Luke Wyland

Luke Wyland is the multi-instrumentalist behind Portland, Oregon experimental pop group Au. [cite news
url = http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=63047491
title = AU To Use Their "Verbs"
author = Michael Tedder
work = College Music Journal
date = 2008-04-09
accessdate = 2008-04-11] Begun back in 2005 while finishing up his degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and moved across the country to find its roots in the thriving community of Portland, OR. It is now a working live band with an ever changing roster of players that currently includes Jonathan Sielaff on guitar, clarinets and saw (Parenthetical Girls, Nick Jaina), and Dana Valatka on drums (Jackie-O_Motherfucker, Mustaphamond)- and has been blessed by the help of Mark Kaylor (Hamor of Hathor, CexFucx), Becky Dawson (Saw Whet, Ah Holly Fam’ly) and Sarah Winchester (A Weather) on its recordings.

Its debut album was praised by such media centers as Pitchfork, and Stereogum; and was named #2 Portland Album of 2007 by the Portland Mercury- which said Au “manages to erase the high art/low art boundary between American contemporary classical music and American pop music, blending them into a simple, compelling, verse-chorus celebration…(and) is the rare band that can reinvent its songs live and still manage to match their recorded quality." [ [http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=349423&category=237893 Music - Our Town Could Be Your Life - Au - Portland Mercury ] ]

Au will be releasing its second album, "Verbs", in June 2008 with Aagoo Records and Force Field PR.

Discography

;Albums
* "peaofthesea" (2005) as "luc"
* "Au" (2007)
* "Verbs" (2008)

;Singles
* "RR vs. D" (2008)

Notes

References

* Harvey, Eric (July, 2007) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43946-au]
* Nadelle, David (December, 2007) [http://tinymixtapes.com/article4966,4966]

External links

* [http://au-au-au.com Official website]
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