 1995)
  • Palm of My Hand (Communion, 1996)
  • The Folk Implosion, EP (Communion, 1996)
  • Pole position (Communion, 1997)
  • Insinuation (Communion, 1997)
  • Free to Go (Domino, 2000)
  • Brand of Skin (Domino, 2003)
  • Pearl (Domino, 2003)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK US

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