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The Edmund Fitzgerald

The Edmund Fitzgerald was a math rock band from Oxford that is best known for being the predecessor of math pop (and later, indie rock) band Foals. The Edmund Fitzgerald’s sound was less poppy than what Foals would later be, and their music is centered around dynamic, long-form songs (in the post-rock style). Some of the band’s music (q.v. the first six tracks off of the “[compiled demos]”) warrants use of the midwest emo label here, for the dynamism combined with twinkly guitars, the vocal style, and punk attitude suggest it — a comparison could perhaps be made to The Van Pelt. Their other music is more clearly math rock, focusing on the interplay of noodly guitars (sometimes clean, sometimes distorted) with athletic drumming, in a style comparable to bands like The Purkinje Shift and Don Caballero (although not instrumental, unlike those two bands). In 2005, Lina Simon quit the band, opting not to pursue a musical career at the time. Yannis Philippakis and Jack Bevan would go on to form Foals.

Gallery of images associated with The Edmund Fitzgerald:

• Yannis & Lina
• Yannis & Jack
• Full band performing
• Kodak of the band
• Another band photo
• Yannis & Jack [1]

notes on the distributions

The tracks on “[compiled demos]” are generally of uncertain date, as none of them were officially released as far as I know. They are probably mostly from 2003, so that is the date used here.

The distributions for “Truck 2003 I am Five”, “The Edmund Fitzgerald / Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies”, “Silver Rocket SR50”, and “Noisestar Sessions #05 And #06” all only contain The Edmund Fitzgerald’s contributions to each of those albums, respectively.

The Edmund Fitzgerald discography

title	[compiled demos]	[V/A] Truck 2003 I am Five	[split] The Edmund Fitzgerald / Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies	[V/A] Silver Rocket SR50	[split] Noisestar Sessions #05 And #06
cover art
other art		reverse side of cover CD		reverse side of cover track listing	reverse side of cover
year	2003	2003	2004	2004	2005
tracklist	1 Bobby Durst 7:05 2 In August 7:40 3 Sarin 5:54 4 It Must've Been the Machine 5:34 5 Dela Hoya 4:12 6 The Cosmonaut 4:20 7 Cans Of Rainwater 8:12 total duration 42:57	1 The Edible 5ft Smiths — Cycle Nova Scotia ??? 2 The Broken Family Band — The Mardi Gras Rescue Mission ??? 3 Finlay — Plastic Cowboy ??? 4 The Edmund Fitzgerald — Eli Cash 7:04 5 Days Of Grace — Solaris ??? 6 Daughters Courageous — Saddest Ever ??? 7 Easy Tiger — Without You Girl ??? 8 Fiel Garvie — Talking A Hole In My Head ??? 9 Chris T-T & KTB — The Tin Man ??? 10 Laura Veirs — Bedroom Eyes ??? 11 Stars Of Aviation — Stars Of Aviation Are Singing About The Summer, But Is It Going To Be Sunny, Carole? ??? 12 Vic Twenty — Kiss You ??? 13 Rachael Dadd — 180 ??? 14 Brotherhood of Fish — Sick Of Goodbyes ??? 15 Winnebago Deal — Two Minute Warning ??? 16 The Epstein-Barr Virus Band — NYC Blues ??? 17 The Amy Matthews Trio ft. Will Bartlett — Joy Is A High Window ??? total duration ???	1 The Edmund Fitzgerald — Horses 4:26 2 Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies — When We Won't Have To Make The Freezing Scene No More ??? total duration ???	1 Joeyfat — Valréas To Villard De Lans (180km) 3:56 2 Stanton — Ripped Up 2:08 3 Ships-A-Going Down — Girl/Ninjo 1:41 4 These Hands — Marvin's Dance 2:56 5 Macrocosmica — Albanian Modes 3:28 6 Spraydog — Get This Way 3:15 7 Torgas Valley Reds — Deep In The Ground 3:18 8 Kaito — Non-Descript 3:04 9 Help She Can't Swim — Knit 1, Pearl 1 1:33 10 Todd — Dangerous Drifter 0:37 11 The Rock Of Travolta — Keep Them All Afraid And They'll Consume 6:05 12 The Scaramanga Six — The Electricity Bill 2:21 13 Pfaff — Lay Down In The Grass 1:30 14 Lords — Baijoul 4:20 15 Fixit Kid — Hand Of God 2:12 16 Part Chimp — Seedsy 3:26 17 Beachbuggy — Nineteen 2:13 18 Querelle — Wind Me Up 3:25 19 The Edmund Fitzgerald — Two Broke Kids Bikes/These Wet Houston Driveways 4:52 20 Cove — Thelonious Monk Vs Melodious Funk 3:33 21 Los Planetos Del Agua — Devoid Of Green 4:52 22 Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies — Radiodistalgesic 7:21 23 Reynolds — Younga (Live At Silver Rocket) 6:00 24 Drop Bear — We Examine 1:06 25 Jullander — Het Blauwe Stad 1:53 26 Audiowhore — Who Died And Made You The Botanist? 4:20 27 Weevil vs The Swedish Chef — Raindrowned 4:34 28 Princess Headbutt — Carving The Iron Moustache Part One 3:05 29 Jet Johnson — Point Of Goodbyes 3:46 30 Mercedes — Sinc (Kevin Shields Mix) 4:05 31 Prague — Needless Talks 3:28 32 Tempertwig — Heartfelt Letter To An Ex-Friend 3:12 33 Radio Stoke — Indoor Skiing 3:20 34 Castro — Blow Out 2:51 35 Magoo — The Silver Surfer 2:57 36 Les Flames! — Une, Deux, Trois, Quatre... 2:23 37 Pilot To Gunner — Get Saved 3:47 38 Team — Racing Line 2:19 39 Oil Red O — Mammoth 1:35 40 Montana Pete — White Lightning 2:50 41 Reverend Pike — Boy Parts 1:44 42 Twinkie — Is It Dieter Or Is It Peter? 2:12 43 Hyper Kinako — Car & Kettle 1:43 44 DJ Downfall — Black Pants 4:05 45 Ann Arbor — Creep Diet 2:58 46 MJ Hibbett — I've Got What You Need 1:56 47 William Elliott Whitmore — From The Cell Door To The Gallows 3:13 48 Econoline — Turn Off The Machines (Live) 2:47 49 Wolves! (Of Greece) — Hey! I Look Good In Jeans (Live) 3:48 50 Hey Colossus — Silver Rocket [Sonic Youth cover] 3:09 total duration ???	1 The Edmund Fitzgerald — My Quiet Hearts Slight Of Hand 11:30 2 Bilge Pump — Storm In A Teardrop 2:55 3 Bilge Pump — Yell The Tell 1:35 4 Bilge Pump — Art Nouveau 1:39 5 Bilge Pump — Rebel Decade 8:12 total duration ???
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