''In the Presence of Nothing'' is the debut
studio album
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by American
indie rock band
Lilys, co-released in 1992 by
Slumberland Records and
SpinART
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The label was started by Joel Morowitz and Jeff Price in 1991. SpinART ...
. The album was written and recorded in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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.
The album's title is a dig at
Velvet Crush, who released ''In the Presence of Greatness'' the previous year.
The album features Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley backed by members of
Velocity Girl,
the Ropers
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and
Suddenly, Tammy!
Suddenly, Tammy! (sometimes uncapitalized as suddenly, tammy!) was an American indie pop band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Notable for its guitarless, piano-centric lineup, the band released a self-titled album in 1993 on spinART ...
, and the band's early
My Bloody Valentine influence is strongly in evidence, with Jason Ankeny of
AllMusic even going as far as calling the album "the quick follow-up to ''
Loveless
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* ''Loveless'' (film), a 2017 Russian film
* ''The Loveless'', a 1982 film starring Willem Dafoe
* Dr. Loveless, a character in ''The Wild Wild West'' TV series and film adaptation
Literature
* ''Love ...
'' that My Bloody Valentine never made",
and
Douglas Wolk of ''
Trouser Press'' calling it "even more a product of hero-worship".
Ankeny also called the album "a wonderful testament to shoegazing's brief but seminal moment in the sun."
Track listing
All songs written by Lilys.
#"There's No Such Thing as Black Orchids" – 5:14
#"Elizabeth Colour Wheel" – 6:58
#"Collider" – 4:20
#"Tone Bender" – 3:16
#"Periscope" – 5:14
#"It Does Nothing for Me" – 4:08
#"Snowblinder" – 4:34
#"The Way Snowflakes Fall" – 12:09
#"Threw a Day" – 3:44
#"Claire Hates Me" – 4:33
Personnel
*Kurt Heasley – guitar, vocals
*Archie Moore – guitar
*Harold "Bear" Evans – drums
*Mike Hammel – drums
*Ken Heitmueller – backing vocals
*
Beth Sorrentino
Elizabeth Sorrentino is an American pianist and singer-songwriter from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She lives in Los Angeles.
Suddenly, Tammy!
In the early 1990s, Sorrentino, her brother Jay (drums), and high school friend Ken Heitmueller (bass) ...
– backing vocals
*Jay Sorrentino – backing vocals
[Orgera, Alexandra; Saul, James; Howard, Brian, & Rapa, Patrick (2006)]
The Lilys Family Tree
", '' Philadelphia City Paper'', February 16–22, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009
References
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1992 debut albums
Lilys albums