Volcano!
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For the Choose Your Own Adventure
book, see Volcano! (gamebook).
volcano! is a three-piece rock band from Chicago
, Illinois
that draw on influences ranging from Classic rock
, Post-punk
, Free Jazz
and Noise Rock
.
released the trio's critically acclaimed debut, Beautiful Seizure
, in the USA in late 2005 and worldwide in early 2006.
In 2006 the band did a Take-Away Show session with Vincent Moon
.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based on a...
book, see Volcano! (gamebook).
volcano! is a three-piece rock band from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
that draw on influences ranging from Classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
, Post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
, Free Jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
and Noise Rock
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
.
History
The Leaf LabelThe Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is an independent record label based in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Initially known as an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach has broadened over the last few years and now features an eclectic range of artists, with a focus on strong...
released the trio's critically acclaimed debut, Beautiful Seizure
Beautiful Seizure
Beautiful Seizure is the debut album by volcano!.- Track listing :# "Kalamazoo" - 1:12# "Easy Does It" - 6:47# "Fire Fire" - 5:25# "$40,000 Plus Interest" - 6:48# "Larchmontt's Arrival" - 1:14# "La Lluvia" - 2:43# "Red and White Bells" - 9:33...
, in the USA in late 2005 and worldwide in early 2006.
In 2006 the band did a Take-Away Show session with Vincent Moon
Vincent Moon
Vincent Moon is an independent filmmaker from Paris mainly known for his field work music videos of indie rock related musicians as well as some notable mainstream artists like Tom Jones, R.E.M. or Arcade Fire. Besides making music videos he also makes experimental films and documentaries...
.
Singles
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- Africa Just Wants To Have Fun - 20092009 in musicThe following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
- So Many Lemons