Cougar (band)

Cougar (band)
Cougar

Press photo of Cougar
Background information
Origin United States
Genres Rock
Post-rock
Experimental
Psychedelic music
Years active 2005 – present
Labels Layered Music
Website cougarsound.com
Members
D.H. Skogen
Dan Venne
Trent Johnson
Aaron Sleator
Todd Hill

Cougar is an instrumental post-rock band from Madison, Wisconsin formed in 2003. Formerly on the Madison-based record label Layered Music (the label of Youngblood Brass Band, of which drummer D.H. Skogen is also a member), Cougar is now signed to London label Ninja Tune.[1] Cougar toured the United States, Europe and the UK on the release of their debut album Law during early 2007, including a well-received show in Madison.[2]

Contents

Discography

Law

Law is Cougar's début album. It was recorded at Layered Studios in Madison and released by Layered Music in Europe in February 2006, and in America release was one year later, on February 20, 2007.[3] It was distributed by Play It Again Sam.

Cover of Cougar's debut record Law
  1. "Atlatl" – 5:36
  2. "One" – 0:49
  3. "Strict Scrutiny" – 5:06
  4. "Pulse Conditioner" – 4:01
  5. "Interracial Dating" – 3:30
  6. "Two" – 0:47
  7. "Your Excellency" – 5:34
  8. "Three" – 0:41
  9. "Lifetime Ranger" – 4:28
  10. "Four" – 0:38
  11. "The Mosaicist" – 5:20
  12. "Black Dove" – 5:43
  13. "Five" – 0:59
  14. "Merit" – 3:39
  15. "Postscript" – 0:47

All tracks written by Cougar.

  • Todd Hill – bass guitar
  • Trent Johnson – guitar
  • DH Skogen – percussion
  • Aaron Sleator – electronics, guitar
  • Dan Venne – guitar
  • John McEntire – additional recording and mixing
  • Satoshi Shinozaki – recording of strings on "Black Dove"
  • Christian Zamora – strings on "Black Dove"

Reviews

Patriot

Patriot is the second studio album by instrumental band Cougar, released in August 2009.

While reception was warm, reviewers tussled with the task of pigeonholing the sound of the album, roll-calling contemporary and influential bands and works. Rock Sound reviewer Dan Morgan illustrated the album's sound: "polyrhythmic Fugazi structures merge delicately with angelic post rock and the sort of even-handed electronica that 65daysofstatic might produce if their parents forced them onto Ritalin."[4] Likewise, Alexander Tudor of Drowned in Sound questioned the categorisation of the band and their sound: "Does the grey area between (guitar-led, crescendo-prone) post-rock and instrumental electronica actually have a name we can agree on… or is this what Simon Reynolds had in mind when he coined post-rock, in the mid-Nineties?"[5] Structurally, he compares the album to Mogwai's Mr. Beast, Bjork and Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia....[5] Writing for the NME, Matt Warwick describes the track "Florida Logic" as "Mars Volta-inspired".[6]

All songs written and composed by Cougar, except "Endings", by Jeff Snyder. 

No. Title Length
1. "Stay Famous"   4:49
2. "Florida Logic"   3:36
3. "Rhinelander"   5:00
4. "Pelourinho"   4:41
5. "Thundersnow"   1:56
6. "Heavy into Jeff"   3:22
7. "Endings"   4:19
8. "This is an Affidavit"   4:11
9. "Appomattox"   4:35
10. "Daunte v. Armada"   4:41
11. "Absaroka"   3:42

Band members[7]

  • David Henzie-Skogen – percussion; recording
  • Todd Hill – bass guitar
  • Trent Johnson – guitar
  • Aaron Sleator – electronics, synths and guitar; recording
  • Dan Venne – guitar; recording
  • Nic Cowles – flute on "Absaroka"
  • Sinead Nic Gearailt – harp on "Pelourinho"
  • James Murray – vocals on "Rhinelander"
  • Nat McIntosh – euphonium on "Absaroka"
  • Daniel Miles – bass clarinet on "This is an Affadavit" and "Absaroka"
  • Scott Pauli – photography and design
  • Amelia Royko – vocals on "Rhinelander"
  • Anna Suechting – French horn on "This is an Affadavit" and "Absaroka"
  • Roger Siebel – mastering
  • Beau Sorenson – mixing
  • Peter Streicher – photography and design

Reviews

Resources

MySpace
Official web site

References

  1. ^ http://www.cougarsound.com/
  2. ^ "Crafty instrumentalists Cougar roared and purred for a big hometown crowd at the High Noon". The Daily Page, Kiki Schueler. 2007-01-30. http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5471. 
  3. ^ "Cougar press kit" (PDF). Cougar. http://www.cougarsound.com/Cougar_Presskit.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  4. ^ a b Morgan, Dan. "Cougar - 'Patriot'". Rock Sound. http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/cougar-patriot. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 
  5. ^ a b c Tudor, Alexander (August 27, 2009). "Review of Patriot". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14611/reviews/4137556. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 
  6. ^ a b Warwick, Matt (August 12, 2009). "Elitist electro gets a sense of party". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/cougar/10762. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 
  7. ^ (2009) Album notes for Patriot by Cougar [Liner notes]. Layered Music.

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