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Grand Archives
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indie, slowcore, indie rock, indie pop, sub pop
Seattle-based Grand Archives is an indie rock band featuring five male vocalists. Mat Brooke, co-founder of softcore cult-favorites Carissa’s Wierd (not to mention an ex-member of Band of Horses) started Grand Archives with a trio of friends in September, 2006. Drummer Curtis Hall (The Jeunes), bassist Jeff Montano (The New Mexicans), and guitarist/keyboard player Ron Lewis (Ghost Stories). Guitarist Thomas Wright signed on soon after. Judging from the first material, Grand Archives isn’t a drastic change from the songwriting shown by Brooke in both Band of Horses and (even more so) in Carissa’s Wierd. The latter in which he took even more part in the song-writing process.
The band emerged to little fanfare in March 2007 with two tracks posted to their MySpace page. Following an initial show with Brooke’s fellow former Carissa’s Wierd bandmate Sera Cahoone however, the band had their track “Sleepdriving” added to Pitchfork Media’s Forkcast playlist, which provided the band with substantial Internet exposure. Pitchfork then published a more in-depth feature on the band, discussing all four demo tracks from their MySpace page.
Soon after, the band were hand-picked to support Modest Mouse on seven west-coast tour dates, and it was also announced that Sub Pop had signed the band for a full-length album.
The band released a 4 song EP May 2007 and their full length self-titled debut was released on Sub Pop February 19, 2008.
The band emerged to little fanfare in March 2007 with two tracks posted to their MySpace page. Following an initial show with Brooke’s fellow former Carissa’s Wierd bandmate Sera Cahoone however, the band had their track “Sleepdriving” added to Pitchfork Media’s Forkcast playlist, which provided the band with substantial Internet exposure. Pitchfork then published a more in-depth feature on the band, discussing all four demo tracks from their MySpace page.
Soon after, the band were hand-picked to support Modest Mouse on seven west-coast tour dates, and it was also announced that Sub Pop had signed the band for a full-length album.
The band released a 4 song EP May 2007 and their full length self-titled debut was released on Sub Pop February 19, 2008.
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Carissa's Wierd, Throw Me the Statue, Chris Walla, The Young Republic, Band of Horses, The 1900s, Say Hi… see all
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Grand Archives - Index Moon [live]
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Grand Archives - George Kaminski [live]
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Grand Archives - Miniature Birds [live]
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herodotus wrote:
Their album is very enjoyable, but they are 10 times better live.
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azecho wrote:
the number of spins is criminally low. their album is very enjoyable! ...tell a friend...
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brusivalo wrote:
where do i get the demo then? :B
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whateveralesme wrote:
The demo versions of the songs sound much better than what landed on the album.
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ThunderPigs wrote:
I love them all.
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noname_brand wrote:
songs like swan matches, george kaminski, sleepdriving, index moon and even somewhat torn blue foam couch could be slowcore.
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rosstifer wrote:
grand archives is not slowcore
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digital_scalene wrote:
the album version of sleepdriving is so much better than the old one, your all crazy.
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Haddley wrote:
can't believe louis riel is so low, such a great song.
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misael_misael wrote:
and i can't believe that low & grand archives are both slowcore, WTH
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misael_misael wrote:
anyway i love their album, though i like carissa's wierd better.
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misael_misael wrote:
i don't thik that GRAND ARCHIVES fill all the way in shoegaze, of course sleepdriving fits but where do you leave songs like the crime window or miniature birds wich for me have a more twee aura to them.
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david_karnicero wrote:
Ahí os dejo una reseña de este interesante debut: http://lakarniceria.com/doc?ID=2102
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noname_brand wrote:
hey, if anyones interested, I created a forum for Grand Archives talk (as well as a few other bands that have connections to Grand Archives - Carissa's Wierd). theres not much there yet as I just created it and its nothing fancy, but I have some neat stuff on there with more to come! check it out http://nov16.invisionplus.net/
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CatalystDM wrote:
It's a genre. And they fit the genre pretty well.
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Sylviofurtado wrote:
shoegaze tag?!?!?!? what the hell?!?!?!
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noname_brand wrote:
why are people baffled by the slowcore tag?
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imarealist wrote:
hardcore!
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misael_misael wrote:
i know! what's up with the slowcore tag?
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sar_ wrote:
Way to go, destroying sleepdriving. :(
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Events
- Jul 12 Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival Marymoor Park, Redmond, Seattle, United States
- Jul 12 SP20- Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA, Seattle, United States
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Bowery Ballroom Summer 2008
Bowery Ballroom, New York, United States
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Recent Activity
- SirTam tagged Grand Archives with ‘njv’. 16 days ago
- Jester-NL unlinked Grand Archives from Way Out West at Slottsskogen. 18 days ago
- Sfiera and rinktastic tagged Grand Archives with ‘seen live’. last month
- Hakiemi tagged Grand Archives with ‘indie’. last month
- Cupide430 added Grand Archives to the lineup of Sera Cahoone at Union Hall. last month
- FuturePants added Grand Archives to the lineup of Grand Archives at The Cavern. last month
- Jennistar tagged Grand Archives with ‘seen live’. last month
- TommyTheLion added Grand Archives to the lineup of Grand Archives at Great Scott. last month
- Mcgratcm added Grand Archives to the lineup of Grand Archives at Hi-Dive. May 2008
Groups (11)
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Sub Pop Records
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Indie/Rock Playlist
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aussies for indie
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You Should Be Hated Here
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Carissa's Wierd
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