Lenola was an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 noise-pop group formed in New Jersey

New Jersey

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 in 1994, originally envisioned as a four-track project by lead man Jay Laughlin, but with the addition of guitarist

Guitarist

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 David Grubb and drummer

Drummer

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 Sean Byrne, eventually became a standard band. After the addition of bassist

Bassist

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 Scott Colan and keyboard player Chris Laughlin, Lenola released several singles

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 on the self-funded Tappersize label

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 before releasing their first album in 1996. In 2001, File Thirteen Records released their full length CD, Treat Me To Some Life. Their final album, 2003's Sharks & Flames double CD was released in Japan and Europe but has yet to be issued in the US. Powered by strong guitars, Lenola has been compared to My Bloody Valentine, The Boo Radleys

The Boo Radleys

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, Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev

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, and The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips

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. In 2003, the group disbanded.

Members

• Sean Byrne - drums (later of folk-rock group Twin Atlas)
• Scott Colan - bass guitar (now creates and sells Puddledrums)
• David Grubb - guitar (later of Like a Fox)
• Jay Laughlin - vocals (formerly of Turning Point, later of Like a Fox)
• Chris Laughlin - keyboards

Albums

• The Last 10 Feet of the Suicide Mile CD (1996)
• The Swerving Corpse CD (1997)
• My Invisible Name CD (1999)
• Treat Me To Some Life CD (2001), File Thirteen
• Sharks & Flames 2xCD (2003), Homesleep

EPs

• The Resurrection of the Close-Up on the Magic Spot 7" (1998), Fuzzy Box
• The Day the Laughter Smelled 12" (1998), Blackbean & Placenta
• The Electric Tickle CD (2000)

Singles

• "Discount Oatmeal"/"Greedo" 7" (1994)
• "Tarred Dog Saved"/"Frisbee Weekend" 7" (1995)
• "Slipping Under the Shadows" one-sided 7" (2000), Earworm
  Earworm Records
  Earworm Records was a London-based independent record label, with its first release by the band Hood in 1997. Other bands to release music on the label include Yo La Tengo, Of Montreal, Stars of the Lid, Windy & Carl, Portal, The Besnard Lakes, Fridge, Damon & Naomi and Magnétophone....
  
  
• "Keep Coming Back" (2001), 2nd Story

Split releases

• "I Shared a Route with Jim"/"Slap Me" 7" EP (1996), Lounge - split with The Asteroid #4
• "Hidden Wheel" (1999), Earworm - split with Photon Band
• Dr. Picklefeather's Electric Soothing-Music and Calmative CD EP (2001), Tappersize/Devil in the Woods - split with Fiver