Wilderness is an American,

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-based

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, band currently signed to

Jagjaguwar Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Jagjaguwar is a label included in Secretly Group, which also includes ...

. Led by the theatrical, chant-like vocal style and lyrical presence of James Johnson, they are known to create a complex brand of post-punk that heavily recalls mantra-punk pioneers

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and more closely

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. Their debut full-length was recorded, mixed and mastered in May and June 2004, by Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in

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. It was released in July 2005 and has been widely celebrated in

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circles. The band performed at

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in September of that year. On April 11, 2006, the band released their second album, ''

Vessel States ''Vessel States'' is the second studio album by Baltimore band Wilderness. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in the fall of 2005, by Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Co ...

'', which received mixed critiques in comparison to their debut. On November 4, 2008, the band released their third album, ''(k)no(w)here''.

Discography

Albums

*2005: ''

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'' (

) *2006: ''

'' (Jagjaguwar) *2008: ''(k)no(w)here'' (Jagjaguwar)

Singles

*2006: "Living Through / Part Ways EP" (Jagjaguwar)

References

External links

Jagjaguwar band page
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