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Hometown: New York, NY
Label: None
Management: Ed Colavito
Website: thelostpatrol.com
Sounds Like: Cocteau Twins, Mazzy Star, Asobi Seksu, Blonde Redhead, Angelo Badalamenti
Genre: Alternative
The Lost Patrol began in the late 1990's as an experimental project of soundtrack music. The band consists of musicians/writers Mollie Israel, Stephen Masucci and Michael Williams. Their music is characterized by lush, resounding electric and acoustic guitars, deep synth textures and, most importantly, hauntingly distinctive female vocals.
Although some of the names and faces have changed over the band’s brief history, their signature eclectic soundscapes and captivating timelessness remained a constant throughout their vast body of work. It was only after finding vocalist Mollie Israel in early 2008 that The Lost Patrol gained a new strength and consistency in both the writing and performing they needed to complete their most powerful lineup to date. Assisting in the bands recording efforts over the years is Grammy Award winning engineer Larry Alexander, who has worked with other notables such as Sisters of Mercy, Suicide, and David Bowie.
Over the past few years, their albums "Midnight Matinee" (2008) and "Dark Matter" (2010) have received much critical acclaim. Both albums reached the #1 slot for multiple weeks on various CMJ charts. Additionally, these releases made several top album lists of 2008 and 2010, respectively. The band has been featured in New York’s longstanding music magazine, The Big Takeover and were given nods from Magnet Magazine on the video work for their songs "Nobody There" and "Calling Your Own Name", both of which were directed by Mollie Israel. The Lost Patrol's music has also received positive recognition from fans and critics around the globe, including Australia, Serbia, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Peru - transcending the borders of nations and genres and creating a world of its own.
Since early 2010, The Lost Patrol have been gaining momentum with music placement in The CW's hit television show 'Gossip Girl', and noted film director Hal Hartley's new project 'Meanwhile'. The band will also appear on the big screen in writer/director Amy Heckerling's new film 'Vamps' (2012) with tracks from their albums 'Midnight Matinee', 'Dark Matter' and some new music from their 2011 release 'Rocket Surgery.
The Lost Patrol continues to grow and evolve with their elegant mixture of cinematic soundscapes and retro-futuristic pop, playing live performances on both the east and west coasts. Some of their favorite tour spots include New York, Nashville, Detroit, and Los Angeles, where they have had the immense pleasure of playing the 2011 Sunset Music Festival.
“These songs promise an even richer experience than the band’s earlier albums. With each release, The Lost Patrol gets better.
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Matt Rowe - The Morton Report
“There's much to find in the highways & backwoods of The Lost Patrol.”
Ted Chase - QRO Magazine
“Lost Patrol are busting out of any anglophile-oriented, post-dreampop, guitar-effect-dominated, 4AD-ish ghetto; Rocket is sprawling, glistening music as full of bursting beauty as 11 red roses springing open—and as dazzling as their World’s Fair (Queens) at supernova-dusk sleeve. Wow.”
Jack Rabid - THE BIG TAKEOVER
“The most significant thing about the Lost Patrol's Rocket Surgery is it has a uniqueness that reminds you of those few experiences when you first heard something that opened your ears, eyes and mind to a new way of thought and emotion. Familiar but never derivative, it suggests that magical time of youth when your imagination could be set afire, transporting you to another space and time. Exploring vast, strange landscapes, Rocket Surgery combines the best of memory and offers something distinctive and fresh, highly recommended.
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Eric Petersen - Rust Zine
“While the album does cast a mood over the listener as if some type of harmless happy gas is wafting from the speakers, the songs shift from dreamy and playful to aggressive and violent without breaking character. Like a good film, “Rocket Surgery” gets reality out of the way for a few minutes.
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Jon Dawson - The Kinston Press
“Like classic film noir, the music of The Lost Patrol wraps doom and gloom in a smoothly stylish cloak of seductive romantic intrigue, and Rocket Surgery is no exception to a rule this band made and will never break.
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Will "The Thrill" Viharo - RETROSPECT MAGAZINE
“The fresh scent of an acidic rain coated black top, your head huddled beneath the heaviest of hazes formed via the amalgamation of oceanic foam and a cool breeze washing over the coast, unsure of where you’ll end up or what will meet you around the next bend. The uncertainty is as comforting as the churning mist is captivating, and that’s what experiencing The Lost Patrol full-length, Rocket Surgery, is like. The cavernous collection of musical artistry and smoke smothered Surf-Rock numbers would suffice nicely in a late-night vampiric cabaret...”
Chris Rotolo - SPEAK INTO MY GOOD EYE
“... As usual, Gossip Girl music delivers! Gossip Girl songs featured in this episode include Sorta’s “Gone Away,” Miss Eighty 6’s “Horror Story,” New Young Pony Club’s “Oh Cherie,” The Lost Patrol’s “On The Run,” Alana D’s “Turn it Up,” The Black Keys’ “Tighten Up” and Miss Mercury’s “One Night Only.” Hot Chip contributes two Gossip Girl songs: “Keep Quiet” and “One Life Stand.””
Gossip Girl TV
“Guitars still shimmer with almost endless reverb, but the individual songs clearly demonstrate more variety in construction, both instrumentally and vocally.”
Russ Elliot - Musical Discoveries
“4 out of 5 Stars
The Lost Patrol has created a lot of buzz with each release and performance. As they mature, their music becomes so much more defined and distinctive. With their new album, Midnight Matinee, The Lost Patrol ups the ante of indie Rock and Roll.
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Matt Rowe - Music Tap
"Ethereal, mysterious, achingly beautiful"
Chris Gerard - NBC4.com
