A while back I was on a June of 44 kick, and doing my investigating I saw the members had been in a whole slew of other bands, all good ones too. This mix is diverse and shows the talent of each member through several iterations of projects.
June of 44 being Doug Scharin, Fred Erskine, Jeff Mueller and Sean Meadows. Hoover was an earlier band of Fred’s with Joseph McRedmond who’d also end up in the Crownhate Ruin with him. HiM is the dub-influenced post-rock solo project of Doug Scharin with many guests. Activities of Dust is you guessed it, the Bill Laswell link with Bernie Worrell, Jeff Parker and Doug. Mice Parade is Adam Pierce’s (The Swirlies & The Dylan Group) project featuring Doug. The slow-core Codeine featured Doug on “The White Birch” and a couple singles. The Shipping News features Jeff Mueller and leans more towards post-hardcore. They came from the ashes of Rodan with Jason Noble and were originally tagged with creating music for NPR’s “This American Life.” The Crownhate Ruin featuring Fred and Joseph from Hoover, lean even more into post-hardcore. Rodan were I suppose just bridging on math-rock while holding the post-hardcore roots down, and were Jeff Mueller, Jason Noble, Tara Jane O’Neil and Kevin Coultas. Directions brings it back to Tortoise and Gastr Del Sol with Doug working alongside Bundy K Brown and James Warden. Retsin, a deviation, I think I included them due to the Tara Jane O’Neil connection from Rodan, as they’re not necessarily directly related to June of 44. Getting back on track, Lungfish is Sean Meadows and should be pretty familiar for the post-hardcore fan base. Rex touches back to the slowcore sound and once again features Doug. Ending it with The Sonora Pine which has Sean Meadows on their first album, along with Tara Jane O’Neil (see she’s like an extended family member here), Kevin Coultas and Samara Lubelski. I think it’s a good trip down and back through this set of related bands. I was thinking of doing a similar project with Tortoise which may take some time. Any other bands I should dive into for a future mix of this nature?
01 June of 44 – Generate
02 Hoover – Regulator Watts
03 HiM – The Way Trees Are
04 Activities of Dust – Shades of Appearance
05 Mice Parade – Pursuant to the Vibe
06 Codeine – Loss Leader
07 Shipping News – Books on Trains
08 The Crownhate Ruin – Ride Your Ride.
09 Rodan – Darjeeling
10 Directions – Track 4
11 Retsin – Hybrid Ice Princess
12 Lungfish – Cross Road
13 Rex – Nothing is Most Honorable than You
14 The Sonora Pine – Claister
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