Saxon Shore

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Saxon Shore is an American instrumental post-rock band consisting of members from Baltimore, Brooklyn & Philadelphia.

History:

Saxon Shore formed in 2001 as the joint project of guitarist Matthew Doty and drummer Josh Tillman. The two wrote several songs that, in time, were recorded for the duo’s debut album Be a Bright Blue, released on Doty’s very own imprint, Broken Factory Records. Tillman’s brother Zach was recruited for bass duties during the studio process and found himself being a full-fledged member.

After a host of tours across the United States (in which the band recruited three separate bassists), Doty moved to Seattle and later exchanged four-tracks with Josh Tillman, who was living in upstate New York at the time. Studio time reserved in Atlanta eventually blossomed into their next effort, Four Months of Darkness. Traveling musician Matt Stone contributing on guitar and like Zach before him, joined, making the group a four-piece. The album marked a change in Saxon Shore’s sound from the light indie pop of Be a Bright Blue to the more melodic Four Months.

The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore is the culmination of a year of collaborative recording and member bolstering that also yielded the previous cdep, Luck Will Not Save Us from a Jackpot of Nothing, at the halfway mark in the spring of 2005. The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore is characterized by Saxon Shore’s lush, intense, melodic brand of instrumental rock.

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The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore
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Top Tracks

1	The Revolution Will Be Streaming free download	655
2	This Shameless Moment full track	503
3	With a Red Suit You Will Become a Man	445
4	Silence Lends a Face to the Soul full track	438
5	Marked with the Knowledge	434
6	The Shaping of a Helpless Joy full track	408
7	How We Conquered the Western World on Horseback	369
8	Isolated by the Secrets of Your Fellow Men	359
9	A Greatness at the Cost of Goodness	348
10	The Lame Shall Enter First	301
11	Amber, Ember, Glow	101
12	Four Months of Darkness	84
13	Our Mountain Pass, a Winding Trench	81
14	Be A Bright Blue	68
15	Secret Fire, Binding Light	67

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Elliottwvs wrote:
44 minutes ago

You guys are literally amazing x

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88x7 wrote:
last month

epic music, especially "silence lends a face to the soul". if you like these youll prob like http://www.last.fm/music/God+Is+an+Astronaut XD

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SuperRobil wrote:
last month

wow - I'm realy impressed. I'd like to see them here in Germany. Hey guys. Give me a hint when you'll come over here.

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skuliver wrote:
last month

hey everyone, just a heads up - Saxon Shore is not playing that show listed above on Nov 10 at Gramercy. not sure who's bright idea it was to put us on a show without bothering to ask...

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irishtim wrote:
last month

Great band. One of my favorite new discoveries. Thanks Last.fm once again!

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skullnbones wrote:
last month

splooge-tastic!

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Leo086 wrote:
last month

awesome music...all their music is gr8,,

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ComingSecond wrote:
last month

hope to see them in europe soon. they're mind-blowing.

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Xpbminor wrote:
last month

These guys are amazing, i love improvising on my piano and guiar while listening to them.

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apropriadamente wrote:
last month

wonderful.

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Puma21 wrote:
August 2008

There pretty good...

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OChrisO wrote:
August 2008

yay, check out this http://postrockcommunity.blogspot.com/2008/06/gordons-tsunami-week-place-for-nowhere.html

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kaitymh wrote:
August 2008

YAY!

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csmeatwad wrote:
August 2008

until today, i never could have imagined a caroline/saxon shore collab, but now i know that anything is possible. what an absolutely beautiful song. can't wait for this new album!

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sammywhammyboy wrote:
August 2008

the new songs are brilliant. instant classics.

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skuliver wrote:
August 2008

we have uploaded 3 new songs from our forthcoming album to our myspace page. "This Place" features vocals from our friend Caroline. Enjoy. www.myspace.com/saxonshore

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Mycodenameis wrote:
August 2008

Probably my favourite post-rock band right now.

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zehdrao wrote:
August 2008

Would I be a black sheep if I didn't ridicule Brademony for their opinion? Baahhh.

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cowardclaws wrote:
August 2008

Whoa, this is instrumental. Must be an Explosions in the Sky tribute or something.

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Winteruk1 wrote:
August 2008

I say, I say, I say, what a delightful discovery.

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