The Future
Lorelei are having their new album mixed for a possible release early next year (2011).
The Middle: Informed by the future
Informed by the future was a 3-track 12" vinly recording released in 2003 that is now out of print (unfortunately a number of copies were destroyed in a storage space flood; bad luck happens). The recoding is available on iTunes and eMusic.
- Work Where Chemicals Fall
- Monitor
- Deliberate Speed Rupture
These tracks were started back in the '90s and finished in the naughts. The original Lorelei sound is present, with a few new twists.
The Past
The rest of our discography is available at Slumberland Records.
A complete band discography is maintained by Stephen Gardner.
- Lorelei cover The Birthday Party's "The Friend Catcher" - Velvet Lounge in Washington, DC. Friday January 29th 2010.
- Lorelei cover Lilys "February Fourteenth" - Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. At the Slumberland 20th anniversary show, November 14th 2009.
- Lorelei "Outside through the Keyhole" - Unreleased track. Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. At the Slumberland 20th anniversay show, November 14th 2009.
- Lorelei "Monsters" - Unreleased track. P.A.'s Lounge in Sommerville, MA. September 13th 2009.
Bands Lorelei has played gigs with
The Wedding Present, Yo La Tengo, Slowdive, Bailter Space, Unrest, The Ropers, Laika, Small Factory, Nord Express, Lily's, Tsunami, Slant 6, Lois, Antimony, Boyracer, The 6th, Eggs, Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Jane Pow, Glo-Worm, Whorl, Honeybunch, The Swirlies, The Red Crayola, Fudge, The Magic Hour, Labradford, The Dambuilders, Magnetic Fields, Low, Tone, Drinkng Women, Red, Red Meat, Shortstack, Cotton Candy, and more...
Lorelei is a three piece group that created a blueprint for post-rock with the Everyone Must Touch the Stove full-length lp/cd on Slumberland Records. Fractured songstructures and a dynamic sonic pallette have helped Lorelei stand the test of time.
Stephen Gardner is one half of Chessie. Chessie also occasionally features the other memebers of Lorelei (live or in the studio) as well as members of Edie Sedgwick and Fugazi.
Davis White currently records in a few projects , most prominently as RDK. Davis has featured in well over 20 bands in his career.
Matthew Dingee is responsible for Textilesounds and all that it entails.
If You Don't Try, Nothing Every Happens
"If You Don't Try, Nothing Ever Happens" debuted at Signal 66 12/29/00. Robert Salsbury's tour diary of Lorelei's disastrous UK trip. All three Lorelei members were on-hand to perform and exhibit their latest. The first 50 attendees received a free textilesounds sampler cd that features a brand new track by Lorelei. Video of the Signal 66 event is available (35 MB quicktime). Davis White has an excellent summary and photos of the event.
Random Recordings
We recorded a cover of Silver Apples' Osciallations just before going on hiatus. The cover appeared on a cd compilation that is possibly no longer in print thus we've provided the mp3 below.
In addition, here is an early version of Today's Shrug, the first
track on Everybody
Must Touch the Stove. It was salvaged along with some other 4
track recordings. It is certainly not better than what ended up on
the album but is presented here so folks can hear how we
processed demos into better tracks.
- oscillations (mp3)
- today's shrug (mp3)