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Since August of 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like the Appleseed Cast, Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliot Whitmore. In June of 2006, they headlined a two week tour of Spain in support of an eponymous split CD/10", both of which with urgent post-rockers from Barcelona, Nueva Vulcano (ex-Aina).
The Magician EP (Stiff Slack), their fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don't do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2. In October of 2006 they headlined a successful Japanese tour in support of The Magician for Stiff Slack Records (Mercury Program, 31 Knots, Shiner, Mates of State), and then a US/Canadian excursion in November and December of 2006. Domo.
When you want to buy merch, do it HERE .
to go along with the Magician EP, you need to have the Magician T-Shirt. get yours now.

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Member Since: 3/30/2005
Band Website: thelifeandtimes.com
Band Members: Allen Epley - Voice, guitars, Rhodes, synth
Chris Metcalf - Drumkit, misc. percussion
Eric Abert - Bass, Moog

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Sounds Like:
The Magician CDEP
2006 Stiff Slack Records
I know you are
Hush
Killing Them Softly
Ave Maria
The Sound of the Ground
[buy $8]

The Life and Times/Nueva Vulcano Split CD/10"
2006 Trece Grabaciones
My Parade (Muscle Cars Freeman Moxy Remix)
The Silent Take
Mighty Joe Moon
El beso en el Acuario
Palo Rosa
Llobarro
[buy CD$8 / 10"$10]

Suburban Hyms CD/LP
2005 Desoto Records
My Last Hostage
Coat of Arms
Charlotte St.
Muscle Cars
Skateland
Thrill Ride
Running Redlights
Shift Your Gaze
Mea Culpa
A Chorus of Crickets
[buy $12]

The Flat End of the Earth CDEP
2003 54 40' or Fight!
Raisin in the Sun
Houdini
High Scores
Movies and Books
Servo
The Flat End of the Earth
[buy $9]

Record Label: Desoto Records / Stiff Slack / Hawthorne Street
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

1.19.08 recording!!!

it's been a while since an update so here's a quick rundown. what better than time than the shitty ass cold, icy, and snowy time that is known as "winter" to hole up in the studio and kick out some re...
Posted by the life and times on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:01:00 PST

news brief (9.9.07)

dust off that turntable, and make sure your stylus is up to par because our debut full length Suburban Hymns (2005) has just been released on 12" Clear vinyl.  that's right, the fine folks o...
Posted by the life and times on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:35:00 PST

AP 100 Bands You Need To Know in 2007

that's right!  check us out on page 167 in the April issue #225  of Alternative Press.  we were lucky enough to be included in the "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2007".  thanks to ...
Posted by the life and times on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:53:00 PST

Please Read.

Please go here and read this.  A great family could use your help. http://desotorecords.com/cal/index.shtml thank you tlat...
Posted by the life and times on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:11:00 PST

Japan tour 2006

well we are home from our Japan tour. what can i say about it but that it was amazing. great shows, great people, great food, damn it was fun. jet lag was tough, but we overcame it, just to come home ...
Posted by the life and times on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:13:00 PST

happenins (9.17.06)

That's right.  For your listening pleasure, we have uploaded a new song from our new CDEP "The Magician", the song is titled Ave Maria and we hope you like it.  Having a problem with the alb...
Posted by the life and times on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:38:00 PST

Spain

Well we made it home from Spain, safe and sound. Where to begin on the amazing time we had? Nueva Vulcano is an amazing band, and equally amazing as people. They really showed us a lot of what spain i...
Posted by the life and times on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:41:00 PST

it's all happening

lot's going on here, so i'll be brief.  tomorrow (tues) we leave for 2 weeks to go tour Spain.  words cannot explain how excited we are about this.  we are touring with our friends fro...
Posted by the life and times on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:41:00 PST

Pelican / Mono / The Life and Times: tour summary

Well first off, a huge thank you goes out to the boys in Pelican, for taking us on tour with them.  It was such a great thing being able to watch Pelican and Mono every night.  It doesn...
Posted by the life and times on Thu, 25 May 2006 11:35:00 PST

news update (3.13.06)

sorry for the lack of blog updates.  i thought now might be a good time to let you know about what we have instore for the near future. first off, let me thank everyone who has come to see us on ...
Posted by the life and times on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:55:00 PST