The Lost Patrol

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Lost Patrol

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Origin = Piermont
Genre = Gothic
Shoegazing
Folk Experimental
Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Kalinkaland Records
URL = [http://www.thelostpatrol.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Stephen Masucci
Michael Williams
Mollie Israel
Seth Clifford
Past_members =
Danielle Kimak-Stauss

Gail Buchanan

John Rarrick

Don Snook

Joe Pascrell

Carrie Ingber

The Lost Patrol is an American rock 'n' roll band whose music falls into the categories of experimental, gothic, folk, shoegazing and "surf-a-billy." The band uses 12-string acoustic guitars, Moog and other synthesizers.

The band currently consists of Stephen Masucci, Mollie Israel, Michael Williams and Seth Clifford. They began writing their own music in 1999, with two members touring as an instrumental duo at that time. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/03/AR2005080300739.html "Live! Lost Patrol," Washington Post, 4 August, 2005] ] Prior to forming this band, Masucci had music in two films by Hal Hartley, "Flirt" and "The Book of Life".

The Lost Patrol has garnered praise from critics and supporters of independently produced music, most notably WFMU DJ Irwin Chusid, who featured the band on his show, "Gender Bias," and Chusid's WFMU colleague Bob Brainen, who devoted an entire program to the band's songs. [ [http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=8541 "The Bob Brainen Show," WFMU-FM, 16 August, 2003] ] The Lost Patrol has been featured on many radio stations around the U.S. that highlight independent recording artists. Their most recent album is "Launch And Landing", which music critic Chris Gerard named as one of the Top 20 Albums of 2007. [ [http://www.nbc4.com/dcscene/14824077/detail.html "The Best Albums Of 2007," NBC4.com] ]

Personnel

Current members:
* Stephen Masucci (all guitars, synths, lap steel, bass, programming)
* Mollie Israel (vocals, harp, percussion)
* Michael Williams (12-string acoustics, keyboards, vocals)
* Seth Clifford - (drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar)

Discography

* "Midnight Matinée" (2008)
* "Launch And Landing" (2007)
* "Lonesome Sky" (2005)
* "High Noon" (2004)
* "Off Like A Prom Dress" (2003)
* "Scattered, Smothered & Covered" (2002)
* "Creepy Cool" (2001)
* "The Lost Patrol" (instrumentals) (1999)

The Lost Patrol also appear on the compilation albums:
* Innocence is Bliss (Dionysus Records, 2006)
* WFMU Gone Wild DVD (2005)
* WBJB "The Night" NJ/NPR Local Artists Sampler (2005)
* 2NMC Festival Sampler, Nashville New Music Festival (2001)

Film Soundtrack

The Lost Patrol provided the music soundtrack to Ryan Dacko’s documentary feature film "Plan 9 from Syracuse" [ [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=10459 “Plan 9 from Syracuse,” Film Threat, 14 December 2007] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.thelostpatrol.com thelostpatrol.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lostpatrol The Lost Patrol on MySpace]
* [http://www.kalinkaland.de/new/index.php?page=artists.patrol The Lost Patrol on Kalinkaland Records]