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Lucy Bland

About Me


Hailing from the rain capital of the country, Seattle, Washington, Lucy Bland fuses the dynamic range of indie rock, the experimentation of electronica, and the story telling of folk into this genre-defining sound. Lucy Bland began in 2005 after Todd Wallar (Omniverse) and Tim Stedman decided it was time to take their electronic noodling beyond the basement. After a few interesting auditions they came across an ad placed by singer/songwriter Cat Biell who was seeking a programmer to work with. After a few months cellist Anil Seth was brought in, and a year later “Lucy Bland’s First Recital” was released. The Debut EP landed them on some of Seattle’s top stages opening for artists Tresspassers William, The Fading Collection, Boat and The Transmissionary Six. The EP received regular airplay from Seattle station KEXP. “It was so good I almost feel like speaking would be a disgrace,” Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) proclaimed during their KEXP in-studio performance.
In 2006 Anil left the band after earning a doctorate in astronomy. After months of searching, violinist Katie Mosehauer joined the band. Shortly thereafter, Lucy Bland recorded and produced their first full-length effort.
In the past year, Lucy Bland released “Down to Sea Level” to critical acclaim, receiving airplay on college stations all across the country as well charting in the CMJ Top 200! The record garnered shiny reviews from NPR, Three Imaginary Girls, Aiding & Abetting, Pop Matters and more. Seattle's independent weekly, The Stranger, featured Lucy Bland as “Band of the Week” in June.
With the help of their newest member, drummer Chris Icasiano, Lucy Bland has been packing local venues, sharing the stage with Throw Me the Statue (Secretly Canadian), Visqueen (Blue Disguise), Ms. Led (Fish the Cat Records), Grand Hallway (Sideout), Shane Tutmarc & His Traveling Mercies (Inverness) and Carrie Biell. In April, they went on a West Coast tour to support their new release. Recently they played Noise For the Needy and are booked for international electronic music festival, Decibel Festival in September. Lucy Bland signed licensing deals with Audiosocket and PlayNetwork. Currently Lucy Bland are working on songs for their follow-up album and plan to release a remix album in 2009.
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Member Since: 24/02/2005
Band Website: http://www.lucybland.com
Band Members:
Cat Biell | Vocals / guitar / ukulele
Todd Wallar | Programmer / guitar
Tracy Hagen | Cello
Chris Icasiano | Drums
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Influences: Hot Chip, Everything but the Girl, Lamb, Mirah, Arcade Fire, Portishead, Bjork, Ratatat, Iron and Wine, Grizzly Bear, Blonde Redhead, Mum, Gang Gang Dance, Octopus Project, M.I.A, Goldfrapp, Under Byen, Duffy, Ghostland Observatory, KEXP, Feist, Mates of State, Amon Tobin, Daedelus, Les Baxter, Cornelius, Stereolab, Jim O'Rourke, Prefuse 73, M Ward, MGMT, Coco Rosie, Cat Power, Neko Case, The Helio Sequence, Radiohead, Jose Gonzalez, Beirut, Hungry Pines, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Postal Service, Miracle Fortress, Santogold, Andrew Bird, CSS, Morcheeba, Zero 7, Manu Chao, The Dodos, Sol Seppy, Caribou, School of Seven Bells, Carrie Biell, Kristin Allen Zito, Chris Riffle ..... Rainy days.

Sounds Like: The soundtrack of your life
Record Label: NOPE

My Blog

New track up from our forthcoming remix EP!

Check out the new, unmastered remix of Rewrite up on our myspace. This is from our forthcoming remix EP. We're calling this track Rewrite-shredmix.xoLucy Bland
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 10:44:00 GMT

Introducing cellist Tracy Hagen!

We are proud to announce the addition of cellist Tracy Hagen! Tracy has some mad cello skills and we can't wait for you all to meet her! Our violinist Katie Mosehauer unfortunately had to leave us, bu...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:58:00 GMT

Band of the Week in The Stranger!

Go pick yerselves up this weeks edition of The Stranger because Lucy Bland is "The Band of the Week"! Yay!http://thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=602766&ms
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:09:00 GMT

Three Imaginary Girls Review!

-Chris Estey, June 12, 2008 {6.9}http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/recordreview/2008may /downtosealevelI'm currently reading Bonk by Mary Roach. It's the history of modern sex research, by the author ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:09:00 GMT

3 Imaginary Girls write-up! Bland and Blue Skies

Submitted by Chris Estey on May 9, 2008.What if Bjork grew up in Ballard? That is a really reductive and deceptive way of describing her sound, but Lucy Bland has an incandescent one, and it encompass...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 17:03:00 GMT

NPR Feature!

Check out NPR's Second Stage podcast where our song Sea Level was featured on May 7th!http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=902 56296
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 10:01:00 GMT

West Coast Tour Notes

4.2.08 - Sam Bond's - Eugene, OR 4.3.08 - Cafe Coda - Chico, CA 4.4.08 - Retox Lounge - San Francisco, CA 4.5.08 - The Partisan - Merced, CA 4.6.08 - Tangier - Los Angeles, CA Thanks to everyone who...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 13:43:00 GMT

The Orion - Chico California

"Emerging from the cocoon of a long, gray Seattle winter, "indie-folk-tronic" band Lucy Bland is hitting the road in the biggest tour van it could find.Its debut, full-length album, "Down to Sea Level...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:10:00 GMT

Pasadena Weekly - Rain as Spiritual Condition

Sweet write up! Thanks Bliss!"If you pureed the music of "Felt Mountain"-era Goldfrapp and Zero 7 with a hiccupping synthesizer and a plunking toy piano in some kind of fantastical blender, what you'd...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:04:00 GMT

"Nothing Like Bland" from the Eugene Weekly

"Down to Seal Level, the new release from Seattle’s Lucy Bland, doesn’t sound like the work of a band releasing its first full-length album. Precisely mixing traditionally rock instrumenta...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:23:00 GMT