The Beechfields Record Label is pleased to announce the release of
Lost and Found and Lost on June 2nd, 2009.
This highly anticipated third full-length from The Seldon Plan is now available from
The Beechfields Record Label.
Lost and Found and Lost is the first
Seldon Plan record to feature new guitarist and vocalist Dawn Dineen and new drummer Matthew Leffler Schulman. The record was produced by Matthew Leffler Schulman and Michael Nestor at Baltimore's own Mobtown Studios.
As Michael Nestor (guitars/vocals) stated on the Umbrella Radio Show last week, "This record represents quite a departure musically for us, we wrote most of the record in the studio, and we tackled some underlying political issues surrounding the listlessness most of us feel about the shaky economy. We intended the record to be a throwback to the early 90's mixtapes, but as a modern interpretation-there is a quilt-like aspect to the songwriting that the band really digs."
The Seldon Plan reemerges with whimsy with their highly anticipated album Lost and Found and Lost, a worthy follow-up to their 2007 record The Collective Now. Praised for its "catchy simple melodies awash with lush vocals, hip full guitars, and a hint of Flaming Lips" by artist/composer Mark Degli Antoni (David Byrne/Soul Coughing) and dubbed "smart pop with no wasted space" by record producer Brian McTernan (Senses Fail/Piebald/Thrice), Lost and Found and Lost plays with images of childhood nostalgia to embrace the economic and political pendulum.
Calling their latest LP "a burst of new flavor", The Big Takeover's Jack Rabid expressed delight at the "Baltimore foursome's continued maturation" and compared it favorably to "melodic pop favorites such as Feelies' offshoot Wild Carnation, Winnipeg's wonderful Weakerthans, great Scots Camera Obscura, and Portland's Dimes".
The Seldon Plan spent the last few years taking on a busy tour schedule-including shows with Explosions in the Sky, The Stills, Now It's Overhead, The Octopus Project, The Eames Era and Matt Pond PA. The band regrouped in 2008 and entered the studio with a fresh organic approach as a way of rediscovering who they were as a band. With few preconceived songs, much of the album was written in the studio, allowing the record to grow naturally as a whole. Simple focused melodies are textured by intricate harmonies, layered with soulful instrumentation including cello and trumpet, and punctuated by bright choral interludes.
The band's sophomore effort The Collective Now was quickly named a top 40 record of 2007 by The Big Takeover and one of the "Best Baltimore albums of 2007 by The Baltimore Sun. Tracks from the album were licensed by the massively popular YouTube series lonlygirl15 and by Simplify Media for its top-rated music-streaming iPhone app. Their debut album MAKING CIRCLES was featured on NPR's All Songs Considered. The Seldon Plan is likened to established alt rockers Death Cab for Cutie, The Posies and Nada Surf.
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