Following the release of the album, the band also toured with The Appleseed Cast and Hellogoodbye.
Grace Like Winter has had the opportunity to play a number of different venues across Canada, and with a number of different bands, including: Poison The Well, The End, Martyr AD, Grade, Figure Four, The Appleseed Cast, Moneen, and many more.
In the meantime Tiger Style faced financial difficulties and dropped their entire roster, including The Appleseed Cast after just one album.
•
The album showed progression from the dynamics-heavy rock of The End of the Ring Wars.
•
Some viewed the album with dismay, regarding the more conventional song structures, the less diverse sonic palette and the personal, relationship-driven lyrics as a blatant retreat after the no-holds-barred experimentation, depth and complexity of Low Level Owl.
•
On the same day, the site announced that The Appleseed Cast would be touring with labelmates Dreamend in Spring 2010, "playing their two classic albums, Low Level Owl Volume I and II back-to-back, each in its entirety".
•
The band formed in 1997 in Southern California with Crisci and Pillar joining bassist Jason Wickersheim and drummer Louie Ruiz under the name December's Tragic Drive (derived from lyrics of the song, "Seven" by Sunny Day Real Estate).
•
The album was a collection of previously unfinished songs recorded shortly after the release of The End of the Ring Wars.
•
However, others saw the album as an assured combination of the driving emo-rock of their early work subtly embellished with elements of Low Level Owls sound.
•
The following year, the band - now billed as The Appleseed Cast - signed to Deep Elm Records out of New York (before relocating to North Carolina) and released their debut album, The End of the Ring Wars, an album which met with considerable approval from the emo and underground scenes, as incendiary tracks like "Marigold & Patchwork" were essentially blueprints for the emo style.
•
The band's predominantly guitar-based music has evolved from intense, heavy emo indebted to such acts as Mineral and Sunny Day Real Estate to a unique "post-rock" sound hinging on inventive, intricate drumming, subtle guitar arpeggios, and a vast range of effects.
•
The album is arguably more eclectic than any previous release in their catalogue, the Low Level Owl indebted instrumental "An Orange and a Blue" sitting alongside the more conventional, guitar-driven "February" and the stark, electronica of "Mountain Halo."
The Appleseed Cast | cast iron | Johnny Appleseed | Cast Away | ensemble cast | The cast of ''Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge''. From left: Saqib Saleem | List of Carry On films cast members | Cast iron | Cast (band) | Cast | cast | ''SNL'' cast | Saint-Cast-le-Guildo | Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording) | Ensemble cast | Die-cast toy | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Cast the First Stone | Cast of the 1979 Steffenwolf production of Ralph Pape's ''Say Goodnight, Gracie'': Joan Allen | Cast a Dark Shadow | CAST | American Cast Iron Pipe Company | West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) | Walk in sculpture park by ''Cast Glances'' by Tony Cragg | Viera Cast | ''Varhey Circle Fountain'', cast concrete fountain by Henry H. Rempel | Vanities' Cast Recording | The Powis Terrace loft where the cast of ''The Real World: London | The One with the Cast of Night Court | The cast of ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'': Jeff Douglas |
Lucas Harrison Oswald (born June 11, 1988) is an American musician, known as a multi-instrumental and vocal contributor to the bands Shearwater, The Appleseed Cast, Minus Story, Hospital Ships, and Old Canes.
Mare Vitalis (Latin for "Sea of Life") is the second full-length album by Lawrence, Kansas-based emo group the Appleseed Cast, released on Deep Elm Records in 2000.
Since August 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like the The Appleseed Cast, Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliott Whitmore.
The band has since shared the stage with notable national and international acts like The Appleseed Cast, The Morning Benders, Neon Trees, Film School, Vetiver, Pela, Figurines, The Pack A.D., Starlight Mints, Dappled Cities, Polysics, Loquat, and LoveLikeFire.
•
Designating themselves "cinematic post-rock," the band describes their sound as bridging the typically instrumental rock sounds of influences such as Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, with the highly effected guitar and vocal sounds of bands like The Appleseed Cast, Ride, Slowdive, and Swervedriver.
Tijuana Crime Scene was a short-lived supergroup featuring members of Spoon, Hot Rod Circuit, The Golden Republic, The Anniversary and The Appleseed Cast.