Lórien

The story

myspace.com/lorien Lórien happened by accident. They are a hodgepodge of friends, musicians and strangers that quickly found the closest family in each other. It didn’t take long for ideas and musings to mold themselves into the dark, quirky and undeniably catchy sound that is Lórien today. Lórien stumbled onto its genesis in the late summer months of 2005. Since then, they have released two e.p.’s independently and are gearing up the release of their highly anticipated full length, “Esque.

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

Tap the heart on the board while a song plays and it lands here. Listeners who keep their listening private are counted, never named.

Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Lórien in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Lórien in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Lórien

• Taylor Swiftsame scene: indie
• Björksame scene: indie
• Nirvanasame scene: indie
• The Beatlessame scene: indie
• The Curesame scene: indie
• Radioheadsame scene: indie
• Depeche Modesame scene: indie
• Frank Zappasame scene: indie
• Elton Johnsame scene: indie
• Nine Inch Nailssame scene: indie
• Pearl Jamsame scene: indie
• U2same scene: indie

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Lórien’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.