• Share the load 11 tracks. The second full length.
Also available from insound.com, Amazon and the iTunes Music Store.
• Amateurs Talk Strategy 12". 3 tracks pressed at 45 rpm (so you can slow it down). The single from "Share the load".
• LU self-titled CD available from amazon.com.
• Mood Elevator 12". 4 tracks on clear vinyl in a clear sleeve. Includes a track not found on the s/t CD. Get on it.
• All LU releases are available through Midheaven mailorder and toneVendor.

In 1999 post-rock outfit Lorelei split, spinning off into two forward thinking projects. Bass player Stephen Gardner formed Chessie, hailed by the editors of the Washington Post and the New York Times as one of the best new artists of 2001. Guitarist Matthew Dingee assembled LU, releasing a self-titled CD on Trevor HollAnd's pulCec label (a subsidiary of Darla) the same year, which was also met with enthusiasm. Both men continue to race for the prize, expanding on the work they started in Lorelei, with Chessie recording for Plug Research and LU for Dingee's Textilesounds imprint. The two groups share a use of traditional rock instrumentation blended with a palette of sampled or synthesized drums and an array of keyboards to produce electronic compositions that combine the tonality and textures of modern dance music with the warm comfort of independent pop music.

LU are as likely to reference Steve Reich (on "Amateurs Talk Strategy") as they are early '80s New York label 99 Records (on "Cartoon Mouse Tail"). The group have found a niche between avant garde exploration and post-punk firepower. Still eschewing lyrics in favor of intricate guitar and keyboard melodies, "Share the load", their second full length release, transpires in movements. The first three tracks could each be singles in their own right. In fact, "A La Casa" was culled for Teenbeat Records' 2004 sampler. The next three tracks slow the tempo and darken the mood with dub influenced reverbs and negative space. Then it's a return to a bump and grind mix of metronomic rhythms and angular guitar suggesting a perforated future threatening to tear itself apart. On the whole, "Share the load" is more contemplative and exploratory than LU's debut. It is road trip music for the rail commuter; liberation doled out one station stop at a time; furniture music taken outside of the house.

The band have prepared a mesostic (apologies to John Cage) with intent to fLUx us. Each line corresponds to a track from "Share the load". (For more information on mesostics see M. Perloff's discussion on ubu.com)

				
                    Call for eSg to come to the clinic and Calder to clean up after 
   wire lion. Bounce along in Hysterics with your burden. No logo for
           consumption. Surge Along behind the
                  phenom who, Raging on about logistics, says stacks. Whilst gaining
            commission on a stEamer, avoid drowning and shrinking 
            from crushing aim To perform. You are a zoo keeper in an exclusive 
    woodlands. Sadly all launcH drifting. Boats sink. Cycling 
         in of craft, now moltEn highway in big pond.
          Caution, doom of vioLated parking ticket ahead. Might be time, 
        smear the excrement arOund. Seclude clever elements 
            in impertinent detAils. Enclose the mobile circus
        in their life buoy of Dung. Give in? Oh no. We partake in the freight.
				

• a la casa (3:56)
• cartoon mouse tail (2:35)
• not enough stuff (2:46)
• amateurs talk strategy (4:22)
• cut the tentacle (4:29)
• pressure to relax (5:45)
• unicorn feeding time (5:03)
• hot asphalt overhead (4:26)
• clean dirt only (3:06)
• theory of everything (2:43)
• doodoo like dada (3:04)

TS-004 is available 04/2004 from textilesounds in a cd edition of 1000. Distributed by tonevendor ( www.tonevendor.com).

Amateurs Talk Strategy, a 3-track LU 12" is available from Textilesounds, distributed by tonevendor. The new release features 3 tracks recorded in May 2002 in Washington, DC and in San Francisco, CA. Archie Moore assisted with tweaking however this was the group's first self-guided effort (Archie should be spared any blame). We are satisfied with the results and are looking forward to your response. LU History. These tracks now appear on the "Share the load" CD.

Reviews can be found on the press page.

All tracks are abbreviated mp3s.

• Cut the Tentacle .
  Featured on "Share the load" and the "Amateurs Talk Strategy" 12".
• Not Enough Stuff .
  From "Share the load".
• Mood Elevator.
  The single from the debut LU full length CD. Also available on clear vinyl.

• Share the load record release party: thanks to those who made it out to the Pharmacy Bar in Washington, DC August 29th, 2004 for the east coast "Share the load" record release party.
• LU record release party: Human Companion, and Breedlove 500+ of LU spun with a guest appearance by KidFrostBite at RoHan Lounge, 3809 Geary Blvd. between 2nd & 3rd Ave. If you missed it, here is a snipet of the action. (quicktime video, 48 sec., no audio - sorry about that).
• LU One Sheet
• The Amateurs Talk Strategy and Mood Elevator 12" releases were cut by Ron Murphy at Sound Enterprises. Mr. Murphy is known for cutting records created by Detroit techno pioneers. He was mentioned in Dan Sicko's superb Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk. The Mood Elevator 4 track 12" features a track not found on the LU full length cd.