The Lapse

The Lapse was one of the bands I listened to a lot during the days I was running my comic book store (1998-2001). The Lapse was formed in 1997 by Chris Leo and Toko Yasuda. Before that, Chris and Toko played in the much beloved Van Pelt, who released two albums, numerous singles and some EPs. Before that, Toko played briefly in Blonde Redhead and Chris played in the early 90's post-hardcore group Native Nod. Eight drummers came and left The Lapse during their existence.

The Lapse is pretty similar to The Van Pelt, but with better songs and more creative freedom. The debut is more up-tempo noisy, their second album also features some more electronic focused songs mainly with Yasuda on vocals at these tracks. Leo’s voice can be intruiging as well as annoying. I’m particularly fond his half-spoken style of singing, but perhaps not joyable for everybody, I guess.

The Lapse disbanded in 2000. Yasuda joined Enon, Chris Leo started a band called Vague Angels and released a book+cd.

For people who like Thurston Moore’s Psychic Hearts, the early Blonde Redhead or Enon this band is a recommendation to check out.

Discography

Betrayal, Gern Blandsten, 1997

Heaven ain’t happening, Southern Records, 2000

External Links

The Lapse on MySpace

Vague Angels on MySpace

The Van Pelt on MySpace

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