The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol
Independently seeping into the ears of music aficionados, djs, filmmakers, artists and tastemakers with unwavering suburban sprawl, The Lost Patrol has etched out a name for themselves with their distinct blend of surf-tinged atmospheric twang. They have toured multiple times from their own backyards of the NYC burbs to as far south as Nashville and as far north as Toronto. Moreover, the quartet has been earning airplay from Jersey City to Japan, and gaining fans from Pennsylvania to Transylvania. Still rounding up a slew of great press for their last release High Noon, noted as “shimmering” from renowned music historian Irwin Chusid, the band is spiraling upwards with a forthcoming release - their fifth disc in five years.
A direct descendent from their independent film work (Hal Hartley’s Flirt and The Book of Life), The Lost Patrol uses haunting female vocals carefully framed by melodic acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, drums and occasional dollops of hand percussion. They are noted as combining “dark pop sensibilities” (The Nashville Scene), with a savory bombardment of widescreen instrumentals, surf-laden guitar hooks and tons of atmosphere to create “retro-surf-alternative-cocktail rock” (The Washington Post). Their unique, self-indulgent sound has driven trainspotters to recall spaghetti western movie soundtrackage, blue-eyed soul and shoegazing dream-pop.

The past couple years have been brimming with intense accolades for The Lost Patrol, including an unheard of two years in a row playing for The New Jersey Performing Art Center’s “Sounds of the City” in Newark, sponsored in part by The National Endowment for the Arts. The 2005 summer tour ended with a headlining gig at MUSIKFEST in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The band has also been featured as part of the famed New York City “Loser’s Lounge” series (with a tribute to composer John Barry), and has been invited to play several times at the world famous freeform radio station, WFMU. Their live performance of High Noon’s “Ultimatum” was filmed as part of a documentary for WFMU, and was recently selected to be on its first ever compilation DVD, WFMU Gone Wild. The band was also pressed on another recent compilation for WBJB (NPR) The Night’s, Local Music Sampler. Additionally, Portland Oregon’s CDBABY.com nominated High Noon for the “Just Plain Folks Awards” out of 100,000 plus artists.

Current press includes interviews with The Washington Post and Boston’s MusicCherry.com, in addition to an “exquisite” separate review of their track “Hello” from the latter which was podcasted out of Hoboken Rock City. Other notables include a top ten best CD pick for 2003’s Off Like a Prom Dress for The Aquarian Arts Weekly. The first single from this disc, “Shimmy” was also a top ten hit in the European radio syndication Alternatives out of Serbia & Montenegro. The band has also appeared in Tape Op-The Creative Recording Magazine (Portland, Oregon) and was featured in their column “What’s in the CD player at Tape Op.”

The Lost Patrol will continue to write for inclusion in various media and play venues large and small as their new CD Lonesome Sky hits the airwaves.

Lonesome Sky
High Noon

Off Like a Prom Dress
Scattered Smothered & Covered

Creepy Cool