Auburn Lull is an American five-piece

dream pop Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such ...

band from

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, United States, which formed in 1994.

Biography

The band was founded in 1994 by guitarist/vocalist Sean Heenan, guitarists Jason Kolb and Eli Wekenman, and drummer Jason Wiesinger. The quintet came together out of its members' shared affection for bands like

Seefeel Seefeel is a British electronic and post-rock band formed in the early 1990s by Mark Clifford (guitar, programming), Daren Seymour (bass), Justin Fletcher (drums, programming), and Sarah Peacock (vocals, guitar). Their work became known for f ...

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, earlier works from

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, along with many of the acts on the

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and

Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...

imprints. They later added bassist/guitarist Ron Gibbs. In 1997, the

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label

Burnt Hair Records Burnt Hair Records was a record label involved with Michigan's space rock alternative music scene in the 1990s. The label is said to have been most responsible for cultivating the Detroit sound of this period. Burnt Hair recorded artists in vario ...

released the ''Dual Group'' EP — a

split record A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "v ...

ing with Auburn Lull and

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. Auburn Lull's full-length debut, '' Alone I Admire'', initially released on Burnt Hair in 1999, was later reissued by

Darla Records Darla Records is an independent record label founded by James Agren in October 1993 while he was in New York (state), New York. Darla's first release was a 7-inch by Grifters (band), Grifters, an indie rock/lo-fi music, lo-fi band from Memphis. ...

in 2002. Belgian label Zeal Records released a limited-edition 2001 7" single, "Behind All Curses of Thought Lies the Ability to Focus on Vacant Spaces". Auburn Lull's second album, '' Cast from the Platform'', was released in 2004. A rarities compilation, ''Regions Less Parallel'', was issued in 2005, followed by their third album, ''Begin Civil Twilight'', in 2008. The band released their fourth album, ''Hypha'', on September 15, 2017, on the Azure Vista label.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Alone I Admire'' (1999, Burnt Hair; 2002, Darla) *'' Cast from the Platform'' (2004, Darla) *''Begin Civil Twilight'' (2008, Darla) *''Hypha'' (2017, Azure Vista)

EPs

*''Dual Group'' split with

(1997, Burnt Hair) *''Hiber'' (2014, Geographic North)

Compilation albums

*''Regions Less Parallel: Early Works and Rarities 1996–2004'' (2005, Darla)

References

External links

Official site
* {{Authority control Rock music groups from Michigan American dream pop musical groups American shoegaze musical groups American space rock musical groups American post-rock groups Darla Records artists