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█ RLS DATE: .. Aug-12-2005 █ T ▐▓▒░▌
█ STR DATE: .. Aug-30-2005 █ A ■ ▄░ ▀█▀
█ ARTiST: .... The Red Thread █ T ▄▓▀▀▓█▀▄ █
█ ALBUM: ..... Ship in the Attic, Birds in█ S ▄▄▓▄▄░▄█■▀ ▄ ▄▄▀ █
█ LABEL: ..... Badman Recording Co. █ ░▒▓█▀ ██▓▓▄█▓▀▄▓▒░▄█▄ ▓ ■
█ GENRE: ..... Indie █ ■▄█▄▀▓▀ ▄██▄▄▀░▀▀ █ ▒
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█ The idea of "the red thread" had been around for █
█ a few years, it just took a band break-up and a █
█ drunken New Years' Eve to put it into motion. █
█ Jason Lakis began writing after the band he was █
█ playing drums for, Half Film, disbanded. Half █
█ film had put out a couple records, toured Europe █
█ with Swell and ended up calling it quits around █
█ 1999. He made demos over the course of a summer █
█ and hadn't even thought about getting together a █
█ live band for the material until he slurred the █
█ idea to three old friends (and part-time █
█ bandmates) one new years eve. "The Inspectors," █
█ a jazzy/garagy combo were up for it. They █
█ re-recorded all Jason's songs as a full band. █
█ The product turned out to be After The Last, the █
█ band's debut on Badman Recording Co. A national █
█ tour followed, along with some great press, █
█ including positive reviews in Mojo, Uncut, and █
█ CMJ. █
█ █
█ Becoming the creative force behind his own band █
█ was a significant change for Lakis. In his █
█ previous incarnation, he was merely the Ringo of █
█ the group. "One thing I love about playing drums █
█ is that you can sit back there, and if you know █
█ your parts, you'll be holding the rhythm and █
█ it's really fun," he says. "Sip your beer in █
█ between songs and you don't have to worry about █
█ the voice. But after I got out of Half Film, I █
█ slowly began singing again, and I was thinking, █
█ 'OK, maybe I'll do an instrumental band with █
█ just a little bit of singing, and then all of a █
█ sudden, all of these songs just kept coming and █
█ getting finished." █
█ █
█ Stepping out from behind the drum kit, Lakis █
█ assumed lead vocals and plays some guitar as █
█ well as the pedal steel, which occupies a █
█ preeminent spot on After the Last. It's an odd █
█ choice of instrument for someone born and raised █
█ in New Hampshire and played Heavy Metal. "You █
█ can't even find it in any stores," he says. "I █
█ just always heard it on albums, and I was like, █
█ 'What is that sound?' It was a lot of hit and █
█ miss with going to music stores and saying, 'How █
█ am I going to get myself a pedal steel?' And █
█ these guys are like, 'Ah, there's one around the █
█ corner.' I'm like, 'No, that's a lap steel.' It █
█ was a lot of trial and error." █
█ █
█ In 2004 the band put themselves back on the road █
█ with like-minded artists Neko Case and the █
█ underrated Bay Area band Swell. Positive tour █
█ press, and two strong albums lead to packed gigs █
█ in the Midwest and Southwest areas of the US. █
█ When asking Lakis what the best and worse sides █
█ of being on the road are, he replies, "The best █
█ would be taking a vacation with your friends AND █
█ getting to play music. The worst is the █
█ snoring." █
█ █
█ Their third album entitled Ship in the Attic, █
█ Birds in the Subway will be released worldwide █
█ in late August, 2005. The album expands on the █
█ sound of the previous two, in that it mixes more █
█ of the energy of their live shows. It also █
█ incorporates much of the spaghetti western, █
█ guitar-driven pop songs that make up most of █
█ their previous material. Jason recorded and █
█ mixed most of the album at his house (the █
█ petting zoo). This way, he had the time and █
█ resources to really shape the recording the way █
█ he'd always wanted. Subtle layers of guitars, █
█ Rhodes organ and pedal steel act as flotation █
█ devices. They also had the use of a great "pro" █
█ live room and studio at their disposal, which █
█ worked out perfectly for the more rocking, █
█ "live" songs. █
█ Reviews █
█ ...subtle use of Americana influences and █
█ concise, precise musicianship...sophisticated █
█ and unafraid of exploring pop's dark side... - █
█ CMJ █
█ █
█ █
█ Wurlitzers, vibes and Lakis' winning way with █
█ pedal-steel create a melancholy magnetism that █
█ is hard to ignore. - Uncut █
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█ :01:. Long Arm 03:24:. █
█ :02:. Wax Museum 03:32:. █
█ :03:. A Distance 02:53:. █
█ :04:. Treasure Island 06:15:. █
█ :05:. Kindling Forts 02:44:. █
█ :06:. Ship in the Attic 03:42:. █
█ :07:. Sleepwalker 01:51:. █
█ :08:. In Return 05:36:. █
█ :09:. Birds in the Subway 03:38:. █
█ :10:. Constant Fires 04:41:. █
█ :11:. Owl Painting 02:02:. █
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