{"title":"Lync","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"these-are-not-fall-colors-5","title":"These Are Not Fall Colors","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeluxe edition of These Are Not Fall Colors comes pressed on 180g vinyl and packaged in a gatefold cover with printed inner sleeves and expanded artwork by Jesse LeDoux. Also features an 18x24 poster with extensive liner notes by Brian Cook. Side C has a locked groove + DL card included. Altogether, this new version not only brings this celebrated classic back into analog libraries of old fans, it also provides new context and appreciation for Lync’s ongoing impact on both a local and international level. When the grunge explosion of the early ‘90s elevated Seattle’s flannel-clad misfits out of the divey clubs of downtown and into the mainstream, a new generation of restless artists filled the void left in the Pacific Northwest’s underground music scene. The under-21 crowd making music in the wake of Nevermind seemed even less enamored with the slick production values, classic rock nods, and testosterone-fueled moshing culture that came with the Zeitgeist, favoring their own kind of Revolution Summerstyle pivot away from the popular sounds of the era towards a more emotionally nuanced, melodic, and inclusive style of punk. The Puget Sound trio Lync perfectly captured the spirit of that era, blending the passionate chaos of the DC and San Diego scenes with the rough-hewn DIY pop sensibilities of Olympia’s thriving indie community into one unified sound. Though they were only a band for two years, they helped define the next era of the Northwest underground, inspiring countless other artists and instigating the creation of beloved records from the region. After being out of print for over a decade, the band’s sole LP These Are Not Fall Colors has been remastered and expanded into a 2xLP with the inclusion of “Can’t Tie Yet” a compilation track from the album’s recording session into a deluxe edition available courtesy of Suicide Squeeze Records. Originally released on K Records in the summer of ’94 just a few months before the band called it quits, These Are Not Fall Colors is a boisterous collection of scrappy basement-show anthems played on duct-taped-together gear. Led by the off-kilter melodies of late singer\/guitarist Sam Jayne and hammered into place by the driving bass of James Bertram and drum battery of David Schneider, the album’s eleven songs channel that undefinable sound of the early ‘90s before descriptors like “post-hardcore” and “emo” became pejorative terms. Sure, you get a sense of the more sophisticated midtempo punk approach on songs like “B” and “Silverspoon Glasses,” and maybe catch wind of wistful songwriting on “Pennies to Save” and “Cue Cards,” but Lync seemed to cull their ideas from whatever bits of inspiration they could find in the gray gloom and geographic isolation of western Washington, absorbing it all and churning it together into a style uniquely their own. Despite Lync’s short existence, modest aspirations, and DIY approach, their work had a ripple effect. Jayne would go on to make music under the moniker of Love As Laughter. Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch was so enamored by the album that he enlisted Bertram and Schneider to serve as his rhythm section on the There’s Nothing Wrong with Love tour. These Are Not Fall Colors engineer Phil Ek would go on to help record and produce records by Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, and The Shins. Early bassist Isaac Brock and These Are Not Fall Colors album art contributor Jeremiah Green would go on to form Modest Mouse. Bertram and Green would also go on to form the revered indie rock group Red Stars Theory. At times it feels like you could pick any major Northwest indie rock group from the ‘90s and ‘00s and trace their DNA back to Lync\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suicide Squeeze","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50402117583179,"sku":"2182364","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Lync_-_These_Are_Not_Fall_Colors_1a61aeb3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726532719"},{"product_id":"these-are-not-fall-colors","title":"These Are Not Fall Colors","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeluxe edition of \u003ci\u003eThese Are Not Fall Colors\u003c\/i\u003e comes pressed on 180g vinyl and packaged in a gatefold cover with printed inner sleeves and expanded artwork by Jesse LeDoux. Also features an 18x24 poster with extensive liner notes by Brian Cook. Side C Has A Locked Groove and Download Card Included. Altogether, this new version not only brings this celebrated classic back into analog libraries of old fans, it also provides new context and appreciation for Lync’s ongoing impact on both a local and international level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the grunge explosion of the early ‘90s elevated Seattle’s flannel-clad misfits out of the divey clubs of downtown and into the mainstream, a new generation of restless artists filled the void left in the Pacific Northwest’s underground music scene. The under-21 crowd making music in the wake of Nevermind seemed even less enamored with the slick production values, classic rock nods, and testosterone-fueled moshing culture that came with the Zeitgeist, favoring their own kind of Revolution Summer-style pivot away from the popular sounds of the era towards a more emotionally nuanced, melodic, and inclusive style of punk. The Puget Sound trio Lync perfectly captured the spirit of that era, blending the passionate chaos of the DC and San Diego scenes with the rough-hewn DIY pop sensibilities of Olympia’s thriving indie community into one unified sound. Though they were only a band for two years, they helped define the next era of the Northwest underground, inspiring countless other artists and instigating the creation of beloved records from the region. After being out of print for over a decade, the band’s sole LP \u003ci\u003eThese Are Not Fall Colors\u003c\/i\u003e has been remastered and expanded into a 2xLP with the inclusion of “Can’t Tie Yet” a compilation track from the album’s recording session into a deluxe edition available courtesy of Suicide Squeeze Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on K Records in the summer of ’94 just a few months before the band called it quits, \u003ci\u003eThese Are Not Fall Colors\u003c\/i\u003e is a boisterous collection of scrappy basement-show anthems played on duct-taped-together gear. Led by the off-kilter melodies of late singer\/guitarist Sam Jayne and hammered into place by the driving bass of James Bertram and drum battery of David Schneider, the album’s eleven songs channel that undefinable sound of the early ‘90s before descriptors like “post-hardcore” and “emo” became pejorative terms. Sure, you get a sense of the more sophisticated mid-tempo punk approach on songs like “B” and “Silverspoon Glasses,” and maybe catch wind of wistful songwriting on “Pennies to Save” and “Cue Cards,” but Lync seemed to cull their ideas from whatever bits of inspiration they could find in the gray gloom and geographic isolation of western Washington, absorbing it all and churning it together into a style uniquely their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite Lync’s short existence, modest aspirations, and DIY approach, their work had a ripple effect. Jayne would go on to make music under the moniker of Love As Laughter. Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch was so enamored by the album that he enlisted Bertram and Schneider to serve as his rhythm section on the \u003ci\u003eThere’s Nothing Wrong with Love\u003c\/i\u003e tour. \u003ci\u003eThese Are Not Fall Colors\u003c\/i\u003e engineer Phil Ek would go on to help record and produce records by Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, and The Shins. 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The early ‘90s Olympia trio Lync harnessed the same raw energy and passionate discord of the era’s San Diego and DC chapters of post-hardcore while building their songs on the foundation of the Pacific Northwest indie rock scene’s clever hooks and sophisticated melodies. In celebration of the recent reissue of Lync’s sole LP, These Are Not Fall Colors, singer-songwriter David Bazan has re-envisioned the album opener “B” under his Pedro the Lion moniker, stripping away the celebratory distortion and riotous clamor of the original for a hushed acoustic rendition in line with Bazan’s most austere slow- core moments. Paired together as a 7” single on Suicide Squeeze Records, these two versions of “B” highlight the multifaceted power of the original song, with Pedro the Lion’s version elevating its fundamental melodic weight, idiosyncratic chord structure, and poetic power, and the original Lync version reminding us how their distinctive brand of expressive dissonance and adrenalized execution transformed their cerebral pop songs into jagged masterpieces of the post-Nevermind punk underground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suicide Squeeze","offers":[{"title":"Purple 7\"","offer_id":50971645641035,"sku":"2231262","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Pedro_The_Lion__Lync_-_B_7_e0a3b7f4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1734104930"},{"product_id":"cue-cards-2","title":"Cue Cards","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike so many bands that cut their teeth playing basements, rental halls, and teen centers around the Puget Sound in the early ‘90s, the Olympia trio \u003cstrong\u003eLync\u003c\/strong\u003e may have had similar roots to the local rock heroes of the era but were conscientiously averse to the trappings of mainstream success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLync\u003c\/strong\u003e kept the grit, the shouted vocals, and the rough hewn choruses, but eschewed the machismo and metal swagger. 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