The band LNZNDRF (Members of The National and Beirut)

LNZNDRF (members of The National and Beirut) Is All About The Musical Journey

Soundcheck | Mar 1, 2021

LNZNDRF is a band composed of Scott and Bryan Devendorf of The National, and Ben Lanz and Aaron Arntz of Beirut. They improvise their CAN-influenced drone-fuzz psych jams, then edit and structure them into long-form songs, with or without vocals. 

With pieces named for an isolated 1000 year-old tree and the changing climate and topography of the Xeric Steppe, or life partners against the world, the sounds might evoke New Order’s non-dance floor hits with Krautrock undertones which may be well-suited for long road trips. LNZNDRF plays some of these expansive musical journeys from their latest, LNZNDRF II, remotely, and dreams aloud about playing basements of classical music venues and forests in the after-times. - Caryn Havlik

Set list: "The Xeric Steppe", "You Still Rip", "Brace Yourself"

"The Xeric Steppe":

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