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Member Since: 10/07/2005
Band Website: http://www.theeasternseaboard.com
Band Members: Seth Nanaa - drums (Ex-Indian Summer), Jordon Schranz - bass (QUIVERS), and Brent Bagwell - reeds
Sounds Like: "raw and instinctual" - Chicago Reader

An expansive listen, Nonfiction pulses with an air of sinister mystery, traditional melodies subverted by free-form explosions. It’s a record with roots chock-full of inspirational mulch: Sonic Youth, Lester Young, Chicago post-rock, Boards of Canada electronica, 60s free jazz, Joe Strummer, Midwest tornadoes and the novels of Jim Thompson, to name just a few. - John Schacht; Creative Loafing

From the frantic beginning of ‘Minerals’, we are presented with a rawness more commonly associated with rock groups like Sonic Youth and Nirvana than with any form of jazz. Bagwell’s sax is characterised by dissonance, screeching chaotically, wailing eerily, and droning like feedback from an amplifier. Schranz’s bass is also rock-like, favouring catchy, thumping riffs rather than traditional walking bass lines and using the bow repeatedly to create a keyboard/synth-like sound. The musicians consistently gel together, developing the mood and tone of each piece through astonishing musical empathy. - Robert Gibson; Music on the Web (UK)

"...raised on Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and wooed by John Coltrane's A Love Supreme - rooted in late 60s free jazz" - The Wire

"The Eastern Seaboard are an indie punk free jazz outfit." - Ben Hernandez, Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art
Record Label: Black Saint / Tigerasylum Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Relapse reviewed in Touching Extremes

THE EASTERN SEABOARD - Relapse (Tigerasylum) My first meeting with both label and band, which is in part equivalent here as double bassist Jordon Schranz - besides being one third of the sonic entity ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:30:00 GMT

Bad Touch Interview

Here is an interview with Brent Bagwell of the Eastern Seaboard with the zine "Badtouch"++++++++++++++++1. To start with, how did you guys meet/start playing to music together, and how long have you b...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:27:00 GMT

rippers and creepers

We have a track on this bitchin' comp from Pendu Sound Recordings.It's called rippers and creepers and is super dope.Check it out, pick it up, play it out, live it up.
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32:00 GMT

Interview in Foxy Digitalis from 2007

The Eastern Seaboardby Cory CardCompromised of percussionist Seth Nanaa, bassist Jordon Shranz and reed player Brent Bagwell; The Eastern Seaboard have been laying down their own brand of ecstatic jaz...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:40:00 GMT