Further (band)


Further was an American indie rock band from Los Angeles that evolved from an earlier band, Shadowland. They released several albums during the 1990s.

History

Further evolved from Shadowland, a sixties-influenced band led by brothers Brent and Darren Rademaker, that released two albums for Geffen Records in 1989 and 1990. Unlike Shadowland, Further were very much an indie rock band, gaining comparisons with the likes of Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth. Their second album, Sometimes Chimes, contained 25 tracks, and drew comparisons to Beck, Unrest, Pavement and Sebadoh. Fitzgerald left the group before the release of their third album, Grimes Golden, and the three remaining members traded off on the drumming duties in a volleyball rotation a la Sebadoh. The band became sufficiently popular in the United Kingdom to have records released on Creation Records and Fierce Panda. In 1995, the band recorded a five-track session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. The band's final album, Next Time West Coast, saw the band's sound shift towards the sixties/seventies-rock sound that the brothers would go on to explore in their later groups, The Tyde and Beachwood Sparks.

Discography

Albums

Singles & EPs

  • "Filling Station" Bong Load
  • "Over & Out" Christmas
  • "Overrated" No Guff
  • In A Lonely Place EP Four Letter Words
  • "Hyde Park"
  • Born Under a Good Sign EP Standard Recordings
  • "She Lives By The Castle" First Strike
  • "Surfing Pointers" Christmas
  • Chimes at Christmas EP Christmas Further w/ the Summer Hits
  • Distance EP Lissy's
  • The Further John Peel Sessions Boxing Day
  • "I Wanna be a Stranger"/"They said it couldn't happen here...and it didn't" Kirb Dog
  • "The Fakers and the Takers" Fierce Panda

Compilation appearances