lowercase collective
four
creating lovely dissonant songs
in nashville
the band members live among the squids, swimming with them and hoping theyll buy them shoes or salads or books of poetry. the squids usually dont carry cash, so this dream is never fully realized.
with the odds of lowercase collective coming to your town being slightly against your favor, it is important to savor the recent three-track EP (that stands for "extended play" to those fortunate enough to have other recordings to extend, but this band prefers to think of it along the lines of "excellent play" and let the three gems shine on their own), recorded by the grammy winning rob burrell, also known for his previous endeavors with many famous and infamous people around the world.
the band's sometimes bearded frontman, known simply as "sh4wn," has been quoted as saying "i took French in high school, and i don't use it much these days."
even the throng of poker-faced androgynous scenesters
who single handedly hold up the walls of dirty rock clubs and trendy coffee shops
with their meager frames
may be able to pretend as though they're miserable
but inside, the infection that has been scientifically documented as "lowercase collective ick" will spread, resulting in a fusion of dissonance and pleasing
endorphins
and they will find
themselves
becoming kaleidoscopes
a few known facts about lowercase collective:
+ in the vast hierarchy of myspace indie-ness, lowercase collective is approximately 12,920,033rd.
+ at no time have any of the members of the band had any sort of intimate relationship with a robot.
+ the songs for their first ep were recorded at fireside studios in nashville, tn.
+ at least one of the members of lowercase collective has seen a live bear at some point in their lives.
+ the band practices in a basement/bedroom hybrid, and have been known to practice in the dark and/or with the lights on.
sh4wn - the tight-lipped frontman who sometimes forgets that he's no longer in front of his bedroom mirror emulating thom yorke. sh4wn can be found making random lists, giving newly-released movies grades no higher than C-, or insulating his attic at any given time. he is extremely flammable and has been known to drink straight from the faucet for better flavor.
brian (also known as "rock star") - an organic chemist with a penchant for prank calling radio stations, is often found studying the life of ghandi, deconstructing the theory of the atom bomb, and playing drums as a means of self-expression. "I find that without drums, no one understands me! I just want to be heard. I want to be accepted. I want to be ME - and everyone can identify with that, I think."
charlie - disagrees with brian. he likes peanut butter, jelly, and caviar.
jeremy - "I am merely an arrow in the quiver of the Lord." Once a born-and-bred city preacher, now a self-proclaimed expert in the art of Shuai jio and Kampfringen. a little known fact about jeremy is that he knows eight hundred and twelve emoticons. he uses every one of them daily.
lowercase collective loves sushi, Rachmaninoff, Lovedrug, kittens, Radiohead, Coldplay, using power tools, Elbow, salsa, Pedro the Lion, Death Cab for Cutie, Midlake, calendars, spiderman, Doves, The Beatles, Autolux, Sigur Ros, their mothers, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Self, Pink Floyd, stacks of cash, The Flaming Lips, Damien Rice, bread and various pastries, The Pixies, and rolling around in the freshly cut grass.
eventually, lowercase collective plans to take over the world via means of fire breathing dragons and whole wheat toast, but in the meantime, they are content with tweaking the EP, playing to appreciative crowds (potentially containing more than their special women, mothers, and friends-dressed-as-bananas), and working 9-5. well, maybe not THAT content with the 9-5, but constantly aware of the need for food.
