Folksongs For The Afterlife

About Me

Folksongs For The Afterlife started in 1996 as the project name under which Caroline Schutz (now Gould) made her first 4 track recordings. She was introduced to Chris Sizemore a little while after that by a mutual friend who knew of their shared interested in pairing samples, drum loops and synthesizers with the acoustic instrumentation and minor key melodies found in some British and American folk music.In 1999, their first (self-titled) EP was released in the UK on Enraptured. Over the next few years they started incorporating more live drums and electric guitars into their recording. Steve Toole (electric guitar) and David Gould (bass) joined the band in 2002. In 2003, Parasol Records released FSFTA's first full length album entitled "Put Danger Back in Your Life".They are currently working on their 3rd album.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/21/2006
Band Website: fortheafterlife.com
Band Members: Caroline Gould, Chris Sizemore, David Gould, Steve Toole
Influences: Neil Young, Love, Massive Attack, The Buzzcocks, My Bloody Valentine, Wire, Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, John Fahey, Greta Gertler, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Dusty Springfield, Captain Beefheart, Roky Erickson, Phil Ochs, The United States of America, The Zombies, Scud Mountain Boys, Clinic, Pentangle, Air, Cosmic Psychos, The Stranglers, Public Enemy, Rick Rubin, Elliot Smith, The Modern Lovers, Laura Veirs, The Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Cat Power, Neu, Dungen, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Jay-Z, Dave Roback, Opal, Kendra Smith, Mazzy Star, The Inner Banks
Record Label: Parasol, Enraptured (UK)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

WE'RE BACK

Hi AllIn case anyone has been checking in and wondering where the heck we are- no fears. I was in the hospital due to a high risk pregnancy for 3+ months! But our twin gals were born and everything is...
Posted by Folksongs For The Afterlife on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:13:00 PST

THE CARS

I forgot how much I LOVE the Cars. Why don't more people listen to the Cars these days?Chris, my collaborateur extraordinaire just had a baby! Fortunately he is obsessed enough with music that we will...
Posted by Folksongs For The Afterlife on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:09:00 PST

ROKY ERICKSON

My friend Dave Grant lent me a cd of Roky Erickson's solo work. At first I was skeptical because the production style wasn't as psychedelic as the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, but now I am obsessed. Ev...
Posted by Folksongs For The Afterlife on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:18:00 PST

CALIFOR-NY-AY

So half of FSFTA just got back from a non-band related tour of the West Coast. Well, of L.A. really.You know how alot of people hate L.A.? Well Im not one of them I LOVE L.A. I love everything about i...
Posted by Folksongs For The Afterlife on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:34:00 PST

MUSICIANS LIKE MOVIES TOO

With band spaces on MySpace, theres nowhere to state your favorite movies.I noticed that many people's favorite movies (according to their myspace lists) came out in the last 10 years. I find this odd...
Posted by Folksongs For The Afterlife on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:00:00 PST

Greetings

Hi friends Were very excited to have a myspace page finally. We're too lazy to update out own site so this suits us quite well. what have we been doing for the last few years? Well, lots of things...
Posted by Folksongs For The Afterlife on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:54:00 PST