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The components of a Last Days Of May song are simple: a simple bass and drum groove, waves of reverbed guitar, and maybe some congas or samples. The occasional THWACK-thwack-thwack attacks from the drums and samples sound like percussion hits on a dub record. The lazy, echoing guitar parts by Karl Precoda, who used to be in the Dream Syndicate (the '80s guitar pop group, not the LaMonte Young drone group) would recall My Bloody Valentine or Slowdive if Precoda's guitar playing had been overdubbed more. Like the guitar work on late-period Bailter Space albums, Precoda¹s playing sounds like it¹s trying to fill more space than one guitar is capable of filling.
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Last Days Of Radio will be celebrating the release of a third album, a live CD entitled In Audio Magic, with an all ages, five-band bill at the Showplace Theatre on Saturday (Aug. 12). LDOR has been performing regularly since 2003, with a sound influenced by Joy Division, Failure, Death Cab For Cutie, Interpol, and T-Rex, among others. Rounding out the lineup is Any December, who will be making their only area appearance of the summer, former Saw Secret Seen frontman Todd Lesmeister and his new band Big Black Car, plus Rusted Bullet and This Is Now (formerly Da’Loris). Show starts at 8pm.
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The Last Days of May's freedom derives from their dub-influenced jams. There are no riffs, solos, verses, or vocals. As an instrumental trio, with keyboardist Leonard Wishart occasionally guesting on their albums, LDOM prefers to stay instead as riders on the storm.
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"It comes as no surprise that Deep Elm, the best indie / emo label in existence, would snatch LAST DAYS OF APRIL and put ANGEL YOUTH out in The States. Aided by tremendous production from Pelle Gunnerfeldt of the legendary emo-driven Fireside, ANGEL YOUTH is a collection of inspiring instrumentation and unparalleled pop perfection. Incorporating subtle backgrounds laced with piano and strings, LAST DAYS OF APRIL have created a album that is as vast as it is haunting; both truly original and deeply personal. Using a simplistic vocal charm amid an uncommonly fascinating melodic blend, Karl Larsson weaves tails of sadness and hope; apologies and goodbyes; the struggles of acceptance as it all falls apart; and the subsequent battle to pick up the pieces and move on. Deeply engrossing and savagely honest, ANGEL YOUTH is a musically introspective look into the torment and passion that drives our desire to love and be loved. And never has such emotion been tapped with such clarity. Much like the personal tales of fellow Deep Elm bands, LAST DAYS OF APRIL derive their personality from the very depths of the soul, and bare their emotional scars with unbridled passion and uncompromising honesty.
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Graham Richardson is Last Days originally from "a sleepy village in Northumberland", now obviously a resident of Edinburgh where he made his debut album Sea. The album is released on the Californian electronic label n5md (No Fives, Minidiscs - in reference to the fact that it started out a minidisc-only label). Sea is a master class in restraint. The album moves quietly, purposefully through passages of tonal guitars, digital sounds, sometimes with an elemental folk feel. Despite the linear motion of the music, Richardson is quite assured of a defined narrative within this record. "There is a narrative, yes.
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"You'll know from the second Last Days Of April's glorious sound glows from the speakers that this is going to be good. Angel Youth is like orange sunlight escaping from behind the clouds. Last Days Of April have chord sequences that set off buttons...that descending, mournful thing that they do in a way all of their own. Strings upon strings that build on their very simple emotional pop foundations. Think The Promise Ring meets Smashing Pumpkins and Mercury Rev at the same time. A very rewarding album indeed."
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