Digital Leather

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Digital Leather
Origin Yuma, Arizona, U.S.
Genres
Years active2002–present
Labels
  • No Coast Records
  • King of the Monsters
  • Shattered
  • Tic Tac Totally
  • FDH
  • Goner Records
  • Fat Possum
  • Volar
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Southpaw
  • Kind Turkey Records
  • Plastic Idol
  • Disordered
  • P Trash
  • Red Lounge
  • Squooge
  • Neat Neat Neat
  • Ghost Highway
  • Castle Bravo
  • Avant!
  • In the Red
  • Sunburst
Members
Past members

Digital Leather is the musical project led by multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree. It is recognized for having characteristics of electropunk, new wave, pop, lo-fi, and psychedelic music. [1]

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History

Originally from Yuma, Arizona, Foree began calling his project "Digital Leather" when he moved to Tucson, where he studied American literature at the University of Arizona. [2] He used student loan money to buy equipment. [3] He managed to release his first three albums after recording them in his bedroom on labels such as Tic Tac Totally, Jay Reatard's Shattered Records imprint, and FDH Records. [4] He supported this "bedroom project" [1] with several nationwide and European tours. [5] Sorcerer , released on Goner Records in 2008, is a half-live, half-studio record. [6]

In 2009, friend and fellow musician Jay Reatard took over managing duties for the band. [7] Around this time Foree began working on a collection of songs in a fully operational studio. [2] Released in September 2009 by Fat Possum Records, Warm Brother garnered positive reviews. Pitchfork, for example, referred to Foree as sui generis, calling the album a "charming curio." [8] Reportedly, the label did not initially support the album's artwork, which features a shirtless man with the album name taped across his chest. [4]

In 2013, Todd Fink of The Faint joined Digital Leather as a full-time keyboardist and additional recording engineer. "All Faded" was recorded by Todd Fink and Clark Baechle of The Faint between 2013 and 2015. [9] All Faded was released by FDH Records in November 2015. [10]

In a 2020 article, American Songwriter described Foree as "a serious solo, DIY musician." [11]

Selected discography

Albums

Singles

Other projects

References

  1. 1 2 "Digital Leather, The Mistreaters, CoCoComa, The Hex Dispensers, and Drugs Dragons | Music | Events | The A.V. Club Milwaukee". Avclub.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  2. 1 2 Swedlund, Eric. "Rise of the Synth | Music Feature". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  3. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Digital Leather". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  4. 1 2 "Welcome to the warped world of Digital Leather". MLive.com. 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  5. ↑ "new Digital Leather video & 2010 tour dates (SXSW)". Brooklynvegan.com. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  6. ↑ "This Week's Recommended Shows: Jay Z, Grizzly Bear, Sunny Day Real Estate – Seattle – Slideshows". Seattleweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  7. ↑ "Night Life". The New Yorker. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  8. ↑ "Digital Leather". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  9. ↑ "Track Premiere Digital Leather". cmj.com. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  10. ↑ "Stream Digital Leathers New Album All Faded". noisey.vice.com. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  11. ↑ "Digital Leather Shares What Could Be Its Last Album 'New Wave Gold'". americansongwriter.com. 2020-09-20.
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