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tell me about this band.

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Really enjoyable band, very much MBV-influenced -- even more especially so than a lot of other shoegaze types that tend to come more from a Slowdive angle, say -- but there's little evidence of dance or hip-hop listening. Snarkily cited by some as an example of how you can create Shields-like sonics at a fraction of the cost. Had at least four albums, maybe five now? Vaguely drifted into a Beach Boys-influenced zone as time passed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

they're a lot less valentinesy these days, a bit more pop/psych/doomieland, really really good either way. "slipping under the shadows" 45 on earworm good starting point

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't they break up? And aren't they from New Jersey (always a plus)? I did like what I heard.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

if they did it must have been very recently, they released a new double album on an italian label during last year.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

They're not doing their own little label anymore? A pity.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

welp their last three or four releases have been on labels other than Tappersize, so i guess that must be the case.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

They're the first band that comes to my mind when someone says "boring opening band." I'm not sure how much of a help that is, but that's more or less the extent of my experience with them.

― anode (anode), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

nine years pass...

Had a song of theirs "Round Sunday" stuck in my head for the longest time before I figured out who it was. 60's tune and harmonies, but MBV "Isn't Anything" guitars here and there (though MBV on a low production budget, which is a problem). From "My Invisible Name." I own the CD, but it's somewhere in the basement, and apparently they don't like downloads or at least I can't find it anywhere. I'm debating whether to re-buy the CD.

― dlp9001, Saturday, 31 August 2013 18:16 (twelve years ago)

I played Lenola at the record store close to when I first started working there (it was in the dollar bin) and the owner runs out asking who put it on. Apparently he helped fund these guys to start Tappersize records because they had worked for him back when he had a warehouse. I had been a fan for a year or so prior so it was a funny coincidence.

The cost of the disc is basically the shipping charge. I didn't look but I assume its still online for pennies?

― Evan, Sunday, 1 September 2013 01:23 (twelve years ago)

nine years pass...

Sad to have to share the news that Lenola's bassist Scott Colan, who did a wide variety of musical work and was by all accounts a really great person, has passed after an illness.

This did prompt me to see what is available from them online -- thankfully they have a very complete Bandcamp:

https://lenola.bandcamp.com/

Plus a couple of clips -- per Colan's own YT channel, this was their one and only video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey_tJ1kn25E

And here's a half-hour show from 1999 in Atlanta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SW_wN1qJYU

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 June 2023 17:39 (two years ago)

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