Pocahaunted (often shortened by the band to P-haunt) was a

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project based in

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founded in 2005 by Amanda Brown and

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History

Amanda Brown founded Not Not Fun Records in 2005; she and friend Bethany Cosentino formed the duo Pocahaunted the following year after Brown had a dream about it. Cosentino left the group in 2010 to attend college in

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, founding the duo

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with Bobb Bruno while there. This necessitated a lineup overhaul, including the addition of Brown's husband Britt on guitar, as well as Diva Dompe (

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), Leyna Noel Tilbor (Psychic Reality), and M. Geddes Gengras. The group disbanded in August 2010.

Music

Pocahaunted's sound underwent many stylistic shifts. Their early music was primarily based on improvised

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s and filled with disorienting

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and dub production techniques. During this time, they often called themselves the "

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of drone", in a tongue-in-cheek manner. After Cosentino left, the new lineup re-emerged with a more upbeat,

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-based sound, while retaining dubby bass lines and a tribal overall sound.

Discography

Albums

*''Moccasinging'' – Not Not Fun (2006) *''A Tear for Every Grain of Sand'' – Fuck It Tapes (2007) *''Pocahaunted'' – Ruralfaune

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(2007) *Split w/ Robedoor – Digitalis Recordings (2007) *''Rough Magic'' – Blackest Rainbow (2007) *''Chains'' – Teenage Teardrops (2008) *''Peyote Road'' – Woodist (2008) *''Beast That You Are'' – Night People (2008) *'' Island Diamonds'' – Arbor Infinity (LP, 2008) / Not Not Fun (CD w/ 2 bonus tracks, 2008) *''Mirror Mics'' – Weird Forest (2008) *''Live from the New Age'' – Not Not Fun (2009) *''Passage'' – Troubleman Unlimited (2009) *''

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'' – Not Not Fun (LP/CD/cassette) (2010)

EPs and singles

*''What the Spirit Tells Me'' – Buried Valley (2006) *Split w/ Mythical Beast – Not Not Fun (2007) *''Emerald Snake On Ruby Velvet'' – Not Not Fun (2007) *''Water-Born'' – Not Not Fun (2007) *''Native Seduction'' – Arbor (2007) *Split w/

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– Not Not Fun (2008) *''Bearskin Rug'' – Not Not Fun (2008) *Split w/ Orphan Fairytale – Release the Bats

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(2008) *''Gold Miner's Daughters'' – Excite Bike Tapes (2009) *''Threshold'' – Not Not Fun (2010)

References

External links

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Interview
in L.A. Record (Pocahaunted cover story), March 2008
Interview
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, July 2008
Official music video for "Ashes Is White"
(2008; dir. by Luis Naranjo)
Partial concert history
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