American band
Floating Action is a band from Black Mountain , North Carolina, founded by Seth Kauffman. Kauffman is the band's sole lyricist, songwriter, recorder and producer, in addition to playing almost all the music.[ 1] Asheville music scene",[ 2] Harry Nilsson .[ 3] Jim James of My Morning Jacket , Kauffman's frequent collaborator, called him "the most underrated person in music".[ 4] the Black Keys ,[ 5] Dr. Dog ,[ 6] Jonah Hill .[ 3]
History
Floating Action was formed by Kauffman after his previous musical project, the Motown sound group The Choosy Beggars , broke up in 2005.[ 7] Gretsch kick-drum pedal.[ 1] reggae - and dub -influenced duo Lord King , along with Evan Martin.[ 8] Cotton Jones and Mighty Thread while quarantined under the project name Dream Sitch .[ 9] Ting .[ 10]
Floating Action performed at South by Southwest in 2009[ 11] Hangout Music Festival in 2017.[ 12]
Kauffman is notable for his contributions to other musicians' albums. He played guitar on Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence [ 13] Angel Olsen's My Woman [ 14] Jim James' Uniform Distortion ,[ 15] Tyler Ramsey's The Valley Wind .[ 16] Hold Your Fire .[ 17] Ray LaMontagne releases (Supernova Ouroboros Part of the Light [ 18] Good Advice Basia Bulat .[ 19] Georgia Fair , Courtney Jaye , Lissie ,[ 1] Daniel Martin Moore .[ 20]
Floating Action has released 11 full-length albums.[ 21] Outsider Art , received a digital release before its expected vinyl release due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 22]
Musical style
Floating Action's music blends multiple styles, including indie rock , folk , dub , and blues . Seth Kauffman has described Floating Action's sound as "lo-fi Carolina funk."[ 1] the Beatles ,[ 5] the Black Keys ,[ 23] James Brown ,[ 5] Casiotone for the Painfully Alone ,[ 24] Ray Davies ,[ 25] Dr. Dog ,[ 26] the Flaming Lips ,[ 27] John Mayer ,[ 24] Menomena ,[ 23] My Morning Jacket ,[ 26] Okkervil River ,[ 23] Bill Withers ,[ 27] the xx .[ 28]
Full-Length Releases
Research (2008, Park the Van , as Seth Kauffman )[ 29] Floating Action (2009, Park the Van)[ 29] Desert Etiquette (2011, Park the Van)[ 30] Fake Blood (2012, Removador)[ 31] Body Action (2014, New West )[ 32] Hold Your Fire (2016, PIAPTK [ 33] [ 17] Is It Exquisite? (2017, PIAPTK [ 33] [ 34] Heartache Essentials (2018, PIAPTK [ 35] [ 36] Old World Camels (2019, PIAPTK [ 33] [ 37] Outsider Art (2020, PIAPTK [ 33] Jinx Protecting (2022, PIAPTK [ 33]
References
^ a b c d Schacht, John (February 2, 2011). "The story of Floating Action's pan-everything soul" . Indy Week the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011 . ^ "Sense Of Place Asheville: Joe Kendrick's Local Picks" . NPR.org . Retrieved February 11, 2021 .^ a b Sears, Andy (September 16, 2014). "Interview with Seth Kaufman/Floating Action" . Allston Pudding . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Doyle, Patrick (January 29, 2013). "Q&A: My Morning Jacket's Jim James on the Band's Next Album and His Dark Period" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ a b c Clark, Paul (December 19, 2013). "Floating Action playing new music at Mothlight" . Asheville Citizen-Times . Retrieved February 12, 2021 . ^ "Playlist: What's Dr. Dog listening to?" . USA Today . Retrieved February 12, 2021 .^ "Floating Action" . Friendship Fever . Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ Gilbert, Dave (April 8, 2014). "Lord King brought dub to the Grey Eagle" . Mountain Xpress . Retrieved February 10, 2021 . ^ "Dream Sitch- Dream Sitch" . New Commute . December 8, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2021 .^ "Seth Kauffman - Ting" . No Depression . Retrieved February 11, 2021 .^ Boilen, Bob (January 16, 2009). "SXSW 2009: Who's Coming, Who's Going?" . NPR.org . Retrieved February 12, 2021 . ^ DeVille, Chris (February 11, 2015). "Hangout Festival Adds Sam Smith, Joey Bada$$, Sylvan Esso, Tove Lo & More" . Stereogum . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Roylance, Ben. "Music Review: Floating Action - Body Questions" . Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Pearce, Sheldon (June 6, 2016). "Angel Olsen Announces New Album My Woman" . Pitchfork . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Berman, Stuart (July 9, 2018). "Jim James: Uniform Distortion" . Pitchfork . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Strowe, Jeff (October 16, 2011). "Tyler Ramsey: The Valley Wind" . PopMatters . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ a b Arnaudin, Edwin (December 22, 2015). "Floating Action readies album release, plays Grey Eagle" . Asheville Citizen-Times . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Gil de Rubio, Dave (July 28, 2018). "Ray LaMontagne lights the way with authentic sounds, musical camaraderie" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Day, Laurence (October 30, 2015). "Basia Bulat announces new record Good Advice, reveals lead single "Infamous" . The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Capozza, Madeline (December 19, 2019). "Daniel Martin Moore - Never Look Away" . MXDWN . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ "Floating Action- Outsider Art" . New Commute . April 1, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2021 .^ Arnaudin, Edwin (April 22, 2020). "New Floating Action album seeks to lift people's spirits" . Mountain Xpress . Retrieved February 11, 2020 . ^ a b c Roylance, Ben. "Floating Action - Body Questions" . Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ a b Hemmerling, Joe. "Floating Action - Floating Action" . Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Floating Action - Desert Etiquette" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ a b Moses, Richard (August 28, 2014). "Mundo Musique: Floating Action's 'Body Questions' . The Revue . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ a b Barnes, Henry (July 1, 2009). "New music on Wednesday" . the Guardian . Retrieved February 12, 2021 . ^ Haver Currin, Grayson (September 26, 2012). "Floating Action, The xx, and the trouble with avoiding effrontery" . Indy Week . Retrieved February 12, 2021 . ^ a b "Floating Action" . Park the Van the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021 .^ Fields, Lanny (August 5, 2011). "Floating Action Desert Etiquette Review" . No Depression . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ Lello, Michael (October 4, 2012). "An Interview with Floating Action's Seth Kauffman" . Highway 81 Revisited . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ McGuire, Pat (August 25, 2014). "Floating Action, "Body Questions" . Flood Magazine . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ a b c d e url=https://piaptk.limitedrun.com/bands/floatingaction
^ Mills, Fred (September 8, 2017). "YES, IT IS EXQUISITE: Floating Action" . Blurt Online . Retrieved February 11, 2021 . ^ "PIAPTK" .^ "New Music For The New Year" . Real Cool Vibe . February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2021 .^ "Floating Action- "Burst of Ordinary Light" . New Commute . May 16, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2021 .
