Floating Action

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Floating Action is a band from Black Mountain, North Carolina, founded by Seth Kauffman. Kauffman is the band's sole lyricist, songwriter, recorder and producer, in addition to playing almost all the music. [1] Kauffman has been called "the underappreciated genius of the Asheville music scene", [2] and has been compared to Harry Nilsson. [3] Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Kauffman's frequent collaborator, called him "the most underrated person in music". [4] He has also been praised by the Black Keys, [5] Zach Miller of Dr. Dog, [6] and Jonah Hill. [3]

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History

Floating Action was formed by Kauffman after his previous musical project, the Motown sound group The Choosy Beggars, broke up in 2005. [7] The project was named after an out-of-date Gretsch kick-drum pedal. [1] Kauffman is also a member of the reggae- and dub-influenced duo Lord King, along with Evan Martin. [8] Kauffman wrote and recorded an album with Michael Nau of Cotton Jones and Mighty Thread while quarantined under the project name Dream Sitch. [9] He has also released a solo album called Ting. [10]

Floating Action performed at South by Southwest in 2009 [11] and at the Hangout Music Festival in 2017. [12]

Kauffman is notable for his contributions to other musicians' albums. He played guitar on Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence [13] and Angel Olsen's My Woman, [14] bass on Jim James' Uniform Distortion, [15] and drums on Tyler Ramsey's The Valley Wind. [16] James and Olsen appeared on Floating Action's 2016 album, Hold Your Fire. [17] Other albums Kauffman has played on include three Ray LaMontagne releases ( Supernova , Ouroboros , and Part of the Light ) [18] and Good Advice by Basia Bulat. [19] He has produced music for Georgia Fair, Courtney Jaye, Lissie, [1] and Daniel Martin Moore. [20]

Floating Action has released 11 full-length albums. [21] His most recent album, Outsider Art, received a digital release before its expected vinyl release due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [22]

Musical style

Floating Action's music blends multiple styles, including indie rock, folk, dub, and blues. Seth Kauffman has described Floating Action's sound as "lo-fi Carolina funk." [1] Floating Action's music has been compared to the Beatles, [5] the Black Keys, [23] James Brown, [5] Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, [24] Ray Davies, [25] Dr. Dog, [26] the Flaming Lips, [27] John Mayer, [24] Menomena, [23] My Morning Jacket, [26] Okkervil River, [23] Bill Withers, [27] and the xx. [28]

Full-Length Releases

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