Cougar (band)

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Cougar
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Press photo of Cougar
Background information
Origin United States
Genres Rock
Post-rock
Experimental
Psychedelic music
Years active2005 – present
Labels Layered Music
MembersD.H. Skogen
Dan Venne
Trent Johnson
Aaron Sleator
Todd Hill
Website cougarsound.com

Cougar is an instrumental post-rock band from Madison, Wisconsin, formed in 2003. Formerly on the Madison-based record label Layered Music (the label of Youngblood Brass Band, of which drummer D.H. Skogen is also a member). Cougar toured the United States, Europe and the UK on the release of their debut album Law during early 2007, including a well-received show in Madison. [1]

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Discography

Law

Law is Cougar's début album. It was recorded at Layered Studios in Madison and released by Layered Music in Europe in February 2006, and in America release was one year later, on February 20, 2007. [2] It was distributed by Play It Again Sam.

Cover of Cougar's debut record Law Cougar - Law.jpg
Cover of Cougar's debut record Law
  1. "Atlatl" – 5:36
  2. "One" – 0:49
  3. "Strict Scrutiny" – 5:06
  4. "Pulse Conditioner" – 4:01
  5. "Interracial Dating" – 3:30
  6. "Two" – 0:47
  7. "Your Excellency" – 5:34
  8. "Three" – 0:41
  9. "Lifetime Ranger" – 4:28
  10. "Four" – 0:38
  11. "The Mosaicist" – 5:20
  12. "Black Dove" – 5:43
  13. "Five" – 0:59
  14. "Merit" – 3:39
  15. "Postscript" – 0:47

All tracks written by Cougar.

Reviews

Patriot

Patriot is the second studio album by instrumental band Cougar, released in August 2009.

While reception was warm, reviewers tussled with the task of pigeonholing the sound of the album, roll-calling contemporary and influential bands and works. Rock Sound reviewer Dan Morgan illustrated the album's sound: "polyrhythmic Fugazi structures merge delicately with angelic post rock and the sort of even-handed electronica that 65daysofstatic might produce if their parents forced them onto Ritalin." [3] Likewise, Alexander Tudor of Drowned in Sound questioned the categorisation of the band and their sound: "Does the grey area between (guitar-led, crescendo-prone) post-rock and instrumental electronica actually have a name we can agree on… or is this what Simon Reynolds had in mind when he coined post-rock, in the mid-Nineties?" [4] Structurally, he compares the album to Mogwai's Mr Beast , Björk and Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia.... [4] Writing for the NME , Matt Warwick describes the track "Florida Logic" as "Mars Volta-inspired". [5]

All tracks are written by Cougar, except "Endings", by Jeff Snyder.

No.TitleLength
1."Stay Famous"4:49
2."Florida Logic"3:36
3."Rhinelander"5:00
4."Pelourinho"4:41
5."Thundersnow"1:56
6."Heavy into Jeff"3:22
7."Endings"4:19
8."This is an Affidavit"4:11
9."Appomattox"5:35
10."Daunte v. Armada"4:41
11."Absaroka"3:42

Band members [6]

Reviews

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kiki Schueler (January 30, 2007). "Crafty instrumentalists Cougar roared and purred for a big hometown crowd at the High Noon". The Daily Page. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Cougar press kit" (PDF). Cougar. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  3. 1 2 Morgan, Dan. "Cougar - 'Patriot'". Rock Sound . Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 Tudor, Alexander (August 27, 2009). "Review of Patriot". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  5. 1 2 Warwick, Matt (August 12, 2009). "Elitist electro gets a sense of party". NME . Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  6. ↑ Patriot (Liner notes). Cougar. Layered Music. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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