- The Folk Implosion【 4 albums 40 lyrics 】
- The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock/lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. The name is a play on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
History
The band's status was relatively obscure before Larry Clark's film Kids, and its soundtrack, most of which contained original compositions by Barlow and Davis. 'Natural One', one of the songs from the soundtrack, became a hit single. It peaked at no. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, no. 4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts and no. 20 on the Mainstream Rock Charts. The track peaked at no. 45 in the UK Singles Chart. Though the band attempted to duplicate the success of that song, their subsequent albums and singles were not as successful. In 1995, the band contributed the song 'Indierockinstrumental' to Red Hot + Bothered, a benefit album for people with AIDS, produced by the Red Hot Organization.
In 1996, the band covered the song 'I'm Just a Bill' from Schoolhouse Rock! for the tribute album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks as 'Deluxx Folk Implosion'.
After Davis left the band in 2000, Barlow recruited Russ Pollard and Imaad Wasif from the band Alaska! to record The New Folk Implosion. In 2002, the band appeared as the backing musicians for the main character played by Alessandro Nivola in the film Laurel Canyon.
The band has not been active since 2004.
Discography
Albums
Take a Look Inside (Communion Label, 1994)
Dare to Be Surprised (Communion Label, 1997)
One Part Lullaby (Interscope, 1999)
The New Folk Implosion (Domino, 2003)
Singles and EPs
Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion cassette (Chocolate Monk, 1993)
Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion 7' EP (Drunken Fish, 1994)
'Electric Idiot' (Ubik, 1995)
'Natural One' (London, 1995)
'Palm of My Hand' (Communion Label, 1996)
The Folk Implosion (EP) (Communion Label, 1996)
'Pole Position' (Communion Label, 1997)
'Insinuation' (Communion Label, 1997)
'Free to Go' (Domino, 2000)
'Brand of Skin' (Domino, 2003)
'Pearl' (Domino, 2003) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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One Part Lullaby
2008-01
1.My Ritual
2.One Part Lullaby
3.Free To Go
4.Serge (Provided)
5.E.z.l.a.
6.Mechanical Man
7.Kingdom Of Lies8.Gravity Decides
9.Chained To The Moon
10.Merry Go Down
11.Someone You Love
12.No Need To Worry
13.Back To The Sunrise -
The New Folk Implosion
2003-03
1.Fuse
2.Brand Of Skin
3.Pearl
4.Releast
5.End Of Henley6.Coral
7.Leaving It Up To Me
8.Creature Of Salt
9.Easy -
Dare To Be Surprised
1997-04
1.River Devotion (Provided)
2.Pole Position
3.Wide Web (Provided)
4.Insinuation
5.Barricade
6.That's The Trick (Provided)
7.Checking In (Provided)8.Cold Night (Provided)
9.Park Dub (Provided)
10.Burning Paper
11.Blank Paper (Provided)
12.Ball And Chain (Provided)
13.Fall Into November (Provided)
14.Dare To Be Surprised (Provided) -
Miscellaneous
1.Natural One (Lance Herbstrong remix)
2.Natural One (DJ Shadow remix)3.Insinuation (Dust Brothers remix)
4.Free to Go (edit)
【Correction of errors in the album information】