Pacific UV
Les
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Hailing from Athens, Georgia, by way of Augusta, the space rock outfit Pacific
UV formed in 1998 under the auspices of Clay Jordan and Howard Hudson. Almost
immediately after the duo began mixing song ideas together, drummer and
keyboardist Lucas Jensen dove into the mix and the trio began honing their sound
and planning their debut album. The group sequestered themselves in the studio
with Andy LeMaster (Azure Ray, Bright Eyes) and David Barbe (Uncle Tupelo,
Sugar, the Drive-By Truckers) assisting behind the board and cut their debut,
finishing it in 2002. Before the album was officially released in September
2003, Jensen left the band to attend grad school and was replaced by drummer
Stephen James. Though the album was eventually released under the title Pacific
UV on WARM, the initial promotional copies went out to press under the title
Longplay One, causing the first item of confusion over the band's short history.
The second piece of controversy, a purposeful ruse on the part of Jordan and
Hudson, came when Pacific UV issued a statement within their promotional
campaign which boasted the addition of two brand new mysterious Swedish members,
Sven and Piotr. The press, including the All Music Guide, heartily supported
this claim as an interesting fact of Pacific UV's history and one even further
swallowed the joke when the band announced Sven and Piotr changed their names to
Jorge Torres and Shane Davis to sound "more American." While bassist Torres and
keyboardist Davis are indeed genuine members of Pacific UV, it shouldn't be
surprising that Sven and Piotr never existed in the first place.
UV formed in 1998 under the auspices of Clay Jordan and Howard Hudson. Almost
immediately after the duo began mixing song ideas together, drummer and
keyboardist Lucas Jensen dove into the mix and the trio began honing their sound
and planning their debut album. The group sequestered themselves in the studio
with Andy LeMaster (Azure Ray, Bright Eyes) and David Barbe (Uncle Tupelo,
Sugar, the Drive-By Truckers) assisting behind the board and cut their debut,
finishing it in 2002. Before the album was officially released in September
2003, Jensen left the band to attend grad school and was replaced by drummer
Stephen James. Though the album was eventually released under the title Pacific
UV on WARM, the initial promotional copies went out to press under the title
Longplay One, causing the first item of confusion over the band's short history.
The second piece of controversy, a purposeful ruse on the part of Jordan and
Hudson, came when Pacific UV issued a statement within their promotional
campaign which boasted the addition of two brand new mysterious Swedish members,
Sven and Piotr. The press, including the All Music Guide, heartily supported
this claim as an interesting fact of Pacific UV's history and one even further
swallowed the joke when the band announced Sven and Piotr changed their names to
Jorge Torres and Shane Davis to sound "more American." While bassist Torres and
keyboardist Davis are indeed genuine members of Pacific UV, it shouldn't be
surprising that Sven and Piotr never existed in the first place.
От себя
Новая находка, команда из Портленда, который подарил нам несколько очень хороших исполнителей (The Thermals, Modest Mouse, Menomena, The Decemberists...) а также коллег по жанру, великолепных Grails
Прослушал альбом 2003-го - кажется что здесь больше шугейза и дрим попа чем пост-рока, но не будем скурпулезными, и просто скажем что это очень качественное смешание стилей. Щас налсждаюсь работой 2008-го, которой питчфорк поставил оценку 7.9, и с каждым треком убеждаюсь что не зря.
Pacific UV (2003)
ifolder
EP (2006)
rapidshare
Longplay 2 (2008)
mediafire part 1 mediafire part 2
Weekends (2012)
http://pacificuv.bandcamp.com/album/weekends
http://uploaded.to/file/ednfdo8v
ifolder
EP (2006)
rapidshare
Longplay 2 (2008)
mediafire part 1 mediafire part 2
Weekends (2012)
http://pacificuv.bandcamp.com/album/weekends
http://uploaded.to/file/ednfdo8v
Офф сайт
MySpace
Last.fm
- Description
- post-rock / shoegazing / dream pop, Portland
- Country
- usa
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