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Wild Flag is an American four-piece Portland, Oregon and Carrie Brownstein (Mary Timony (keyboards , support vocals ) and also Janet Weiss ( , assisting vocals ). The music group is most regarded to get comprising ex-members of the necklaces Sleater-Kinney , Helium and also .

Musical Influences

The associates associated with Wild Flag have wide-ranging play track records before forming his or her current band. Carrie Brownstein played inside from 1993 that will 1995 and then additional famously enjoyed in Sleater-Kinney through 1994 until finally 2006 if the group went on hiatus. Janet Weiss experienced drummed all together intended for together plus Sleater-Kinney during the entire delayed nineties and quick 2000s, soon after adding to to be able to Conor Oberst albums. Mary Timony played acoustic guitar along with embraced vocals with around this earlier nineties, after that took to perform identical for the band Helium through 1992 in order to 1997. Afterwords, she released various solo albums in advance of adding to her knowledge for you to Wild Flag . Rebecca Cole enjoyed percussion around coming from 1996 in order to 2008 just before becoming this keyboardist with regard to Wild Flag.

History

The existence regarding Wild Flag was primary publicised simply by Carrie Brownstein by means of a blog post on National Public Radio azines All Songs Considered blog, of which the lady was some sort of contributor, within September 2010. She believed of which she acquired named collectively your girlfriend buddies a year ago along with tested out to form a band:

A page appeared to be soon endure the consequences of not much more knowledge about the particular band. No melodies had been placed as well as the biography ended up being limited along with strange: What is the sound of your avalanche obtaining a dolphin? What do acquire any time you cross a hamburger which includes a popular dog? The reply is: WILD FLAG.

Brownstein as well as Timony until now collaborated inside the later part of 1990s, after they were being even now in Sleater-Kinney plus Helium respectively. Their edge undertaking band unveiled one particular EP, , on K Records inside 1999, as well as enjoyed a particular live show inside Olympia. In the particular summer season regarding 2000 these people saved four far more songs for a probable album, but it appeared to be in no way completed. The four tunes remained unreleased until 2008 when Brownstein released these folks on the web by means of National Public Radio ersus Monitor Mix blog.

The first Wild Flag single, had been produced with .

A second single, has been premiered .

Their eponymous debut record is cycle of pertaining to discharge on September thirteen with Merge Records .

Touring

Tour times were announced for that Olympia, Washington to your guests with two hundred fans. This appeared to be the first established moment that admirers from the group of musicians got a chance to listen to what your group of musicians sounded like. Song titles ended up released through lessons from the arranged just like "Racehorse" plus "Future Crimes". The piece moved coming from California during November 2010.

On November 2, 2010, Wild Flag ended up being listed to the South By Southwest site in the primary spherical of invited acts to experience for any event inside March 2011.

Tour dates for your East coastline were announced to the month with March, which includes two appointments within New York City in which they will start regarding Les Savy Fav to do with your happening which they co-curate with December 2011 in Minehead, England.

Discography

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Merge Records Artist Page: Wild Flag

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