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ECS 007: "World of Laos​/​Are You Laos​?​" by LAOS

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No Future 01:54
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Last Words 01:15
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Death 05:19
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AYL7 - Love 05:12
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about

This is a compilation of all of the recordings done by MPLS death-garage freaks LAOS.

LAOS was less of a band and more of a very strange thing that happened roughly three-and-a-half times. In their existence, the band - consisting of Ecstattic regulars Cole Benson and Tim Leick, as well as studio proprietor Ali Jaafar - recorded two albums and played one show. Both albums were recorded in whirlwind fashion, each one being allowed one night for live tracking and one night for vocals and noise overdubs. No guitar overdubs were recorded.

The second - and best - album, World of Laos, was written and recorded in the same night, with Cole and Ali showing the other members their respective songs only moments before the final takes were executed. This resulted in moments of ragged brilliance as well as horrible injury - most memorably, Tim's hand completely locking up halfway through "Last Words," producing the song's jagged, snare-less beat.

The first album, Are You Laos?, is the catchier but less fully-formed of the two, belying the band's origin as a weird joke between its three members. Yet the weirder moments - such as the nonsense sloganeering of "Lunch for Laos" or the bizarrely-named interludes - only serve to obscure, the beating heart of Are You Laos?, i.e. its visceral, emotional core of molten angst. One listen to "Love" or "Bloodless" should prove that.

Ultimately, LAOS disbanded, leaving behind a gore-slicked legacy of songs about death, suicide, lust, ennui, terrible jobs, hand cramps and insecure dads; a legacy, in other words, based on the only things that matter.

Tracks 1-10 taken from World of Laos LP (ECS007)
Tracks 11-17 taken from Are You Laos? LP (ECS 002)

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released August 20, 2013

Written and Performed by LAOS

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Ali at Ecstattic Studio

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