📰 NEWS + UPDATES
NOVEMBER 3, 1999
🔥 "SOFT COLLAPSE" IS CERTIFIED REAL NOW
oh my god u guys. Spin Magazine gave us 3.5 stars and called us "the most unsettling lullaby since sleep was invented." we cried. like all of us. even Dex cried. which if u know dex that's kind of a big deal. album is available at hot topic, tower records, and that one weird store in ur mall that smells like nag champa. preorder the cassette version on our order page. 💜
OCTOBER 19, 1999
🎪 LOLLAPALOOZA DATES CONFIRMED (!!!!!)
we r going on tour with Garbage and Sneaker Pimps this spring. our booking agent said this is "career-defining" and then jez said "define career" and hung up. anyway dates r below. the Pittsburgh show sold out in 4 hours which like. we don't even know how to feel. see u there
SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
⚠ STATEMENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT THE ALLENTOWN VFW
we r not allowed to talk about it due to the thing with the thing. what we CAN say is that Mara's kit is fine now and the fire was "contained quickly." Dex is still banned from the venue. luv u allentown 💔
🎸 MEET THE BAND
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VEDA CHURCH
lead vocals / lyrics / vibes
veda writes all the words and most of the nightmares. grew up in rural ohio between a cornfield and a graveyard which explains everything. her vocal range is described by critics as "somewhere between a lullaby and a 911 call." she only eats cereal after midnight and believes strongly that closets should stay open. fav bands: cocteau twins, portishead, whatever is playing in a hospital waiting room. she is Not Okay and that's the point.
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DEX HARLOW
guitar / most trouble
HOT 🔥
dex joined the band after mara hit him with a drumstick at an open mic. "it was actually a really solid hit," he says. he plays a '73 tele through three broken pedals and somehow that's the right sound. technically dated both mara and veda at various points in the timeline that nobody wants to discuss on this page. currently "figuring things out." plays guitar like he's either in love or being audited. probably both.
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JEZ NAKAMURA
bass / does not suffer fools
jez holds down the low end and the band's general sense of reality. former art school dropout, current certified welder, plays a 5-string fender that she has threatened to hit people with on multiple documented occasions. she has 4 tattoos and they're all different quotes from the movie Alien. her bass lines feel like the ground is remembering something. she is the reason the band has a merch table and also the reason the merch table has a "no touching jez's stuff" sign.
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MARA SOLÍS
drums / logistics / chaos
mara is the reason the songs end when they're supposed to. she's been drumming since she was 7 and touring since she was 19 and she has more stories than anyone else in the band combined. she is categorically the best driver. her kit is custom-lowered and she plays it like an argument she's winning. her drum solos have been described as "surprisingly threatening." she also handles most of the van bookings because "someone has to."
🎵 DISCOGRAPHY
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SOFT
COLLAPSE
1999
COLLAPSE
1999
SOFT COLLAPSE (1999)
Phantom Lung Records · CD / Cassette / 180g Vinyl
- Pillowmouth3:47
- ★ Soft Collapse ★5:12
- The House That Breathes4:03
- Milk Glass Teeth3:29
- Venn Diagram of Things That Hurt6:44
- Pretty When You're Afraid3:58
- ★ Dex Was Wrong (Reprise) ★2:17
- Fluorescent Crush4:30
- Ouroboros Baby5:01
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EH+AYP
1997
1997
EVERYTHING HURTS AND
ALSO YOU'RE PRETTY (1997)
ALSO YOU'RE PRETTY (1997)
Self-Released · Cassette Only
- Static Girlfriend4:22
- Underneath the Underneath3:51
- ★ Mara's Theme (Wheelhouse) ★7:03
- You Were Never Here3:14
- Haunted Sweater4:41
- Lisa (Needs Braces)2:58
🎪 TOUR DATES // SPRING 2000
MAR
14
2000
14
2000
The Starlight Room — Denver, COw/ Sneaker Pimps · 18+ · doors 8pm
SOLD OUT
MAR
17
2000
17
2000
Bottom of the Hill — San Francisco, CAheadline · all ages · doors 7pm
TICKETS
MAR
21
2000
21
2000
The Crocodile — Seattle, WAw/ Garbage · 21+ · doors 9pm
SOLD OUT
APR
03
2000
03
2000
Tramps — New York, NYheadline · all ages · doors 7:30pm
TICKETS
APR
09
2000
09
2000
9:30 Club — Washington, DCw/ Portishead · 18+ · doors 8pm
SOLD OUT
APR
15
2000
15
2000
Metro — Chicago, ILheadline · all ages · doors 7pm
TICKETS
APR
22
2000
22
2000
First Avenue — Minneapolis, MNheadline · all ages · doors 7pm
TICKETS
★ email lisaneedsbraces@hotmail.com to book us for yr venue ★
📖 GUESTBOOK
xXdreamgrl99Xx — Portland, OR
"Soft Collapse" made me cry in the hot topic parking lot. I'm not even embarrassed. thank u. 💜
basslineforever — unknown location
jez nakamura is my entire personality now
mellow_static — Cincinnati, OH
saw u at the VFW before the incident and u were incredible. what happened???
NightBracesFan — somewhere
i made a lisa needs braces shrine in my locker. my teacher asked about it. i said it was for a history project. she believed me
dex_h — [VERIFIED BAND MEMBER]
hi it's dex. mara said i should respond to the guestbook more. so hi. we r playing chicago in april. come say hi unless ur the allentown VFW
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🔗 LINKS + FRIENDS
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