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LPS is most delighted to become part of the Discorporate Tape...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:31:00 -0700

LPS is most delighted to become part of the Discorporate Tape family! DT released our full-length Billy Callous (DT001) on cassette on 4/14/12! Produced and engineered by LPS member Chris Gray (or Sir Christopher Grey in his Anglophilic mode), Billy Callous features twelve original tracks with live instrumentation and overdubbed vocals. Casey Jarman of Portland’s Willamette Week writes that BC “presents LPS as an angular post-punk/post-grunge outfit with candy-coated New Wave tendencies.” Click on the lovely photo above to visit the Discorporate Tape website. Look for Seduce Yourself in July 2012! Thanks to Christina Song and Devin Knowlin for matters metaphotographic.

!!! hear ye sounds here !!! (selections from DT001: BILLY CALLOUS)

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:20:00 -0700

!!! hear ye sounds here !!! (selections from DT001: BILLY CALLOUS):

You can listen to some or all of LPS’ most recent Discorporate Tape release, the full-length album Billy Callous, at their Bandcamp site by clicking on the link above. It’s F R E E if you want it to be. Stream it or download it. Trust us (even if it’s only a little)!

About LPS

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:01:00 -0700

The Bard ceas’d. All consider’d and a loud resounding murmur

Continu’d round the Halls; and much they question’d the immortal

Loud voicd Bard. and many condemn’d the high tone’d Song

Saying Pity and Love are too venerable for the imputation

Of Guilt. Others said. It it is true! if the acts have been perform’d

Let the Bard himself witness. Where hadst thou this terrible Song

The Bard replied. I am Inspired! I know it is Truth! for I Sing

According to the inspiration of the Poetic Genius

Who is the eternal all-protecting Divine Humanity

To whom be Glory & Power & Dominion Evermore Amen

- William Blake, “Milton”

LPS is a postpunk band from Portland, Oregon…

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

We would like to thank (in no particular order): Maura Brown (who collaborated musically on the forthcoming Seduce Yourself), Stephen Weis (who is one half of the duo Dietzelweis), Tom Jacobs (who produced and engineered Seduce Yourself as well as 2010’s Zebra), Robby Kraft (for Internet assistance), Tropical Isaac and Imaginary Border (http://www.imaginaryborder.com/) for contributions to Fairway to Hades as well as miscellaneous sonic excellencies, Karl Lind and In the Can Productions (http://www.inthecanllc.com/) for his magnificent cinematic productions, Dan Ackerman (http://ackermanfilms.com/index.html) and Stage 13 for their collective magnanimity, Rob Bartleson at Haywire (http://www.haywirerecording.com/) for his peerless mastering of Billy Callous and Seduce Yourself, Dan and Kristin at Corporate Big (http://corporatebig.com/) for ongoing online support and spiritual encouragement, Kolby Marsh (for enduring it until it’s all over) , Ron Gassaway (http://www.youtube.com/user/midtownriot) for his artwork on the Zebra CD, and Teresa Bergen (http://www.babylovecat.com/), whose mother appears on the cover of Seduce Yourself (q.v. below).

Special thanks to Kelly Duran, Matt Steuer, and especially Gina Melise, without which none of this would be happening.

Additional special thank yous to Anna MaGruder for the use of the image of the Bride (Dee Bergen) seen on this site and also appearing on the cover of the forthcoming release Seduce Yourself. More of her superb creations can be seen at: http://www.annamagruder.com/.

Additional gratitude is due to local filmmakers The Instigators for their work on the Homer film (see below) and to all the amazing bands associated with the music scene in St. John’s, Portland’s fifth quadrant, without which we would had given up long ago. Thank you.

Finally, thank you to Peter and Susan, our neighbors, for being that which we hope to become. Namaste.

(And Thomas would personally like to thank Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singha, which, though in no way associated with LPS, is the greatest rock band in the world. Peace.)

discography

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:31:00 -0700

L P S

Fairway to Hades (coming Nov. 2012, Discorporate Tape)

Seduce Yourself (coming July 2012, Discorporate Tape)

Billy Callous (2012, Discorporate Tape)

Zebra (2010, self-released)

Thomas Dietzel also appears on the following releases:

Tigerphobia (Matt Sheehy, 2008, American Typewriter)

Quality Name Brand (Quality Name Brand, 2006, self-released)

Piss Test (Shed Incorporated, 2003, self-released)

Happy God (Shed Incorporated, 2002, self-released)

Other (Shed Incorporated, 2000, self-released)

Iphigenia (Kindergarten, 1994, Honey Puller)

Chris Gray and Peter Schaller appear on the following release:

Oh…You Bad (Ancient Heat, 2012, self-released EP)

Chris Gray appears on the following release:

“Dennis Hopper’s Cunt” b/w “Fagotron” (Fuck Mountain, 2008, self-released 7”)

"XAIPETE! The ever magnanimous (for now) Mr. Jarman of the Willamette Week wrote this about our BILLY..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:44:00 -0700

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XAIPETE! The ever magnanimous (for now) Mr. Jarman of the Willamette Week wrote this about our BILLY CALLOUS cassette release show at the Kenton Club with Moodring and Curious Hands on 4/14/2012:

[TOO MUCH ROCK] …LPS plays undeniably raw rock that seems based almost entirely on whim. As such, the band recently finished not one but two new records. The first is Billy Callous, which presents LPS as an angular post-punk/post-grunge outfit with candy-coated New Wave tendencies. The second is the yet-to-be-released Seduce Yourself, which the band describes as “a highly (some would say excessively) produced glam rock record.” (The single leaked track from the disc, “Push,” sounds more like Squeeze than Queen to me, but either way, I’m happy.) There are plenty of good musical ideas at work here, and considering that LPS intends to release a grand total of five records before 2012 is out—each an entirely different beast—chances are that you’ll like something this band does.”

”

- http://www.wweek.com/portland/event-100117-last_prick_standing_moodring_curious_hands.html

LIVE PERFORMANCES: SPRING 2012

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:24:00 -0800

MON., APRIL 30TH @ THE KNOW
2026 N ALBERTA, PORTLAND, OR
WITH QWONG
9 PM - 12 AM
21+

FRI., MAY 11TH @CABIN TAVERN
307 W HOLLY, BELLINGHAM, WA
OTHER BANDS TBA
9PM-2AM
21+

SAT., MAY 12TH @ GRAHAM'S
9989 MOUNT BAKER HWY, GLACIER, WA
OTHER BANDS TBA
9PM-2AM
21+

SUN., MAY 20TH @ KENTON STREET FAIR
FURTHER DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
4 PM
ALL AGES

SAT., MAY 26TH @ FOGGY NOTION
3146 N LOMBARD, PORTLAND, OR
OTHER BANDS TBA
] 9PM-2AM
21+

TUES., JUNE 12TH @ BUNK BAR
1028 SE WATER AVE, PORTLAND OR
WITH BUBBLECATS, CHILD CHILDREN
9PM-2AM
21+

This a short film the Instigators made about our band when we...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:36:00 -0800

This a short film the Instigators made about our band when we were still called Last Prick Standing. To be fair, it’s not really about our band. It’s about Homer (yes that Homer, the Greek) and future world music. And Jukebox the rabbit is in it…

Karl Lind of In the Can Productions LLC made this video for the...

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:53:00 -0700

Karl Lind of In the Can Productions LLC made this video for the title track from our 2010 album Zebra. Here’s what Mr. Casey Jarman of the Willamette Week had to say about it: “I’m honestly not sure if I should like this video from Portland rockers LPS, but I really like it. It’s like a hippie-dippie Hold Steady song combined with some weird Black Crowes/John Mellencamp-type shit. What’s going on here!? I can’t figure it out. The video, directed by local filmmaker Karl Lind, just adds to my confusion. There’s a nauseating, Tim & Eric quality to the thing, but it’s also pretty technically impressive. So LPs gets a wow from me, even if it’s a wow of the head-scratching variety. The chorus will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.” Well! That’s what you get when you mix PKD with Batman and Jesus!

Now available in a convenient aerosol.

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:55:00 -0800

Now available in a convenient aerosol.