Lackthereof is the

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of Danny Seim, a founding member of the

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-based band

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History

The first six Lackthereof albums were recorded at home and given out to Seim's friends on cassettes and

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's. In 2005, FILMguerrero released ''Christian the Christian'', making it the first album in the Lackthereof discography to receive any sort of formal distribution. Seim took Lackthereof to a live setting for the first time in 2004, recruiting his then-wife Holly, friend Tyler Poage, and Kevin and Anita Robinson of the band

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. This lineup played one show at Portland's annual

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Festival before disbanding. The following year, Seim revived the project again, this time with the help of Holly, Matt Dabrowiak, and Paul Alcott of the band

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. To support the 2008 release of ''Your Anchor'', Lackthereof performed several more shows in Portland with Alcott, Dabrowiak, Jim Fairchild (of

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and

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), and Jon Ragel (of Boy Eats Drum Machine). On October 13, 2009,

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released the 20-track anthology ''A Lackthereof Retrospective 1998–2008, or I was a Christian Emo Twentysomething''. The release compiles highlights from Seim's early home recording career, featuring songs that were never before released outside of cassettes and CD-R's given out to friends.

Discography

Albums

* ''Self Titled: L'' (1998) * ''12 Songs for the Unstable'' (1999) * ''In the Name of Protection'' (1999) * ''Midnight Is Where the Day Begins'' (1999) * ''Dulcet Little Love'' (2000) * ''Malnutrition, Honey!'' (2002) * ''Christian the Christian'' (2004) * '' My Haunted'' (2008) * '' Your Anchor'' (2008) * ''A Lackthereof Retrospective 1998-2008 or I was a Christian Emo Twentysomething'' (2009) * ''Building Personal Strength – a Single Song Album (Forgive Yourself)'' (2012) * ''New Devonian'' (2023)

Split EPs

* ''Boil the Ocean – split EP w/ Francis'' (1999) * ''Scissors and Blue – split EP w/ Francis'' (2001)

Other notable collaborations

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References

External links

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