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Ye olde Press Bio:
Almost every night, some Bound Stems get together for something or other. A lot of times it’s for practice, but sometimes it’s for a barbecue, with a lot of friendly friends around. A lot of times it’s at the studio, and songs are underway. Sounds unspooling in the background: El train, northwest bound; cicadas; a stick gnawed by a puppy; now a chorus of cicadas; sidewalk conversations; giant whirring air conditioning stacks; airplanes approaching O’Hare; fat car tires, and the polite beep of a car in the mouth of an alley.
Bound Stems started making music together in late 2002, but they were already up in each other’s business. Bobby Gallivan (guitar, vocals, lyrics), Dan Radzicki (bass, keys, vocals) and Dan Fleury (guitar) played basketball on the same team in high school. When they met Evan Sult (drums, tapes), they’d been playing together for a long while. He’d been in Harvey Danger (London/Sire, Polygram) in Seattle, but just moved to Chicago.
Three years later, they present their EP, The Logic of Building the Body Plan (Flameshovel Records). It was a lot of work in seclusion, really: a practice space and a studio and back and forth for six months, pretty much every day. That’s what made their album, Appreciation Night, such a complex, beautiful composition, full of tricky time signatures and memorable lines. Bound Stems released Appreciation Night in September 2006: to celebrate in advance, they made an EP, The Logic of Building the Body Plan, which features seven tracks, including two from their debut record; three new songs; and two song compositions created by Bound Stems and co-producer Tim Sandusky
Almost every night, some Bound Stems get together for something or other. A lot of times it’s for practice, but sometimes it’s for a barbecue, with a lot of friendly friends around. A lot of times it’s at the studio, and songs are underway. Sounds unspooling in the background: El train, northwest bound; cicadas; a stick gnawed by a puppy; now a chorus of cicadas; sidewalk conversations; giant whirring air conditioning stacks; airplanes approaching O’Hare; fat car tires, and the polite beep of a car in the mouth of an alley.
Bound Stems started making music together in late 2002, but they were already up in each other’s business. Bobby Gallivan (guitar, vocals, lyrics), Dan Radzicki (bass, keys, vocals) and Dan Fleury (guitar) played basketball on the same team in high school. When they met Evan Sult (drums, tapes), they’d been playing together for a long while. He’d been in Harvey Danger (London/Sire, Polygram) in Seattle, but just moved to Chicago.
Three years later, they present their EP, The Logic of Building the Body Plan (Flameshovel Records). It was a lot of work in seclusion, really: a practice space and a studio and back and forth for six months, pretty much every day. That’s what made their album, Appreciation Night, such a complex, beautiful composition, full of tricky time signatures and memorable lines. Bound Stems released Appreciation Night in September 2006: to celebrate in advance, they made an EP, The Logic of Building the Body Plan, which features seven tracks, including two from their debut record; three new songs; and two song compositions created by Bound Stems and co-producer Tim Sandusky
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Excellent News, Colonel
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Refuse the Refuse
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This Is Grand
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At What Point Did You Stop Believing Me?
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NovaCubs wrote:
come back!
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dontmakemeatrgt wrote:
seriously please come back
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TimmyJames wrote:
Bound Stems, i miss you.
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dontmakemeatrgt wrote:
SHE SAYS WE'VE GOT ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR!
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NovaCubs wrote:
yep,
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Pi4noBl4ck wrote:
WTF? Why they broke?
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NovaCubs wrote:
Fuck!!! Where Have All The Good Bands Gone, i seriously want kill somebody,
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BrandonRJacobs wrote:
happens to us all otherwise makes me feel goooood.
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ehroo wrote:
I didn't know they had broken up... :(
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dontmakemeatrgt wrote:
Bound Stems, you will be missed.
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JoleneSummer wrote:
good xD
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brandnewshoe wrote:
calm down, man.
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brazellmurray wrote:
The bio for this band is so insufferably stupid. Please, just, shut down your 13" MacBook, throw away your "idea notepad," and stop writing, forever.
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annalyticalx wrote:
Not bad, not bad at all.
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shiptodominate wrote:
meh
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welostcontrol wrote:
could somebody hook me up with some albums of BS? thanks =)
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Congradulations wrote:
for fans of bound stems = http://www.last.fm/group/Apophenia :)
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MetalSabe wrote:
There is something special, how good they are at making music.
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soundlessspace wrote:
Better than the average "indie rock" band. Nice.
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Pi4noBl4ck wrote:
One of that rare kind of bands which really makes you love at first listening.
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