This is a quick post in recognition of one of my favorite Bloomington-area bands,
Fat Shadow, who recently called it quits. Fat Shadow was a perfect punk-meets-classic rock storm, carved from the spaces where Heart meets X, where Jefferson Airplane meets Dinosaur Jr.
In their time, they managed to release the outstanding
Foot Of Love LP, which is available
here on vinyl/download and
here as a direct download.
(Here are a ton of live
Fat Shadow photos I took over the years as well.)
In the meantime, definitely check out these jams from its members:
Purple 7 is a new Replacements-meets-Guided By Voices power trio with
Chris Mott (Fat Shadow, Door-Keys, Landlord),
Will Staler (Defiance Ohio, Landlord), and
Patrick Jennings (Hot New Mexicans). They've got an incredible
5-song 12" out now on Let's Pretend Records (and here's the
download), and are currently
touring as well.
Here's a video for their song "Poison Ivy."
Fat Shadow drummer
Jeff Grant (also of Pink Razors and Stop It!!) has a solo band project called
Full Sun, with two tapes under his belt,
both still available as downloads. I highly recommend the
Bare Floor recording! He's also playing guitar and singing in
The Sands, a new band featuring folks from Memory Map, Magnolia Electric Co., and Coke Dares, as well as internet cat-celebrity
Lil Bub's human caretaker.
Bassist/wailer
Erin Tobey is currently in the process of hammering out what will be a stunning second solo album; her classic 2005 debut is still available as an
LP here and
download here. She is also an accomplished
multimedia artist and has recently teamed up musically with Tammar, Vollmar, and one-off Donna Summer cover band Bad Girls.
Vocalist
Daun Fields also performs and records as
Vera Maleta, and released several albums fronting
The Door-Keys. She also has a blog called
Crocosmia, chronicling her relationship to magic, growth, and the creative spirit.
