Lost in Light Rotation

Lost in Light Rotation
Studio album by Tullycraft
Released	April 2013
Recorded	Dubtrain Studio, Seattle, WA; Avast Recording Co., Seattle, WA
Genre	Indie pop
Length	32:30
Label	Magic Marker (MMR 067) ; Fortuna Pop! (FPOP144)
Tullycraft chronology

Last updated April 20, 2019

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Lost in Light Rotation is the sixth studio album from indie pop band Tullycraft. After a three-year hiatus, the album was the band's first since Every Scene Needs a Center in 2007.

Indie pop is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and subsequently generated a thriving fanzine, label, and club and gig circuit. Compared to its counterpart, indie rock, the genre is more melodic, less abrasive, and relatively angst-free. In later years, the definition of indie pop has bifurcated to also mean bands from unrelated DIY scenes/movements with pop leanings. Subgenres include chamber pop and twee pop.

Tullycraft is an American indie pop band from Seattle, Washington, United States, who formed in 1995. They have been associated with the genre of twee pop; in fact, they are considered to be one of the true pioneers of the American twee pop movement. They are known for their DIY ethic, only releasing albums on independently owned and operated record labels.

<i>Every Scene Needs a Center</i> 2007 studio album by Tullycraft

Every Scene Needs a Center is the fifth studio album from the indiepop band Tullycraft. Arguably, the band’s most ambitious album, Every Scene Needs A Center ranges from punky bursts to mid-tempo near-ballads. The band spent over a year working on the mini-epic album, splitting time between a professional recording studio and their own studio, recording entirely on analog tape. The album reached #29 on the CMJ Top 200 chart in 2007.

All five band members (Tollefson, Fell, Munford, Mears and Hale) reunited for the album, and the band began the recording process during the summer of 2012. Tracking began with engineer Pete Remine at Dubtrain studio in Seattle. Producer Phil Ek, whose credits include The Shins' Chutes Too Narrow , Band Of Horses' Everything All the Time and five Built to Spill albums, was recruited to mix the record. Ek's influence was apparent as the album had a slightly more polished, less lo-fi sound than past releases.^[1]

Phil Ek is an American record producer, engineer and mixer. Ek began his career in Seattle, Washington, in the early 1990s recording live sound in clubs. He then moved into studio recording, recording small projects and demos for local bands. Around this time, Ek was frequently working with influential producer Jack Endino. Producing Built to Spill's second album, There's Nothing Wrong with Love, proved to be Ek's mainstream breakthrough, the album has since ranked in the Top Ten of Spin Magazine's top indie records of all time. Phil Ek has worked with such indie rock bands as Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Built to Spill, 764-HERO, Big Business and Mudhoney.

The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of James Mercer, Jon Sortland (drums), Mark Watrous, Casey Foubert (guitar), Yuuki Matthews, and Patti King (keyboards). The band is based in Portland, Oregon.

<i>Chutes Too Narrow</i> 2003 studio album by The Shins

Chutes Too Narrow is the second studio album by American rock band The Shins. Produced by Phil Ek and the band themselves, the album was released on October 21, 2003, through Sub Pop. The album title comes from a lyric in the song "Young Pilgrims". The album was very well received by critics, garnering an overall score of 88/100 on Metacritic. As of August 2008 according to Nielsen SoundScan, they have sold over 393,000 copies to date.

The album was co-released on April 23, 2013, by Magic Marker Records in the US and Fortuna Pop! in the UK.

Fortuna POP! was an English independent record label based in London, started in 1995 by Sean Price. It specialised in indie pop music.

Track listing

All tracks by Tullycraft .

"Agincourt"
"Queenie Co."
"Lost in Light Rotation"
"Westchester Turnabouts"
"From Wichita with Love"
"Elks Lodge Riot"
"No Tic, All Tac"
"Dig Up the Graves"
"Wake Up, Wake Up"
"We Knew Your Name Until Your Heart Stopped"
"Anacortes"

Single

The title track, "Lost in Light Rotation", was released as a 7" single in the UK on Fortuna Pop!.

Videos

Videos were released for the songs "Lost in Light Rotation" and "Dig Up the Graves".

Other formats

A limited edition cassette version of the album was released on Fika Recordings in the UK.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personnel

Sean Tollefson – vocals
Jeff Fell – drums
Chris Munford – guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals
Jenny Mears – vocals
Corianton Hale – guitar, organ, tambourine, ukulele, vocals

Evan Mosher – trumpet
Mark McKenzie – bass
Pete Remine – cabaza
Self-described as "Part band, part art collective." They reject the "rock band" label, Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of On the Boards remarks, "If they are not rock musicians, "there is rock payoff." Czaplinski has compared them to Polyphonic Spree
Boat, usually stylized as BOAT, is an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. Their album Dress Like Your Idols was released in 2011 on Magic Marker Records and has received favorable reviews and notable press from major media outlets including Pitchfork Media, and AllMusic.

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