Town & Country (band)

Town and Country
Origin	Chicago, IL, United States
Years active	1998–2006
Labels	Thrill Jockey Box Media
Past members	Ben Vida Joshua Abrams Liz Payne Jim Dorling
Website	Thrill Jockey artist page

Town & Country was an American minimalist quartet based in Chicago.

Members were:

• Ben Vida: Guitar/Trumpet (also member of Pillow and Terminal 4, currently performing solo as Bird Show and also in the Drag City band Singer (band))
• Josh Abrams: Double bass/Piano
• Liz Payne: Double bass (also member of Pillow)
• Jim Dorling: Harmonium

The four members of Town and Country continue to work together in DRMWPN ("Dreamweapon"), a Chicago-based large improvising drone ensemble with a varying cast of performers.

Discography

Albums

• Town & Country - 1998 - Box Media
• It All Has to Do With It - 2000 - Thrill Jockey
• C'mon - 2002 - Thrill Jockey
• 5 - 2003 - Thrill Jockey
• Up Above - 2006 - Thrill Jockey

EP

• Decoration Day - 2000 - Thrill Jockey

External links

• Town and Country page at Thrill Jockey
• Town and Country at AllMusic.
• Town and Country discography at MusicBrainz