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Pelican (band)
Pelican is an American post-metal quartet from Chicago,
Illinois, United States. Established in 2001, the band is Pelican
known for their atmospheric and almost entirely
instrumental style. They have released six studio albums
and six EPs.

Contents
History and style
Genre
Personnel Pelican performing at Sant Feliu Fest in
Discography 2004
Notes Background information
External links Origin Des Plaines, Illinois,
United States
Genres Post-metal
History and style
Years active 2001–present
The band is known for dense combinations of different Labels Hydra Head, Southern
melodies and extended track lengths. It may be classified as Lord, The Mylene
stoner rock, doom metal, or post-rock. Larry Herweg, Sheath
Trevor de Brauw, and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec are also
Associated acts Tusk
three members of the band Tusk.
Website www.pelicansong.com
Pelican previously signed to Hydra Head Records but is (https://www.pelicanson
currently signed with Southern Lord Records roster.[1] g.com/)
Pelican toured with Wolves in the Throne Room to support
their first EP for Southern Lord, Ephemeral, released on Members Trevor Shelley de
June 6, 2009.[2] What We All Come to Need was released Brauw
on October 27, 2009.[3] Greg Anderson and Aaron Turner Bryan Herweg
both appeared on the album. In celebration of the new Larry Herweg
album, the "Pelican Burger" was served at Kuma's Corner Dallas Thomas
for one night.[4]
Past members Laurent Schroeder-
In 2012, Pelican announced a new EP, Ataraxia/Taraxis. In Lebec
April 2012, they began a European tour, playing in England,
Italy, Germany, Finland, the Dunk Festival in Belgium and the Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands.
The support bands for this tour included Bo Ningen and Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster in the UK,
and Tombs in continental Europe.

In June 2012, the band announced an amicable split with guitarist and founding member Laurent
Schroeder-Lebec. Schroeder-Lebec had not been touring with the band for the prior two years, with
Dallas Thomas of The Swan King performing live in his stead, but not participating in the writing
process.[5] On October 15, 2013, Pelican released its fifth studio album and first without Schroeder-
Lebec, Forever Becoming.[6]

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Pelican announced three new upcoming releases in February 2019. The first of which was a
remixing/remastering of Forever Becoming. While Pelican was satisfied with the original recordings,
Chris Common mixed the tracks in a makeshift studio with "less-than-ideal circumstances" that
"varnished the incredible tones generated during tracking". Southern Lord described the deluxe
reissue as bringing "a new level of low-end depth, atmospheric clarity, and tight, punchy heaviness to
the album". Pelican also announced new album was coming in 2019, and slated a new single from
that album "Midnight and Mescaline"/"Darkness on the Stairs" for release on Record Store Day.[7]
Months later in April 2019, Pelican released the track "Midnight and Mescaline" for online streaming
and formally announced their sixth studio album would titled Nighttime Stories and would be
released on June 7, 2019 through Southern Lord.[8]

Genre
Regarding the band's genre, de Brauw said, "I think people use genres and tags to serve a purpose – it
gives people a frame of reference to understand music by – but I don’t think any artist feels
comfortable being tagged as anything. I have an affinity for metal, but I don’t think of Pelican as a
metal band. So when people call us ‘instrumetal’, or post-metal, or metalcore or whatever, I can see
why they say that, but it's not something that I feel a close connection with. I feel we’re part of a
community with some bands – Mono are good friends of ours, but I don't feel that we’re that similar
musically. Their music is more similar to classical music, whereas I feel ours has more in common
with punk and hardcore. I feel like we’re part of a trajectory of Midwest bands that kind of blend
aggression with a pop sensibility, so while it's easy to classify us with instrumental bands, we’re not
instrumental by design. We just didn't know how to put vocals in our music and for it to sound right.
When you start a band, you don't have it in mind to be an instrumental band – these things are
afterthoughts when your music's out there."[9]

Speaking on the plethora of labels used to describe Pelican's genre, bassist Bryan Herweg states that
"it's flattering, really", and that "I take that as nobody being able to classify what we're doing. I really
don't want to be fixed in one genre."[10]

As for the instrumental nature of the band, Herweg states that "I think there are limitations that
come with having a vocalist. If we had some big burly man in front screaming, we'd be classified as
metal. If we had some scrawny guy we'd be emo. As it is, no one can pin us down."[10]

Touring has evolved the band's style from "drawn-out... slow-building" to "more direct and faster,
and straight to the point" material to provide more energy on stage.[9]

Personnel
Current

Trevor de Brauw – guitar (2001–present)

Bryan Herweg – bass (2001–present)
Larry Herweg – drums (2001–present)
Dallas Thomas – guitar (2012–present)

Former

Laurent Schroeder-Lebec – guitars (2001–2012)

Discography
Studio albums
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Australasia (2003)
The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (2005)
City of Echoes (2007)
What We All Come to Need (2009)
Forever Becoming (2013)
Nighttime Stories (2019)

EPs

Pelican (2001)
March into the Sea (2005)
Pink Mammoth (2007)
Ephemeral (2009)
Ataraxia/Taraxis (2012)
The Cliff (2015)

Splits

Pelican / Scissorfight / The Austerity Program (2003)

Pelican / Playing Enemy (2005)
Pelican / Mono (2005)
These Arms Are Snakes / Pelican (2008)
Young Widows / Pelican (2009)

Live albums

Arktika (Live From Russia) (2014)

Live At Dunk!Fest 2016 (2016)

Singles and music videos

"Autumn Into Summer" (2005)

"Dead Between the Walls" (2007)
"Lost in the Headlights" (2008)
"Final Breath" (2010)
"Lathe Biosas" (2012)
"Deny the Absolute" (2013)
"Midnight and Mescaline"/"Darkness on the Stairs" (2019)[7]

DVDs

Live in Chicago 06/11/03 (2005)

Multi-format sets

After the Ceiling Cracked (2008)

Other appearances

Metal Swim – Adult Swim compilation album (2010)

Notes
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1. "Pelican joins Southern Lord, plans new EP" (http://www.idiomag.com/peek/64358/pelican).

idiomag. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
2. "Pelican announce "Ephemeral" EP" (https://www.punknews.org/article/33234). Punknews.org.
2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
3. "PELICAN Completes Work On New Album" (http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/pelican-complet
es-work-on-new-album/). Blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
4. "PELICAN Announce In-Store Performances; Pelican Burger Unveiled; CD Pre-order with
exclusive content begins Tuesday" (http://blog.southernlord.com/?p=214). Southern Lord. 2009-
10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
5. "PELICAN's LAURENT SCHROEDER-LEBEC Taking Indefinite Hiatus From Band" (http://www.bl
abbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=175942). Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner
Records. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
6. Heaney, Gregory. "Forever Becoming - Leican : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic" (http
s://www.allmusic.com/album/r2819042). Allmusic. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
7. "Pelican To Release Midnight And Mescaline 7", Band's First New Music In Six Years, As Record
Store Day Exclusive; June Tour With Cloakroom Booked + Remixed & Remastered Version Of
Forever Becoming LP Out Now" (https://southernlord.com/pelican-to-release-midnight-and-mesca
line-7-bands-first-new-music-in-six-years-as-record-store-day-exclusive-june-tour-with-cloakroom-
booked-remixed-remastered-version-of-forever-becoming-l/). Southern Lord Records. February
26, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
8. Minsker, Evan (April 11, 2019). "Pelican Announce New Album Nighttime Stories, Share New
Song" (https://pitchfork.com/news/pelican-announce-new-album-nighttime-stories-share-new-son
g-listen/). Pitchfork. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
9. Mike Diver (2007-03-27). "Pelican: "We're neither trend setters nor trend followers" " (http://www.d
rownedinsound.com/articles/1801290). Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
10. Allan Wigley (2006-06-14). "Pelican's music tough to categorize" (https://archive.is/20120709090
408/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/06/14/1631268.html). Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original
(http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/06/14/1631268.html) on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

External links
Official website (https://www.pelicansong.com/)
Pelican (https://www.discogs.com/artist/335124) discography at Discogs
Pelican (http://pelican.bandcamp.com/) at Bandcamp

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