The Wooing of Loud Lucy
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The band plays a dramatic and crisp Nirvana-derived rock, with Lane’s young but rapidly evolving songwriting skills the kicker. Worried about their development and the possibility of getting swallowed up by a large corporation, Lane, bassist Tommy Furar, and drummer Mark Doyle retained the ability to put out material not on Geffen. “It’s a Michael Jordan clause,” says Lane. (Arrangements like this–brandished most famously by Beck, whose deal with Geffen lets him release what he wants where he wants–are fast becoming the contract clause du jour in indie music. Geffen, the home of Sonic Youth and Nirvana, Hole and Urge Overkill as well as Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses, has made a fortune or two off alternative rock by letting artists do this.) A single from March Records (“I’ll Wait” b/w “I Don’t Think”) will be out soon, and Lane also said the band hopes to put out an EP of already recorded material on March this summer. When, how, where, and with whom the band’s first Geffen record will be done is up in the air; Lane says the group still think the world of Seattle producer Jack Endino (known for recording Nirvana’s Bleach for $600 in production costs), who recorded a set of demos with them already. “Jack’s been through everything with us,” Lane says. “He knows where we came from, where we’re going, and what we want to do.”
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