The Life and Times

The Life and Times

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Life and Times
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Kansas City, Missouri
Genre = Alternative rock Alternative metal
Years_active = 2003-present
Label = DeSoto 54 or 40 or Fight! Stiff Slack Records
Associated_acts = Shiner Year of the Rabbit the Stella Link
Current_members = Allen Epley Eric Abert Chris Metcalf
Past_members = John Meredith Mike Meyers

The Life and Times is an independent American alternative and space rock band active in the 2000s.

History

Since August 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like the The Appleseed Cast, Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliot Whitmore. In June 2006, they headlined a two week tour of Spain in support of an eponymous split CD/10", both of which with urgent post-rockers from Barcelona, Nueva Vulcano (ex-Aina).

The Magician EP (Stiff Slack), their fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don't do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2. In October 2006 they headlined a successful Japanese tour in support of The Magician for Stiff Slack Records (Mercury Program, 31 Knots, Shiner, Mates of State), and then a US/Canadian excursion in November and December 2006. Domo.

Late summer 2007 the band began recording a new full length in their own studio and in March 2008 they mixed it with Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO.

The band also has the song "Coat Of Arms" included on the soundtrack of the video game Saints Row 2. [http://community.saintsrow.com/blogs/?p=246]

Discography

*The Flat End of the Earth (EP, 2003, 54 or 40 or Fight Records)
*Suburban Hymns (LP, 2005, DeSoto Records)
*Split w/Nueva Vulcano (EP, 2006, Trece Grabaciones)
*Magician (EP, 2006, Stiff Slack Records)

References

Links

* [http://thelifeandtimes.com/ official site]
* [http://myspace.com/thelifeandtimes official myspace]


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