The Lofty Pillars

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The Lofty Pillars
Origin Chicago, USA
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Slowcore
Years active 2000 – present
Label(s) Truckstop, Atavistic
Website www.loftypillars.com
Members
Wil Hendricks
Michael Krassner

The Lofty Pillars is an American slowcore band from Chicago. The band is composed of Wil Hendricks, Michael Krassner; Krassner is knows as the founder of the Boxhead Ensemble. The Lofty Pillars have released two studio albums.

The Lofty Pillars released their first album When We Were Lost in 2000, although it never came to critical or commercial success. Their second album, Amsterdam was well received by some critics like Piero Scaruffi who gave it an 8/10. As of May 2008, only eight albums have received at least 8/10 from Scaruffi since the year 2000.[1]

[edit] Discography

  • When We Were Lost (2000)
  • Amsterdam (2001)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Scaruffi, Piero, Best Rock Albums of the 2000's, <http://scaruffi.com/ratings/00.html>. Retrieved on 17 May 2008