Precious Fathers is a

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instrumental post-rock

shoegazer Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

ensemble,/ based in

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. Its members are linked to other projects, including

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Loscil Loscil is the electronic/ ambient music project of Scott Morgan from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Morgan launched the project in Vancouver in 1998 while a member of the multimedia collective Multiplex, which curated audiovisual events at a ...

, Sparrow and The Battles. Their music combines pulsating rhythms with multiple guitar effects and dynamic volume shifts.

History

Guitarists Tim Loewen and Jaret Penner, along with drummer Josh Lindstrom and Paul Goertzen, founded Precious Fathers. In 2005, the band released their self-titled first album through the White Whale label."Vancouver's Precious Fathers Drop Their First Album in Four Years"
''Exclaim!'', By Josiah Hughes. Jun 03, 2009 The album received some airplay on campus and community radio stations. The band performed that year in Toronto. Precious Fathers' second album, ''Alluvial Fan'', was released in 2009, and was streamed online. In June the album appeared on !earshot's community and campus radio Top 50 Chart. That year the band performed locally in Vancouver.

Discography

Albums

*2005 ''

Precious Fathers Precious Fathers is a Canadian instrumental post-rock shoegazer ensemble,/ based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its members are linked to other projects, including Destroyer, Loscil, Sparrow and The Battles. Their music combines pulsating rhythm ...

''"New and Notable Releases"
''Now Toronto'', by Luca Lucarini September 15, 2005 *2009 ''

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References

External links

Precious Fathers
official website
Precious Fathers
at MySpace {{Authority control Musical groups with year of establishment missing Musical groups from Vancouver Canadian post-rock groups