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Cougar
3,223 listeners (82,543 plays)
post-rock, instrumental, rock, jazz, indie… see all
Wisconsin, USA (2005 – present)
Cougar is an instrumental group formed in 2005 in Wisconsin, USA. They make music referred to, by themselves, as ‘emergency rock’.
The group’s lush, dynamic arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Tortoise, Fugazi and perhaps Nick Drake imagined as more expansively pensive than eerily morbid. What separates Cougar from the post-rock pack is their keen sensibility of (and attention to) form/texture, which seems more in line with sample-based music and experimental/modern classical than indie rock, hence the preference for new genres.
The band leaps from the mournful acoustic to the anthemic electric in heartbeats, from subtle dynamic interplay to all-out gut-crushing riffs, from found sounds and sampled percussion to dancehall madness, and from studious minimalism to soaring density.
Verbosity aside, Cougar’s music is urgent, captivating and strangely moving. It is emergency rock.
Personnel:
D.H. Skogen - percussions
Dan Venne - guitars
Trent Johnson - guitars
Aaron Sleator - laptop, keys, guitars
Todd Hill - basses
The group’s lush, dynamic arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Tortoise, Fugazi and perhaps Nick Drake imagined as more expansively pensive than eerily morbid. What separates Cougar from the post-rock pack is their keen sensibility of (and attention to) form/texture, which seems more in line with sample-based music and experimental/modern classical than indie rock, hence the preference for new genres.
The band leaps from the mournful acoustic to the anthemic electric in heartbeats, from subtle dynamic interplay to all-out gut-crushing riffs, from found sounds and sampled percussion to dancehall madness, and from studious minimalism to soaring density.
Verbosity aside, Cougar’s music is urgent, captivating and strangely moving. It is emergency rock.
Personnel:
D.H. Skogen - percussions
Dan Venne - guitars
Trent Johnson - guitars
Aaron Sleator - laptop, keys, guitars
Todd Hill - basses
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pulse conditioner
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lifetime ranger
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strict scrutiny
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two
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one
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your excellency
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interracial dating
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black dove
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rigoisphat wrote:
not bad.
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dogsthat wrote:
oh yes. reminds me of death. but in a nice way ;)
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BackwardsBoy wrote:
i like cougars
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ryands wrote:
Lovely.
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yeoldstinkeye wrote:
beauty!!!
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returnticket wrote:
really really impressed, loving the album
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DigiDan wrote:
Fucking FINALLY that picture of the cd cover got removed. It only took longer than a month.
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PinbackMontana wrote:
picture? anyways, you rule, greetings from thomas from ghent
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kleinetony wrote:
i'll try ^^
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DigiDan wrote:
I've flagged that official image for deletion two times now, yet it remains. Every other image that was a cd cover that I've flagged besides Cougar has been promptly removed. It doesn't really make sense. Also, not only is it a CD cover which is not allowed, but it is also a very tiny and low resolution pixelated picture. Can everybody who read this please also flag the picture? Thanks.
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st0mpr wrote:
Very enjoyable! I really like the track atlatl, it's nice with the free stream of tracks as well :)
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sebheller wrote:
wow, a friend told me about you yesterday so thought i'd check you out. amazing! definatly going to the exeter cavern show now!
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kleinetony wrote:
amazing. good show. cool guys. greetings from Ghent my friends!
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Hampeltier wrote:
very good show at saabrücken with 65daysofstatic
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JThre wrote:
show at manchester's academy was MAD!!
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seegoon wrote:
Met every member. Was at a gig where they only played to four people. Loved every second. Shared a beer with their bassist and guitarists. Showed off on Last.fm about it.
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Einloft wrote:
Your Excellency is simply breathtaking.
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RegularOne wrote:
The Luminaire gig was f**king stunning.
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cooliusxp wrote:
Hey I saw them with Maxïmo Park and they were good, much better than Eletrelane who were also playing.
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ukrob12 wrote:
Were amazing tonight!
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Recent Activity
- Pugovko tagged Cougar with ‘post-rock’. 3 hours ago
- driggs1979 tagged Cougar with ‘instrumental’ and ‘post-rock’. 9 hours ago
- phil1mac and hkfan736 added Cougar to their libraries. Sunday morning
- explosivedog tagged Cougar with ‘seen live’. 22 days ago
- Shunpike tagged Cougar with ‘instrumental’ and ‘post-rock’. 22 days ago
- danmur added Cougar to danmur’s library. 27 days ago
- jeroenf tagged Cougar with ‘instrumental’. 29 days ago
- _Winters added Cougar to _Winters’s library. last month
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