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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

We're Slightly Salted, but we don't care!

There is almost no information anywhere on the Pounding Serfs. I'll tell you literally everything I know. In 1989, K Records put out its fourth release, the self-titled album by Pounding Serfs, produced by Calvin Johnson. Pounding Serfs were formed in the beautiful ocean town of Anacortes, WA, by Jonn Lunsford, Bryan Elliott, Dale Robinson, and Frank Barcott. Jonn Lunsford is the brother of Bret Lunsford, guitarist for Beat Happening and D+. You can definitely hear the kinship between the two's guitar style, very simple, catchy, and with no ear-bleeding guitar solos. At some point, the Pounding Serfs broke up, with members going on to form Gravel, The Crabs, and several other bands that I have never heard of.
Around 1990, a very young Phil Elverum (of The Microphones, Mount Eerie, and D+), saw the Pounding Serfs play in his backyard and fell in love. For years, he had planned to rerelease their out of print lone album on his own label. It looks like he has completely given up on that dream.
In July 2002, Pounding Serfs played a reunion show, at the first annual What-the-Heck-Fest, in Anacortes, WA. I think they also played one of the members' weddings since then. That's it.
As for the music, it's what happens when you grow up in one of the most beautiful places in the world, surrounded by the happiest people in the world, but during the heyday of punk and hardcore. No, it's neither of those things, rather, the Pounding Serfs have the pep of punk, but with the anger replaced by the childlike love of life that you find on Beat Happening or John Denver records. It took me years after seeing them that one time to track down a copy of their record. So here are 3 tracks is the whole album, because I love you so much:


Calling Colleen
Let Go
Slightly Salted
All Day Long
Spend Some Time
No Big Story
She Drove By
Big Foot
Gravel Road Girl
To Go Nowhere

16 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

thanks so much man. i'm a big fan of the microphones/mount eerie and have been wanting to check these guys out for a while.

thanks.

4:48 PM  
Blogger L said...

I'd say it was worth the effort - these guys are great. And THANKS so much for sharing this record with us. Real sorry you ended this blog, but what a gift that you continue to make these postings available for download.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is really wonderful! I can't stop listening to this. Thank you muchly!

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Blogger Mark said...

wow...it's moments like this that an indie rock geek like me lives for. i heard the track 'slightly salted' all of maybe three times in college. my girlfriend at the time had the 45 and put it on a mixtape for my little sister. it's been ringing in my head at odd intervals ever since. didn't think i'd ever actually find it again.

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Anonymous Enkeling said...

thanks, been looking for this!

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Blogger doug said...

Thanks for these! I have the album ( I'm from Anacortes) but you saved me from having to rip the vinyl :) Check out tons of Atown stuff on radiokdug.com

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Blogger Unknown said...

So what year did they form?

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So what year did they form?

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