The Extra Lens

The Extra Glenns are a band made up of Franklin Bruno of Nothing Painted Blue and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. They were something of an underground legend in the 90's, recording tracks for singles and some compilations. Both artists however started concentrating on their own solo work, though as their popularity grew they continued to work together when possible. A show at the 2000 San Francisco Noise Pop Festival found an unexpected crowd in attendance with exceeding interest with fans coming from as far away as New York just for the Extra Glenns. They decided then that it was a good idea to keep it going and in 2002 Absolutely Kosher Records released Martial Arts Weekend, the group's first full length album. John has recently stated in interviews that The Extra Glenns are working on a new record under a new moniker.

Discography

• "Infidelity" + 2 7" (Harriet, 1994)
• Martial Arts Weekend (Absolutely Kosher, 2002)

Compilation appearances

• "Badger Song" and "That" - High Fly Graveyard cassette (Shrimper, 1992)
• "Badger Song" - Abridged Perversion CD (Shrimper, 1994)
• "I Hear the Planets" - Fantasy Band 7" EP (Shrimper, 1994)
• "Sure" - Sidereal Rest CD (Scratch, 1996)
• "Gravedigger" - Extra Walt 2x7" (Walt, 1996)

External links

• Pitchfork Media on Martial Arts Weekend
• http://www.mountain-goats.com/discog.html
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