Lost Sounds was a rock band from

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. Starting in March 1999, the band was made up of Rich Crook on drums, Patrick Jordan on bass,

Jay Reatard James Lee Lindsey Jr. (May 1, 1980 – January 13, 2010), known professionally as Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He was signed to Matador Records. He released recordings as a solo artist and as a member of the Reat ...

on synth, guitar and vocals, and

Alicja Trout Alicja Trout is an American, Memphis-based rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with the synth-heavy Lost Sounds, which she started with Jay Reatard. Her current band, the River City Tanlines, were named an es ...

on synth, guitar and vocals. The band, originally working within the

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genre, had a collection of analog keyboards Trout had used in her previous band The Clears. The bizarre combination of new wave synths and mangled guitars showed a

dark wave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...

influence as well. The band frequently dealt with dark, apocalyptic themes ranging from the Book of Revelation (''Breathing Machine'') to the Columbine High School shootings (''Blackcoats/Whitefear''). The band's last show was in May 2005 in

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. Rich Crook currently writes and records music in the band Lover!Victim of Time piece about Lover! and Rich Crook
/ref> Former band members have since formed Sweet Knives as a self described reboot of Lost Sounds sans the late Jay Reatard.

Discography

*''Lost Sounds 7"'', Solid Sex Lovie Doll, 1999 *''Memphis Is Dead LP'', Bigneck Records, 2000 *''1+1 = Nothing 7"'', Empty Records, 2000 *''Outtakes & Demos Vol. 1'', Contaminated Records, 2001 *''Black-Wave 2xLP'', Empty Records, 2001 *''Demos & Outtakes, Vol. 1'', Hate Records, 2001 *''Demos II'', On On Switch, 2003 *''Rat's Brains & Microchips LP'', Empty Records, 2002 *''Future Touch EP'', In The Red Records, 2004 *''Lost Sounds LP'', In The Red Records, 2004 *''Motocycle Leather Boy 7"'',

Tic Tac Totally Tic Tac Totally was an independent record label run by Matt Clark in Chicago, Illinois. He also runs the "Dumb Audio" zine. Since forming in 2006 Tic Tac Totally has released over 50 records. The label has released LPs and 7"s by punk and garag ...

, 2007 *''Blac Static'',

Fat Possum Records Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Water Valley and Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording previously unknown Mississippi blues artists (typically from Oxford or Holly Sprin ...

, 2011

References

External links

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Lost Sounds at Grunnenrocks
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