Danny Seim's original front project has taken something of a back seat to his ostensible side gig (Menomena), but that may have given him more license to experiment. New disc "Your Anchor" features pristine Portland abstractions. And heck, it even includes a cover of the National.
Last month, Menomena’s Danny Seim released the eight (or ninth?) full-length under his solo moniker, Lackthereof. Your Anchor, delivered July 22nd via Barsuk Records, has been landing praise left and right since its release. Check out a ton of quotes below. Danny recently contributed a trippy reading of the Book of Solomon to Daytrotter’s Bookery section. As editor Sean Moeller says, “you’re going to be hypnotized by this whacked out reading/recording made by Menomena drummer and Lackthereof mastermind Danny Seim and when you awake from the trance – inspired by the piece to paint your body green, speed-eat a pork chop and four apple pies, caress a complete stranger and then cannonball into a quiet pool, bellowing, ‘Behold thou art fair,’ in Latin or French.” Yeah, what he said. In addition, Seim is following up the release of last month’s “Last November” with another standout from the album, “Choir Practice.” Listen below.