Let It Come Down is an American
avant-garde
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art rock
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band
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composed of
Kramer (founder of
Shimmy-Disc Shimmy Disc is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, ...
) and
Xan Tyler
Xan Tyler is a British pop singer.
Career
Born and raised in South London, Tyler began her singing career as a backing singer. After working with numerous bands and as a session singer, she signed to Alan McGee's Creation Records as one half ...
on the newly relaunched
Shimmy-Disc Shimmy Disc is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, ...
label, in partnership with
Joyful Noise Recordings
Joyful Noise Recordings is an independent record label from Indianapolis, Indiana. The label was founded in 2003 in Bloomington, Indiana by Karl Hofstetter, who also played drums on many of the label's first releases. Joyful Noise maintains an a ...
.
History
On April 29 2020,
Joyful Noise Recordings
Joyful Noise Recordings is an independent record label from Indianapolis, Indiana. The label was founded in 2003 in Bloomington, Indiana by Karl Hofstetter, who also played drums on many of the label's first releases. Joyful Noise maintains an a ...
named Kramer their 2020 Artist-In-Residence, simultaneously announcing a new partnership with Kramer for the rebirth of his Shimmy-Disc label. The first releases by the newly revived label were to be 3 singles recorded with
Xan Tyler
Xan Tyler is a British pop singer.
Career
Born and raised in South London, Tyler began her singing career as a backing singer. After working with numerous bands and as a session singer, she signed to Alan McGee's Creation Records as one half ...
under project-name Let It Come Down''.'' The release of this triptych was shortly followed by the duo's debut LP, entitled ''Songs We Sang In Our Dreams''.
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Atlantic Records artists
Musical groups established in 1986
Musical groups from New York City
1986 establishments in New York City
Performance art in New York City
Shimmy Disc artists