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began in southern New Jersey during the spring of 94 as a 4-track project
of Jay Laughlin (guitars/vocals). Sean Byrne (drums) and Dave Grubb (guitar)
joined in for some playing that summer and then acquired Scott Colan for
bass duties. That fall the group self-released its debut single "Colonial
509". Live shows in the Philadelphia area, up the east coast, and
west to Chicago soon followed. The summer of 95 saw their second self-released
single "Oh Yes, Jeep Is Good".
A split 7" (with the Asteroid #4) then came out in early 96 on the Lounge
label. In the spring of 96 Lenola began work on their first full-length,
"The Last 10ft. of the Suicide Mile".
The group invested in some 8-track reel-to-reel equipment and recorded
it all at home. Lenola then headed west again to Chicago that summer for
some mid-west shows. "The Last 10ft" was released at the end of that summer
and then came a full US tour in November of 96. Their second full-length
"The Swerving Corpse" was recorded
at Jay's house throughout the winter and spring of 97 and then released
later that year in October. That November a second US tour followed the
release of the "Corpse". Several batches of songs recorded between and
around their 2 full-lengths were compiled onto two Eps. "The
Resurrection of the Close-Up on the Magic Spot" 7' (released on Fuzzy
Box in Feb.98) and "The Day The Laughter
Smelled" 12" (released in November 98 on the blackbeanandplacenta
label). A split single with the Photon
Band was released in the summer of '98 on the Merrimac label. Lenola
spent most of '98 recording new material for the full length "My
Invisible Name" which was released in March 1999 on the Tappersize
label. Lenola got right back to work in the summer of 99, recording a
big batch of new songs that would become their 4th full length. In the fall of 1999 Lenola embarked on their 3rd US tour in support of My Invisible Name, and then spent the early months of 2000 mixing down tracks from the previous summer's session. Local philadelphia label File 13 was chosen as the label to put out the new record, titled "Treat Me To Some Life", in early 2001. A song from the new record was release as a single by the UK label Earworm in the summer of 2000, and a pre-album CD-ep called "The Electric Tickle" is due in the fall of 2000. |
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