Artist: Joan of Arc
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain...
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
Based on their roots and their hometown, it's non surprising that Chicago's Joan of Arc blends post-rock's atmospheric static and punk's volume and kinetics. Singer/guitarist Tim Kinsella, drummer Mike Kinsella, and bassist Sam Zurick came from the emocore ring Cap'n Jazz; when that ring bust up, the trine wanted to change their musical instruction. They did just that when they started playing with keyboardist/guitarist Jeremy Boyle and guitarist Eric Bocek in summer 1996, removing the boundaries and structures of punk and including more experimental elements like magnetic tape loops and electronics.
Career themselves Joan of Arc, the group went on spell with their friends the Promise Ring (wHO also featured ex-Cap'n Jazz members) in August 1996. Joan of Arc's live set met with a warm, positive audience, just in time for their first base 7" single, Method & Sentiment. After outlay the fall of that year writing and recording, the band re-emerged in 1997 with A Portable Model of Joan of Arc, their uncut debut. The album continued Joan of Arc's phylogenesis into an as trenchant and progressive outfit that appealed to emo and post-rock fans likewise. The next twelvemonth they returned with How Memory Works, a more clearly stated adaptation of their challenging style. Joan of Arc rang in 1999 with the release of Live in Chicago 1999. Gap was released a twelvemonth later. In February 2003, the band returned with So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness, although plans for a a good deal bigger empty were skirted to the side. Three months by and by on, that extra material establish its way onto In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust, capturing Tim and Mike Kinsella's darkest work yet. After moving to Polyvinyl, the band recorded the observational Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain and released the record album in 2004. Finally, All at Once, which the band described as a "casual folk-drone record," arrived in 2006 on Record Label. In October 2007, the band scored the creepy and instrumental Grove Vale Soundtrack.
Alienated Buddha
