-=- SHGZ -=- * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal * ARTIST..: The Lassie Foundation ALBUM...: The Lassie Foundation GENRE...: Indie STYLE...: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Shoegaze YEAR....: 200X LABEL...: Media Creature Music COUNTRY.: USA FORMED..: 1996, Los Angeles, CA ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0 BITRATE.: 259 kbps avg QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo SOURCE..: CD TRACKS..: 17 SIZE....: 127.27 MB URL..: https://www.facebook.com/lassiefoundation https://www.lassiefoundation.com https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=The%20Lassie%20Foundation https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=The%20Lassie%20Foundation&title=The%20Lassie%20Foundation - TRACKLIST 1 Promise Ring 4:05 2 Sunset 3:30 3 The Psalm Of The Strongest Man 4:19 4 I'm Stealin' To Be Your One In A 3:06 Million 5 Let Your Boy Come Back 4:34 6 Hero 5:19 7 Bombers Moon 4:31 8 We're The Number Ones 4:14 9 Good Times Comin' My Way 4:04 10 I Can Be Her Man 4:12 11 You Could Shoot Me Down 4:05 12 City Of Industry 3:40 13 El Rey 4:08 14 You're Just Lucky 3:46 15 All Together Now 3:39 16 Come On, Let Your Lime Light Shine 3:11 17 Every Line Has Let You Inside Of Me 3:55 Total Playtime: 68:18 Limited Edition, Numbered, Promo, Sampler No date on the cover or CD but tracks from "The El Dorado L.P." are included on this sampler so the release date had to be sometime between 2000-2001 Each CD itself is hand numbered in ink. (Blurred to avoid identifcation - SHGZ) * About: Dubbing their sound "pink-noise pop," L.A.'s Lassie Foundation blend the classic shoegazing sound of bands like Lush and Ride with the Brian Wilson-inspired harmonies and arrangements of the Boo Radleys, Lilys, and other latter-day psych-pop bands. After forming in the mid-'90s, the group released two EPS on Velvet Blue Music: 1996's California and 1998's The Dive Bomber. The following year, the Lassie Foundation self-released their full-length debut Pacifico. The album caught the ears of Anisette Records, who released El Ray in 2000. Later that year, Grand Theft Autumn reissued Pacifico. - Allmusic * Formed in 1996, The Lassie Foundation released their first EP, California. California defined the group's sound, a mix of the smooth '60s and early '70s West Coast pop music and the sonic power of British shoegaze music. Lassie followed up its EP with their first full-length album, Pacifico. Pacifico caught British attention by being featured in the "What's on the NME Stereo" section of New Musical Express magazine. In 1998 the band released the El Rey EP (also featured in NME), whose title track was featured on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Popular", "MTV's The Real World", and "MTV Road Rules". Singles in the U.S. and Australia followed, and the band continued its regimen of performing in Southern California clubs with bands like Phantom Planet, At the Drive-In, Mates of State, Creeper Lagoon, and Imperial Teen. 2001 saw a turn in the band's musical direction with its split soundtrack for the independent film I Duel Sioux and the Ale of Saturn, followed soon thereafter by The El Dorado LP, their second full-length album. Both albums abandoned their traditional shoegaze elements for a cleaner pop sound. It also marked the end of the band. In its two-year absence, Lassie received many requests for their catalog, for media placement, interviews, European releases, and tours of Europe, prompting the founding members and songwriters Wayne Everett (vocals), Campuzano (bass), Jeff Schroeder (guitar) to start writing a new album. Supported live and in the studio by Happy Tsugawa-Banta (vibes & keyboards) and Joel Patterson (drums), The Lassie Foundation reinvented itself on Face Your Fun, citing influences such as Echo & the Bunnymen, The Jam, New Order, U2, A Flock of Seagulls, Guided by Voices, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. After playing many shows throughout 2004 and 2005, opening for bands such as The Walkmen and The New Pornographers, the band agreed to call it quits in 2006, but are now recording an album that is due out in 2008. As of May 2007, Jeff Schroeder is the guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins, although he is featured on the new Lassie Foundation album. Everett and Campuzano are both former members of The Prayer Chain and Starflyer 59. - Liquisearch -=- SHGZ -=- -=-=-==-=-=- Shoegaze is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the late 80s. The genre is very difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and textural distortion that create a tranquil, opaque feeling. ---==--==---