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Oakland, San Francisco CA, United States (1993 – 1994)

There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Indian Summer was a band from Oakland, California. They existed during 1993 and 1994.

2) Indian Summer was an early 70s progressive (1970 — 1971) band from Coventry, England.

3) Indian Summer — eventually — was a Norwegian punk rock band that existed in early 00s.

4) The Indian Summer — an Orange County, LA based psychedelic jazz-rock duo.

Indian Summer, Oakland —

Their sound leaned heavily on loud-soft dynamics, pushed to the extremes on either end. Many of their songs built up to chaotic, cathartic climaxes; in which the singer screamed the lyrics (often past the point of easy intelligibility) while the band tore into their instruments. The other end of the spectrum involved spoken or whispered lyrics, coupled with delicately picked single note guitar lines and light drumming. This sound can be traced to current bands such as Envy and Life at These Speeds, who aim for similar cathartic heights.

The band released a self titled 7”, a split 7” with Embassy, and split 7’ with Current and Ordination of Aaron. They were also featured on Tree Record’s “Eucalyptus” 2x7” comp, Slave Cut’s “Ghost Dance” 2x7” comp, as well as a Food Not Bombs compilation LP that came out on Inchworm (same label as the split with OOA). They also released a live-on-the-radio CD entitled Live Blue Universe, which is necessary listening (there are also two live shows floating around, one at Pitzer College, the other at 924 Gilman).

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