From Indian Lakes

From Indian Lakes

From Indian Lakes live in Nashville, TN May 2016 while on tour with Tokyo Police Club
Background information
Origin Indian Lakes Estates, Coarsegold, California, United States
Genres
Years active 2009–present
Labels Triple Crown
Website fromindianlakes.com

From Indian Lakes is the American indie rock brainchild of California-based multi-instrumentalist Joey Vannucchi started in early 2009. Vannucchi writes, performs, and produces the music. The project has varied in sound through each release while remaining within the realm of Alternative/Experimental/Pop with hints of Dream Pop and Shoegaze. In interviews Vannucchi has sited influence from Mew, Radiohead, Feist, The Dodos, and many other thoughtful indie projects.[1] As a touring act the group consists of Vannucchi (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums), Justin Stanphill (guitar, vocals), Enrique Gutierrez (keyboards, samples, percussion, vocals), Tohm Ifergan (drums), and Chris Kellogg (Bass, Vocals). Vannucchi began songwriting in a small mountain community just outside Yosemite National Park and later enlisted the help of friends to perform his material. They had two independently released albums: The Man with Wooden Legs, in the late 2009, and Able Bodies in 2012. Their third album, Absent Sounds, was released on October 7, 2014 on Triple Crown Records[2] and it entered the Billboard 200, reached number 8 on the Top Heatseekers chart, and hit number 36 on the Independent Albums chart.[3]

History

Joey Vannucchi grew up on forty acres of land near Yosemite National Park in California. Without electricity or common childhood luxuries, Joey spent most of his youth reading books, playing drums, learning new instruments, and exploring the land around his rural home.[4] He received classical jazz drum lessons and played on a borrowed church drumset for hours daily, "I could play my drums for hours," he said. "There was no one to bother. No one around cared about the sound."[5]

Throughout high school and into adulthood, Vannucchi participated in various bands. At age 20, he started writing and recording songs at a friend's studio in Indian Lakes, California[6] which he released to Myspace as "Songs From Indian Lakes". This reference was later shortened to the current band name.[7]

After enlisting friends to perform his material, From Indian Lakes began playing local shows and independently released a full-length record, The Man With Wooden Legs, in late 2009.[2]

Vannucchi recorded and released his Acoustic EP in 2011 and performed solo on a month-long living room tour across the US.[8]

In November 2012, From Indian Lakes released its second—and still independent—album, Able Bodies, which was well received by both fans and press.[2] Able Bodies was also selected to be on Google Play's Top Unsigned List for 2012 releases and remained on the cover of iTunes as a "rising star of alt-rock" for three weeks.[9]

From Indian Lakes signed to Triple Crown Records in 2013 and released their third album, Absent Sounds on October 7, 2014.[2]

From Indian Lakes posted a link to their official website and a new EP, Wanderer. It features three new songs and two acoustic renditions of previous songs written and recorded by Vannucchi at his home studio in Northern California. It was produced and Engineered by long time friend Matthew Bedrosian who helped with "The Acoustic EP" in 2011.[10][11]

On July 23, 2016, a documentary, To and from Indian Lakes, filmed by longtime friend, Guy Samuelson, was released. It was filmed over several months of touring and spending time in Vannucchi's and Samuelson's childhood areas in and around Indian Lakes.[12]

On August 18, 2016, NPR featured a new song, "The Monster", off Everything Feels Better Now, scheduled to be released October 14, 2016 on Triple Crown Records.[13][14]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Joey Vannucchi of From Indian Lakes". October 13, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "From Indian Lakes". triplecrownrecords.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Album Search for "Absent Sounds"".
  4. ↑ "New Blood: From Indian Lakes". May 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Natural rock formation". recordnet.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Masquerade - artist - from-indian-lakes". masqueradeatlanta.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "INTERVIEW: From Indian Lakes". January 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Acoustic EP - From Indian Lakes". From Indian Lakes. October 25, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Behance". behance.net. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ "home".
  11. ↑ www.girafficthemes.com, Giraffic Themes. "One of the first tours I did years ago was a... -".
  12. ↑ "From Indian Lakes - Timeline - Facebook".
  13. ↑ "From Indian Lakes Announces 'Everything Feels Better Now' + Tour Dates". August 8, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Hear From Indian Lakes' Dreamy 'The Monster'".

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