Brooklyn's Edmund II will see national release of debut solo LP 6/26!

Photo: Sarah Pasell

Currently residing in Brooklyn, New York, Edmund II began developing his approach to music in the underground rock scenes of the Midwest. Forming the cello-rock band Utah! in '98, and touring US and Canada, Edmund II has shared stages w/ Guided by Voices, The Lemonheads, Ted Leo, Promise Ring, Murder City Devilsand Menomena. After relocating to North Carolina, he commenced “rocking out” through various projects and cameos, performing alongside and collaborating with The Rosebuds, Bowerbirds, and Megafaun. 

With a tasteful chord palate, Edmund II has gracefully evolved from rock and roll beginnings. He creates a very lush, mystical, and beautifully dark environment for his music with influences ranging from bossanova guitar to Tortoise to The Cure to Sigur Ros to Shellac.

 

After a substantial writing sabbatical in the fall of '09, Edmund II began the recordings for his first solo project. Conceptually in the making for three years, Edmund II's Floating Monk is a carefully crafted tale. Mixed and produced at Stratosphere Sound Studio by Arjun Agerwala (Depeche Mode, Ted Leo) and mastered at The Lodge by Joe Laporta (Foo Fighters, The Shins, Dum Dum Girls), the album is an artful balance of atmosphere and pop, but heavy in all the right places. Think Nick Drake meets Nick Cave meets Slowdive...surrounded by Doves.

Artist -  Edmund II

Album - Floating Monk
Release Date - June 26, 2012

Label - self-released

Tracklist:

01. Golden Lung

02. Knock Out

03. Riptide

04. Rosella

05. Clouds Came to the Street

06. Oxitine

07. High Tide & Wide Eyed

08. Lost Our Shape

09. Statues

10. Sabato

11. Woven Throat

12. Avere Sonno