Portland has landed another great band. Check out Lost Lander!<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the album: Lost Lander \u2013 DRRT (2012)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/magiska.vlsweb.net.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/folder32-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A review: (Paste)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s amazing how often production value is overlooked when considering an artist\u2019s musical output. In the case of Portland\u2019s Lost Lander and their debut LP\u00a0<em>DRRT<\/em>\u00a0it\u2019s impossible not to address it\u2014the production is as palpable as the vocals. It literally becomes another instrument.<\/p>\n<p>The credit goes to Brent Knopf, former member of Portland band Menomena, whose records were notably built from bits and scraps of organic and electronic noise. In the end they sounded both schizophrenic and enormous. Lost Lander do right by enlisting Knopf, who turns songwriter Matt Sheehy\u2019s quirky folk-pop songs into mini-epics.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as is arguably the case with Wilco\u2019s<em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em>, without the bells and whistles\u00a0<em>DRRT<\/em>\u00a0might be left with songs that are nothing if, well, ordinary. The production saves opener \u201cCold Feet\u201d from falling completely flat. \u201cBelly of the Bird \/ Valentina\u201d\u2014a terrific song in its own right\u2014benefits from sparkling bursts of synth, which seamlessly comingle with lush piano and well-placed violin stabs. And \u201cThe Sailor\u201d loads more string arrangements on top of echoed choruses, put over the top (in a good way) with handclaps.<\/p>\n<p>To Sheehy\u2019s credit, he does carve out some compelling dynamics. The strummy \u201cGossamer\u201d hits the minute-and-a-half mark with a breathtaking free-fall, while \u201cDead Moon\u201d remains relatively quiet until the haunting female chorus takes over briefly about midway through. The moments are subtle, but they\u2019re incredibly effective.<\/p>\n<p><em>DRRT<\/em>\u2019s best song is closer \u201cYour Name is a Fire,\u201d so check it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland has landed another great band. Check out Lost Lander! From the album: Lost Lander \u2013 DRRT (2012) A review: (Paste) It\u2019s amazing how often production value is overlooked when considering an artist\u2019s musical output. In the case of Portland\u2019s … <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/2012\/02\/06\/lost-lander-cold-feet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,28,29,30,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alt-country","category-favorites","category-indie-folk","category-indie-pop","category-indie-rock","category-portland-bands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.ed.pacificu.edu\/saputospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}