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Crush / Last Crush [Bandcamp, Name Your Price]

Crush / Last Crush [Bandcamp, Name Your Price]

//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2621827102/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/minimal=true/   Band Name: Crush Label: Self-Released Release Date: June 20, 2017 Tags: alternative, indie rock, punk Links: Bandcamp, Facebook  

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[tonirockyhorror]

Desde Bélgica ellos son; Newmoon Aquí les comparto a esta banda que me acabo de encontrar, si les gusta  el  shoegaze…

[pleasantmag]

Pre-Order Lume’s “Dog Years” & Watch Video for “Veer”

photo courtesy of J. Amey

In the writing process for their critically acclaimed debut LP Perennial Phase Chicago trio Lume recorded two extra tracks that didn't fit the overall feel of the record. These songs will now see the light of day on their new 7 inch Dog Years out now via \ Fair Weather Records & Road Soda Records. To celebrate this release, the band teamed up again with director Tom Conway to film a video for the first single "Veer".

Pleasant: State your name and what you play in the band. Dan: My name is Dan and I play guitar and sing in Lume

Pleasant: What’s it like being a part of the midwest music scene? What the process like transitioning from Michigan to Chicago’s scene? Dan: Since we tour pretty often, for us, I feel like the midwest music scene is pretty connected. We're always crossing paths and playing shows with bands from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and we always see a bunch of familiar faces in all of those places. As far as transitioning from Michigan to Chicago, its not too big of a leap. The only real difference between scenes is that on any given night in Chicago there could be 20 different shows happening just in the small scene that we exist within, let alone the hundreds of other shows happening that we probably have no idea about. Once you go to your first DIY show out here and break the ice and start to meet people and find out about shows, there's almost no end to what you can do. You can really go to a show every night if you want, or multiple shows. A lot of the venues around here have kind of built in crowds where the same people tend to come out, no matter what show is happening. Some nights you'll be surrounded by tons of kids you know, and other nights, if you go somewhere that you might not frequent, you'll see this whole crowd that you never knew existed. The other night our bass player and a few friends went to a show only a couple miles from our house that had probably 400 people out of it and recognized maybe 4 other people, and we go to plenty of shows and know a lot of people. Chicago can be strange in that way, sometimes it feels overwhelmingly big, but most of the time it feels really, really small.

Pleasant: We are fans of your tape, Now and Then/Built a Home that you released via Known Pleasure Records in 2014. How has your sound changed since then? Dan: The songs on that tape are definitely a sampling of some of our earlier material. The song Built a Home is literally the first song we ever wrote as a band in 2013. Our sound has definitely evolved since then. We're on a constant quest to try and hone in our sound and become better at songwriting. Writing Perennial Phase was a big step forward, and we're currently writing new songs that are another big step towards what we want to sound like. I think overall, we've just become darker, heavier and more conscious of how the songs sound as a whole, rather than focusing on each part.

Pleasant: Your debut LP, Perennial Phase has been out on Mayfly Records since this past January. What’s it like working with Bob Farley from Mayfly Records? Dan: Working with Bob is great. He's super responsive and if we have an idea, he does whatever he can to help us take it and run with it. Aside from Mayfly, he has a PR company called Red Door and he's handled pretty much every piece of press we've gotten and has given us all the support he can. He probably gets sick of it, but we're always messaging him asking questions, running ideas past him, etc. It's cool because Bob saw potential in us and essentially just gives us the tools to further the drive we already have. There's a quote that we always refer to that a dude named Tom in St. Louis said to us once, "when you see an escalator, you don't just stand on it and ride it to the top, you run up it because it gets you to the top faster". That's how we feel about the relationship with Bob, it would be easy to just let a label do things for you and kind of sit back and let them feed you ideas, but we just take his backing and let it propel our own ideas and determination and bounce ideas off of him every chance we get.

Pleasant: Let’s talk about Perennial Phase. What was it like writing this record in a secluded space? Dan: Perennial Phase was really born out of the relationship with Mayfly. When Bob first contacted us, we had plans of writing five songs and putting out a 10". When we pitched that idea to him, he liked it, but thought it would suit our sound better to write a few more songs and do a proper LP, giving us a little longer leash to explore some dynamics and let the songs breathe a bit. He had initially contacted us in late March of 2015, and said he would have some room in his release schedule at the end of July to send something to the plant. So I think literally a couple days later we booked studio time at Bricktop in late June, basically giving ourselves 2 months or so to write an LP. Though it was stressful at times, it was a pretty cool experience to lock ourselves in our windowless basement practice space and write a record from start to finish. None of the songs on Perennial Phase had really been conceived of before that, we just set out from day one to write a cohesive record, which is why if you listen to it from front to back, all of the songs flow into each other. We wrote it with vinyl in mind, so side A and side B exist kind of in their own space.

Pleasant: What were some personal musical influences that went into making Perennial Phase? Dan: Personally, I'm into a lot of heavier post-rock type music, like Russian Circles and Marriages, that whole Sargent House scene. That definitely plays into my guitar playing for sure, especially on Perennial Phase. My all-time favorite band is As Cities Burn, so when it comes to songwriting and vocal patterns, I take influence from Cody Bonnette quite a bit and also guys like Tanner Merritt from O'Brother and certain aspects of Chino from Deftones. My influences kind of come from all over the place, and the other two guys share some of the same influences, but also have tastes all their own which get thrown into the mix, so we end up being a melting pot of what everyone came up on and is currently listening to.

Pleasant: Now that the record has been out for a few months, how has the reaction been? Dan: The reaction has been great. We've sold a bunch of records and people seem to be really into it. We've also had some really great reviews, so I'm glad people have been receiving it in the way we intended. I'll look out at the crowd during some of the catchier songs and see people singing along, which is always a good feeling. We'll be doing a few more tours on this record before we release something else, so it's cool to see the response just exponentially grow as we go.

Pleasant: We know you’re going on a Canada tour this month, what are your plans for the rest of 2016? Dan: After we get back from Canada, we'll be playing Vehicle City Festival in Flint, MI to benefit the CFGF Flint Kids Health & Development Fund to aid the Flint water crisis. We'll have some down time after that to keep writing our next LP, then in mid-July we're doing an east coast tour. In August and early September we'll be doing some shorter regional tours and will keep writing, then at the end of September we'll be heading to the west coast for a few weeks. After that it'll be time to focus on pre-production and recording for our next LP.

Pleasant: Is there anything else you would like to comment on? Dan: I think we've covered a lot of ground! I'm not sure when this will be posted, so it might already be released by the time anyone sees this, but we're putting out a 7" called Dog Years that features a couple songs we wrote and recorded before we started working on Perennial Phase. That will be available on our Canadian run and online via Fair Weather Records and Road Soda Records. Other than that, I think we pretty much covered it. Thanks for taking the time to talk!

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whenskiesaregrey . dec 18 2015 . bottom lounge, chicago, il.

[lumeband]

We’re heading down to SXSW next week with our friends and @mayflyrecords label mates Our Lady. This week we’re playing two Illinois shows, one on 3/8 in Dekalb with our Michigan buds @thecardboardswords, and one on 3/12 in Grayslake with @awehowlerband. Get with it. March madness commence. 

[kemccormick]

I filmed my friends’ band Keep a few weeks ago. Here’s one of the new songs they played. 

[birdsick]

Pianos Become The Teeth - Old Pride 7th Press, Blue - /500

[lumeband]

Lume, recently signed to Mayfly Records, is an up-and-coming three-piece based out of Chicago, Illinois. Their debut LP, "Perennial Phase," will be released on Jan. 15, 2016. The trio had quite an exciting year, from signing with Mayfly and recording their debut, to touring with a myria

We recently sat down with Meghin over at Modern Vinyl about the awesome year we’ve had, our upcoming LP with @mayflyrecords and what else 2016 has in store for us. Check it out!