morc records - fields of gaffney

Most of you remember Eric Gaffney as the co-founder of Sebadoh, the band that turned out to be one of the most important acts of the 90's. Eric started the band in 1989 with lou barlow. Eric signed for most of the electric songs from the early area, which resulted in records as III, smash your head on the punkrock, and bubble&scrape, which still is an all-time favorite here at the morc office.

in 1994, eric left the band. as various people said: "seconds before the band got huge". The next five years passed without any new gaffney-output, though he kept recording during that time.

Since then, Eric has performed as a solo artist around the Northeast usa, and nearly signed to Sub Pop, Domino and Atlantic (but didn't) before forming Fields of Gaffney in 1998. In 1999, the Atlanta-based label Old Gold released "Brilliant Concert Numbers", a collection of solo recordings spanning a decade. Favorable reviews followed in Alternative Press and Magnet, among others, and the record made a few top 20 lists on college radio (including KAOS, Olympia and WMBR, Cambridge). In Winter 2000, Sub Pop released a limited 7" featuring "Cold Weather" and "Twilight" in the prestigious singles club on blue vinyl.

In 2001, the group relocated from Western Massachusetts to San Francisco. The current line-up includes Jessica Cowley (Run For Cover Lovers) and Richard Marshall (The Slings, Carlos!, Alice Donut). The band performed regulary in the san francisco area, and toured throughout the south of the us earlier this year, during which the band did shows with jason loewenstein (also ex-sebadoh!) mike watt, (smog) and daniel johnston. a new record "nature walk" was released independently in march 2003.

early 2004, morc released a split 7" of fields of gaffney and pernath. both bands contribute two songs, those of fields of gaffney being ' wanna be with you' and 'cold weather' - a great single that contributes to the legend that mr. Gaffney is...

Fields of Gaffney / Pernath: "split single"
7 " ep - released february 2004

four new songs bringing the lofi-era back to life. Fields of gaffney is the new band of Eric gaffney, co-founder of sebadoh. though his releases over the past ten years have been very rare, he has lost nothing of his songwriting talents: these songs can easily stand the comparison with the songs he wrote for the critically acclaimed albums 'III' and 'bubble and scrape'. this is his first single since his contribution to sub pop's singles club in 2000.

Two new Pernath-hits as well. songs about mad cows and saying goodbye in spanish - for fans of swearing at motorists. a welcome follow-up to their split single with bingo trappers,wio and mongrell

4 €/ + 6 $

-> klick on cover for details two song samples
-> mp3 sample: wanna be with you (32 secs sample)
-> Pernath website

uncharted waters cd old gold records / handmade records 07	cosmic chicken cdr self released	nature walk cdr self released	brilliant concert numbers cd old gold records
cold weather 7" january 2000 issue in the sub pop singles club Sub pop v2 #22
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official homepage:
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/ericgaffney