Years active 2005 – present | Website cougarsound.com | |
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Members D.H. Skogen
Dan Venne
Trent Johnson
Aaron Sleator
Todd Hill Origin United States of America (2003) Albums Patriot, Law, Living On The Edge Of A Knife Genres Rock music, Post-rock, Experimental music, Psychedelic music Record labels Counter Records, MDP OMP, Layered Music Similar Washington State University, The Cougars, Spirit of Houston, The Empty Hearts, Band of Merrymakers | ||
Cougar is an instrumental post-rock band from Madison, Wisconsin formed in 2003. Formerly on the Madison-based record label Layered Music (the label of Youngblood Brass Band, of which drummer D.H. Skogen is also a member), Cougar is now signed to London label Ninja Tune. Cougar toured the United States, Europe and the UK on the release of their debut album Law during early 2007, including a well-received show in Madison.
Contents
Law
Law is Cougar's début album. It was recorded at Layered Studios in Madison and released by Layered Music in Europe in February 2006, and in America release was one year later, on February 20, 2007. It was distributed by Play It Again Sam.
- "Atlatl" – 5:36
- "One" – 0:49
- "Strict Scrutiny" – 5:06
- "Pulse Conditioner" – 4:01
- "Interracial Dating" – 3:30
- "Two" – 0:47
- "Your Excellency" – 5:34
- "Three" – 0:41
- "Lifetime Ranger" – 4:28
- "Four" – 0:38
- "The Mosaicist" – 5:20
- "Black Dove" – 5:43
- "Five" – 0:59
- "Merit" – 3:39
- "Postscript" – 0:47
All tracks written by Cougar.
Reviews
Patriot
Patriot is the second studio album by instrumental band Cougar, released in August 2009.
While reception was warm, reviewers tussled with the task of pigeonholing the sound of the album, roll-calling contemporary and influential bands and works. Rock Sound reviewer Dan Morgan illustrated the album's sound: "polyrhythmic Fugazi structures merge delicately with angelic post rock and the sort of even-handed electronica that 65daysofstatic might produce if their parents forced them onto Ritalin." Likewise, Alexander Tudor of Drowned in Sound questioned the categorisation of the band and their sound: "Does the grey area between (guitar-led, crescendo-prone) post-rock and instrumental electronica actually have a name we can agree on… or is this what Simon Reynolds had in mind when he coined post-rock, in the mid-Nineties?" Structurally, he compares the album to Mogwai's Mr. Beast, Björk and Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia.... Writing for the NME, Matt Warwick describes the track "Florida Logic" as "Mars Volta-inspired".
All tracks written by Cougar, except "Endings", by Jeff Snyder.
Band members
Reviews
Songs
Stay FamousPatriot · 2009
Lifetime RangerLaw · 2006
The MosaicistLaw · 2006