Ivy - Long Distance - VINYL LP

Ivy's debut album was released February 14, 1995. Produced by the band and Ultra Vivid Scene's Kurt Ralske, the sparse indie pop jangle was just a hint at what the band would go on to achieve. The album received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. The single InchGet EnoughInch was named Single of the Week in the British tabloid Melody Maker. Ivy opened for Oasis on their maiden trip to the states and toured extensively with Edwin Collins and Lloyd Cole. While still promoting Realistic bass player Adam Schlesinger formed his successful side project Fountains of Wayne and penned the title track for the Tom Hanks film That Thing You Do. Album Tracks 1. Get Enough 2. No Guarantee 3. Decay 4. 15 Seconds 5. Everyday 6. Point of View 7. Don't Believe a Word 8. Beautiful 9. Shallow 10. In the Shadows 11. Dying Star 12. Over

Coke Bottle Clear (Color Vinyl). By the time Ivy's second album, Apartment Life, was released in 1997 Andy Chase, Dominique Durand and Adam Schlesinger had already established themselves as familiar faces on the indie scene. They had already toured the country opening for Edwin Collins and Lloyd Cole and bassist Adam Schlesinger was enjoying success with his side project, Fountains of Wayne.Here's Apartment Life like you've never heard it before. The band's studio demos for each song with all of the sneezes and giggles preserved. Album Tracks 1. The Best Thing (Demo) 2. I've Got a Feeling (Demo) 3. This Is the Day (Demo) 4. Never Do That Again (Demo) 5. I Get the Message (Demo) 6. Baker (Demo) 7. You Don't Know Anything (Demo) 8. Ba Ba Ba (Demo) 9. Get Out of the City (Demo) 10. These Are the Things About You (Demo) 11. Quick Painless and Easy (Demo) 12. Back in Our Town (Demo) 13. Sleeping Late (Bonus Track) (Demo)

With Adam Schlesinger's untimely passing from COVID-19 in 2020, the IVY trio neverthought there would be another album. But the band had actually been storing a largetrove of unfinished songs and demos in a Rhode Island storage locker dating back totheir beginnings. In 2023, while prepping the recent vinyl releases of their catalog, AndyChase and Dominique Durand took a trip to Rhode Island and listened to the tapes theyhad left there all those years ago; tapes labeled with notes like InchAdam's Wacky Idea 1997Inch,InchStupid Cat 2005Inch or InchThis one might be good for Shallow Hal.InchThe pair, along with their longtime friend Bruce Driscoll (Freedom Fry), decided to returnto the studio and flesh out the bones of those recordings. While they would never feelright about putting out an album under the IVY moniker without Adam, they realized theydidn't have to. Adam had already written and recorded his parts - he is on every song.The trio also enlisted friends that had been involved with making Ivy's records throughthe years to join them in the studio to bring these songs to life.Traces of You encapsulates everything that we love and have always loved about Ivy.Could there be more to come? (Yes, there could.) Album Tracks 1. Midnight Hour 2. Fragile People 3. Mystery Girl 4. Traces of You 5. The Great Unknown 6. Say You Will 7. Heartbreak 8. Lose It All 9. Wasting Time 10. Hate That It's True