Posies
Indie Rock / Alternative
The Posies are simply one of the most creative, resourceful, and influential bands to emerge from the American DIY underground in the last two decades. When the Posies' core singer/songwriter partnership of Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer sundered in 1998, fans around the world mourned their breakup.
But now is the time for all Posies people to dry their tears and shed their black garments: This spring Rykodisc will release Every Kind of Light-the first full-strength new album by the Posies since their 1998 swan song Success.
Between then and now, "the Posies had everything that a band that runs the course of its career usually ends up having: a live album, a greatest hits, a box set," explains Jon Auer. "Somewhere along the line of getting those things together with each other, we became an acoustic duo again-which is how we started playing, nearly 20 years ago. So in essence, we returned to our roots-to use a much-abused phrase-and things just grew exponentially from there."
With this recording, both Jon and Ken have set aside their prolific solo careers (cf. Ken's roadwork with R.E.M., Jon's appearance on the William Shatner/Ben Folds album Has Been, their joint work with the revived Big Star, etc.) to rededicate themselves to the group they co-founded in 1987. Every Kind of Light is the work of a new quartet-with bassist Matt Harris and drummer Darius Minwalla-that is the closest thing to an equal creative partnership in the Posies' long history. All twelve songs are credited to the four musicians, and the entire album was written-and all basic tracks cut-in three straight weeks of intensive effort at The Soundhouse in Seattle, WA.
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