The Sorts

The Sorts
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Genres	Instrumental rock, post-rock
Years active	1994 - ???
Labels	Aesthetics, Luckyhorse Industries, Slowdime, Southern
Members	Christopher Farrall Stuart Fletcher Joshua LaRue Carlo Cennamo Joseph P. McRedmond Vin Novara
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The Sorts are a primarily instrumental post-rock band based in Washington, D.C., and formed in 1994 by Josh LaRue (guitar, vocals), Stuart Fletcher (bass) and Chris Farrall (drums). LaRue, Fletcher and Farrall comprised the band's core, appearing on all recordings, but they have been joined on several releases by Carlo Cennamo (sax), Vin Novara (keyboards) and Joseph P. McRedmond (guitar). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Discography

Albums

• Common Time (1996)
• This is Gateway Sounds (Spring, 1997)
• More There (Slowdime Records, 1998)
• Hawaiian Bronco (Aesthetics, 1999)
• Contemporary Music (Slowdime Records, 1999)
• Six Plus (Luckyhorse Industries, 2003)

Singles

• "How Did You Get There?" (Southern Records, 1997)

Related Bands

• Admiral – Joseph McRedmond
• The Boom – Chris Farrall, Josh LaRue
• The Crownhate Ruin – Joseph McRedmond, Vin Novara
• Hoover – Chris Farrall, Joseph McRedmond
• Rain Like the Sound of Trains – Josh LaRue
• Sea Tiger – Chris Farrall, Stuart Fletcher, Josh LaRue, Joseph McRedmond
• Sevens – Chris Farrall, Josh LaRue

References

1. Ankeny, Jason. "The Sorts - Biography". Allmusic . Retrieved June 8, 2009.
2. Vallier, John. "Contemporary Music album review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 8, 2009.
3. Davis, John (October 8–14, 1999). "All Sorts of Sounds". washingtoncitypaper.com. Retrieved June 8, 2009.

External links

• The Sorts catalog and band overview on Epitonic
• The Sorts on Last.fm
• The Sorts catalog on Luckyhorse Industries
• The Sorts catalog on Southern Records
• Band biography by Jason Ankeny at All Music Guide
• Review of More There by Nitsuh Abebe at All Music Guide
• Review of Contemporary Sounds by John Vallier at All Music Guide
• Review of "How Did You Get There?" on Hardcore for Nerds
• Review of Common Time and More There on Zen and the Art of Face Punching