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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

They Live Here / News / MP3 Introducing Lost Lander

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM

Album cover for Lost Landers DRRT
  • Photo by Robert Arn
  • Album cover for Lost Lander's DRRT

Yesterday we posted the new Lost Lander song, which appears on this year's PDX Pop Now! compilation album. The song is called "Cold Feet"—it's wonderful, so I'm re-posting it below—and it's the opening track from the Portland band's stunning forthcoming debut, DRRT, due out later this summer. Lost Lander is a new group, but it's the project of seasoned songwriter (and forester) Matt Sheehy, who plays in Ramona Falls and was also a member of Gravity & Henry. Sheehy also released the excellent solo album Tigerphobia in 2008.

DRRT was produced by Ramona Falls frontman Brent Knopf (formerly of Menomena) and his fingerprints are all over the record, which balances immaculately crafted, intricate studio work with Sheehy's cut-to-the-bone songwriting. Sheehy and Knopf often worked separately on DRRT, communicating via the internet, but also came together for different sessions at various locations on the Oregon Coast.

DRRT is scheduled to come out late August or early September, and prior to that the band will launch a Kickstarter fund at the beginning of June; contributors to the campaign will be able to hear the album in full. A video for "Cold Feet" from director Jonnie Ross is also in the works. Lost Lander have a web page set up, plus a Bandcamp as well as the requisite Facebook and Twitter pages. You can stream "Cold Feet" here, of course, but it's kind of addictive, so you might want to go over to the Lost Lander page where you can download it for keeps. With a backing of wordless "oohs," more than a few echoes of Peter Gabriel, and the trilling organ line from Dylan's "Visions of Johanna" reimagined as cheerful whistling, it's a sleek pop song whose hooks sink in deep, long before you realize their emotional resonance.

LISTEN:

Lost Lander - "Cold Feet"

Lost Lander—the group also includes musicians Dave Lowensohn, Patrick Hughes, and Sarah Fennell—performed their debut with Holcombe Waller on the Live Wire! radio show in April (you can hear the episode here) and as of right now has no other dates currently scheduled [UPDATE: Lost Lander will play the PDX Pop Now! compilation release party at Holocene on Thursday, June 2], with more shows on the way. The rest of DRRT is truly excellent; Sheehy has made an even better record than Tigerphobia, which is quite a feat. "Cold Feet" is already a contender for song of the year—this is a band that a lot of people are going to respond to.

 

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It's a good song and I'm downloading it. There's a half-dozen bands in town that could drop this song and it'd be a good song but not the highlight of their concert. I think it's lacking a clear point where the rhythm section decides they're saying something important.

Portland needs some bass scientists to drop in from outer space or something/
Posted by sexmachinealpha on May 18, 2011 at 3:25 PM · Report
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Wow! This song is AMAZING!!! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album.
Posted by PDXular on May 18, 2011 at 8:39 PM · Report
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I think I've been looking for a song with this energy for a long time! I cannot wait to hear the rest of the album, I have good feeling about this!
Posted by trueblue on May 19, 2011 at 11:28 AM · Report

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