Staynless was a post-hardcore band from Memphis, Tennessee. Like a lot of the bands we have been posting lately, the history behind Staynless remains a relative mystery to me. What I do know is that they put out a fair number of recordings and were talented enough to attract the attention of Steve Albini, who engineered their full length CD. Staynless has a sound that mixes the spidery post-hardcore sounds of bands like Slint, Dis and Shellac with the coiled and anxious intensity of hardcore bands like The Exploder and Engine Down. Mixing the diverse sounds of the Louisville and Richmond scenes is no easy task but Staynless does it in effortless fashion, creating some really compelling and underrated tracks.
Just like Barrel, who I covered here before, Staynless seems to be one of those bands that could compete with the best of the best on the cutting edge of the underground post-hardcore scene; they just never really got the credit or attention they deserved.
Staynless 7" 1997
Snowfields & Sand Dunes 7" 1997 (Smooth Lips)
Transistor Theory and Circuits Made Simple 1998 (Undecided Records)
Old Salt 7" 2002 (Soul Is Cheap)
No comments:
Post a Comment