UNKLE Take a Dip in Lake Trout

Posted on Nov 19th 2008 2:00PM by Benjy Eisen
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Fresh from a year and a half performing as UNKLE's live band, Mike Lowry, Matt Pierce, and James Griffith have happily revved the engines back up for their own band, Lake Trout.

"I guess it's no secret that Lake Trout has kind of been off the map for awhile," Lowry said. "I can really offer no reason for this except that we wanted to take a break and see what else is going on the world and to just kind of get on with living."

In their time, Lake Trout achieved cult status in the Northeast touring circuit as an improvisational-heavy live band that could deftly attack hip-hop, electronica, jazz-fusion and even Radiohead-rock all in turn, without a net. Now that they're up and running again, at least partially, the band is releasing a live album, which will be available as a free download. The compilation will serve as the inaugural release from the Biggest Label Ever, a new venture which plans to offer free music supported entirely by advertising.

Lake Trout will also return to a few of their favorite haunts for a short run of shows in December. "I feel like Ron Howard when the sad day arrived and 'Arrested Development' got cancelled because middle America is full of humorless morons when he said 'Please tell everyone you know to watch this show!!!'" writes Lowry on the band's website. "Same goes for all you lot ... ok?"