Folksongs For The Afterlife:
Caroline Schutz - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Chris Sizemore - Guitar, Samples, Sequencing, Vocals
Steve Toole - Guitar
Chris Deaner - Drums
David Gould - Bass
Chris Seeds - Keyboard
Caroline Schutz had already been writing instrumental music under the name "Folksongs for the Afterlife" when she met Chris Sizemore through a mutual friend in 1996. They began writing and arranging songs together, and Chris joined the band soon after that. More recently, Steve Toole has joined as a permanent member. The lineup also includes Chris Deaner, from Versus offshoot Plus Minus; David Gould from The Bootleg Remedy, and occasionally, Chris Seeds from Art Tankers Convoy.
After initial releases with the UK's Enraptured Records and Arena Rock, Folksongs for the Afterlife recorded their first full length recording, "Put Danger Back in Your Life", which was released in May of 2003 on Parasol/Hidden Agenda.
Music:
Put Danger Back In Your Life
Hidden Agenda/Parasol AHA-051
Price: $12.00
Reunion
Death By Melody
Different Light
Dark Room
Lockaway
You Walked Me Home
Miles And Miles
Did I Let You Down?
Ghost
Closer To The Ground
Summer Loop
Press:
"Dream-pop merchants from Brooklyn make LP debut: For those under the impression that the current Brooklyn scene consists entirely of garage-rock rehashes and electroclash posing, the lazy, hazy sound of Folksongs For The Afterlife will set you straight. Like some otherworldly combination of Mazzy Star and vintage My Bloody Valentine, they employ wan female vocals and layers of moody guitar in a mind-bending manner whereby even the uptempo songs feel like ballads. Without venturing into overproduction, 'Put Danger Back In Your Life' conjures a rich sound capable of carrying you off into the daydream of your choice." -Uncut Magazine
"Dark-eyed Brooklyn chanteuse Caroline Schutz croons spooky, sample-spiked folk hymns that recall a pared-down Pentangle or a post-millennial Love. Folksongs For The Afterlife's eponymous 1999 EP, a collaboration between Schutz and guitarist-sequencer Chris Sizemore, layered synthesized beats over acoustic strumming and garnered much acclaim, mostly in the UK. But "Put Danger Back In Your Life" makes a bid for stateside attention: backed by a full-fledged band, Schutz is now ready for some all-American summer fun." - Time Out New York
"Until recently, obsessing over British psych folk and idolizing Fairport Convention was considered the height of geekdom. You can't leave the house now without tripping over some floppy-hat-wearing band of longhairs playing jew's harps and triangles. Caroline Schutz and Chris Sizemore have been grooving to Bert Jansch and Shirley Collins longer than you have, and as Folksongs For The Afterlife, they make music that sounds very old and very new, at once atmospheric, drugged out and hauntingly spare." - Magnet
Website:
www.fortheafterlife.com