Something about moody electronic music and Twin Peaks just makes sense.
Something about moody electronic music and Twin Peaks just makes sense. And DC’s Lenorable has done an excellent job at combining the two in their most recent video:
Lenorable is a great story of a modern band successfully emulating a number of classic bands. Hints of the cure and New Order ring throughout. Between Lisa Reed Graham’s vocals and Ian Graham’s guitar/electronic work, there is a lot to love in this noisy sound scape.
Ian Graham answered a few of our questions via email about Twin Peaks, being married and being in a band, and what the hell a Leonrable is:
Where does the band name come from?
Lenorable was a nickname given to our singer, Lisa, long before we had ever met. It was part of her GMail address. When we were thinking of names for this project we were starting, it jumped out at me. After that it just sort of stuck.
Why Twin Peaks? How does it relate to you all musically?
We both harbor a minor obsession with David Lynch. We covered “In Heaven, Everything is Fine” from Eraserhead. We were watching Twin Peaks and for some reason the pacing of one particular scene caught my eye. As soon as the episode was over, I grabbed my laptop and started making an edit with our song “Disconnect,” and I think it came together pretty well. Though it is a total spoiler if you haven’t watched the show, which is unfortunate.
Does being married to your band mate make music production harder or easier?
I’ve found that it makes things easier. Once we sorted out our writing and arrangement process, things were good. It’s not as delineated, the way things are when you have band practice Tuesday and Thursday from 7pm to 10pm every week and that’s the only time you have to try things out. But finding our process was a little harder. Every band fights about stuff, and the creative process can be very contentious. We can’t really have angry band practice, because we’re practicing together in our bedroom, but we’ve found ways to collaborate without killing each other.
How receptive has DC been to you all?
I think DC’s had a hard time figuring us out. When we started, we were very much a noise/punk thing, but after we released “The Prince,” we were post-punk or goth-pop. Like, RIYL: Joy Division, Siouxsie, the Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen. But we didn’t want to sound like bands who influenced us, we wanted to sound like us. We started experimenting more with synth sounds and drum samples, we brought back a lot of the noise from our earliest demos, and came to where we are now. We’re making music that won’t appeal to everybody, so maybe the majority of DC won’t be into it — there are plenty of pop bands for people to enjoy — but hopefully there’s a few dozen, or a few hundred people in DC who will hear “Disconnect” and think, “Whatever this is: I like it.”
What’s next for Lenorable?
Our last album came out in July, but this weekend’s show at Black Cat with Technophobia is our first local show since the album’s release. We have a few demos in the works, so hopefully something new will be coming soon.
