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The post-punk duo AM/FM was formed by inspiring musician perfectionist Brian Sokel. Having played in bands such as Franklin, he joined forces with the Science Of's Michael Parsell (Frail, Goodbye Blue Monday) so Sokel's lush acoustics could fully take life with added guitars, keyboards, and percussion. Audiot was AM/FM's debut, issued on the Skylab label, but Multilate Us marked the band's first proper release, which was issued on Polyvinyl Records in March 2001. In October of the same year, Getting Into Sinking became the second widely r...[more]

 

 

It's uncertain as to what AM/FM was referring when they titled the collection, as the duo certainly did not tank in the least on this sophomore effort. Hopefully it was meant as a preemptive, tongue-in-cheek rebuttal of the clichTd but often accurate mountain that pop bands have traditionally had to climb on second outings, because [ read more ]

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Mutilate Us and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL! Brian Michael Sokel - 26 years old, 6 foot 2 inches tall, green eyes, brown hair. Michael RyanParsell - 23 years old, 6 feet tall, green eyes, brown hair. The quickest path between two points is a straight line and sometimes the lightest load is truly that which weighs the least. At 26, Brian Sokel has played in numerous bands thr   [ read more ]

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Getting into Sinking and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. It's uncertain as to what AM/FM was referring when they titled the collection, as the duo certainly did not tank in the least on this sophomore effort. Hopefully it was meant as a preemptive, tongue-in-cheek rebuttal of the clichTd but often accurate mou   [ read more ]

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It's uncertain as to what AM/FM was referring when they titled the collection, as the duo certainly did not tank in the least on this sophomore effort. Hopefully it was meant as a preemptive, tongue-in-cheek rebuttal of the clichTd but often accurate mountain that pop bands have traditionally had to climb on second outings, because [ read more ]

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Originally, these four songs were slated to be part of an album, but oddly enough ended up fitting together very neatly as a concept EP about an astronaut. The EP builds on top of AM/FM's dense pop arrangements and add huge guitar symphonies and string arrangements for a fully fleshed-out sound.

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At 26, Brian Sokel has played in numerous bands throughout the years, but has stuck most notably with the band Franklin. Their brand of rhythm-centric, post punk developed over the course of eight years and branded them genre bending, albeit confusing and elusive. After the recording of what was to be Franklin's final release, Sokel found himself working on four-track recordings of songs that didn't fit the mold of what was, by then, Franklin's sound. Finding himself with several cassette tapes of these fou   [ read more ]

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