ARTIST: Anavan
TITLE: Anavan
LABEL: Gold Standard Laboratories
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 181kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 35m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-07-25
RIP DATE: 2006-07-11
Track List
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1. You're Taking Me Out 1:31
2. Notoriety 2:46
3. Waiting List 4:41
4. Mingle 3:15
5. Eel Air Camera 4:12
6. The Factory 3:12
7. Freeidea 4:35
8. This Policy Is A White Out 1:52
9. S.B.M.T. 8:59
Release Notes:
http://www.anavan.com/
http://www.myspace.com/anavan
http://www.goldstandardlabs.com/
In the beginning there was...the freezing cold. In high school, some kids do
sports, or theater; the harsh winters of Ketchikan, AK kept the three future
members of Anavan indoors, staying warm by playing along to their favorite
records. Molly Williams (keyboards/ vocals) favored AM Top 40 hits, Aaron
Buckley (drums/vocals) pounded away to the incessant heavy metal metronome, and
Bret Berg (bass) fed himself a steady intravenous diet of Rush, Yes and the
Ramones. Seeking mental escape from Alaska's Inside Passage, the three bonded
while all working in a local pawn shop, where, on the side, fisherman would
trade them neglected musical instruments for booze money. The trio soon
collected enough ancient squeezeboxes and banjos to sell on eBay, and secured
enough coin to buy a rusty blue Dodge Family Wagon. Before they decided in which
direction to take off, a Navy man visited the pawn shop and told them of a shore
leave post-punk bender in Los Angeles. His advice: "Y'all should git down there
and play your hearts out at venues like The Smell and Il Corral!" He pawned onto
the trio his last box of LPs, leaving their ears ringing with the sweet sounds
of King Crimson, The Fall, and The Bee Gees. Rehearsing material like mad and
jumping into the van, the trio christened themselves Anavan, burrowed their way
into the L.A. scene and played shows with the likes of Outhud, Chromatics,
Polysics, and Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes. A SXSW showcase appearance
followed, and Anavan have now found themselves a cozy new home at GSL.