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adace1
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Topic: Pelican Posted: October 21 2011 at 00:21 |
Nice interview and amazing band.
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 23:24 |
I've never understood the ambivalence towards City, it's not that bad (read: good).
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memowakeman
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 23:13 |
Cool, long time since I last listened to them. Will do.
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Failcore
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 23:09 |
Never heard City, but the latest is their best.
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infocat
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 21:31 |
Interesting. The EP was my first Pelican, and I liked it quite a bit and so got Fire/Thaw when it came out. Wonderful album. But I found City to be rather dull. So much so that I never even got their latest. But I did go back and get Australasia few months ago. Only listened to it a few times so far; no real feelings good or bad yet. Anyone else not care for City but like the followup? I always see it in the store but never buy it... But I could be convinced!
Actually listening to that song/video right now and it seems pretty good, so...!
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Failcore
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 16:27 |
Yea, torodd, ever since you took over, the interviews section has become the sh*t. Keep on keepin on!
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 16:24 |
Nice, thanks Torodd.
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Failcore
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 16:01 |
I love the hell out of this band.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:59 |
Awesome
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avestin
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 13:07 |
Great read; interesting to read their take on previous albums.
Also, good to find out about ĘGES. |
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: October 20 2011 at 12:39 |
PELICAN were formed in Chicago by guitarists Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Lebec.Brothers Larry and Bryan Herweg round out the line-up on bass and drums,respectively.Pelican are a purely instrumental outfit and were signed to Aaron Turner's(ISIS)Hydra Head Records.In 2003 they made their debut with a four song,eponymous EP. PELICAN released their first full length effort in 2004,the critically acclaimed "Australasia" album.In 2005 PELICAN released their second full length effort,"The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw".In 2007 PELICAN released the album "City of Echoes",an album that saw the band take their music in a more accessible direction. I got in touch with the band and Larry Herweg answered my questions. ####################################################################################### When, where and by whom was Pelican formed ?
When we started we were really getting into Sleep/High on Fire, Earth, Melvins, Godflesh, Isis, Neurosis, etc. We were doing Tusk which was basically our grind band. That band was influenced by ACME, Discordance Axis, Assuck, Brutal Truth, etc. So Pelican was our way of taping into the slower side of heavy music. It was fun having bands covering two different
Tracked this one at Electrical Audio Studio A with Greg Norman. I pleased with half this record. I think the drums don't sound as great as they could have. We could have spent more time on them. I remember being done early, which lead to use tracking "The Resisting Dreamer" for Tusk. Some cool songs for sure, but i kinda hate that this is our biggest selling record. We did this one over a couple weekends. I think we spent maybe 7 days on this. It City Of Echoes from 2007
What We All Come To Need from 2009 We went to Seattle for this one. Tracked at multiple studios, tracked by Chris Common. Its my favorite of our records. Drums were done at Robert Lang, which was rad. Dave Grohl did tracks there for early Foo Fighters debut album. Guitars were done back at Chris's studio Red Room. Everyone was playing great and we spent a lot of time on these songs. We practiced on our own with click tracks and really roped it in. I believe its our most dynamic record as well. We spent 2 weeks on tracking it and 1 week to mix. We got to bring in guest musicians we all respected, to play on it. Chris gave us a killer production and mix that makes this album stand out from the previous ones.
Usually starts with one of the guy's riffs. In the past Laurent was writing the majority of material. Like the first Ep and "Australasia" were mostly him. Trevor began writing more by "The Fire..." lp. I believe "Sirius" did begin around the opening drum beat though. I remember playing it at the practice space and the guys were like "wait, keep looping that beat". Just to give those of us who are unknown with your band a bit of a reference point or two: How would you describe your music ? You're totally correct but to make it easy for myself i say, "We are an instrumental rock band."
The cycle of life and nature, family, friends, other music and bands we dig, movies, books, etc.
Pelican was full time from 2005 to 2009. With the crash of the US economy and the decline in sales in the music industry, we were all back at work full time in 2010.
We are working on a new Ep for Southern Lord as we speak. We are going to try to tour a bit more, hopefully get overseas. We didn't tour "WWACTN" outside of the USA yet. Anything you want to add to this interview ? I also play in a new band called ĘGES. We toured opening for Pelican this summer and have our debut Ep "Roaches" on 7", Cd, cassingle, iTunes, now on Hawthorne Street Records. www.facebook.com/aegesband Thank you to Larry for this interview Listening to the Youtubes, I am getting their albums Their PA profile is here and their homepage is here |
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