Post by Spooky Flower (Zera) on Aug 17, 2016 1:41:43 GMT
Taken from the LMW article: Grace and Gwyn is an indie rock duo. Little is available about them online except for their involvement in a split album with lo-fi indie group Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin called Sew Sew, Suck Your Toe. While the five songs by Yeltsin have surfaced online, the three songs by Grace and Gwyn are not accessible.
No other songs by Grace and Gwyn are available online either. (If their Discogs profile is complete, there are no other recorded songs by them.)
So, I went to the Discogs page for "Sew Sew, Suck Your Toe" and I saw that one user lists the item as owned. I messaged the user, and this is what I got.
I really hope he can find them so we can close the case on yet another piece of lost media this month!
Bring me down to the safe Unlock all of me, until then
I've just had a look and although I obviously couldn't find the EP, I did find two potentially useful leads. Warning, major creeping via Google ahead:
1. A user on a SSLYBY fan forum uploaded tracks from the debut EP to her web domain. It's now dead, and archive.org only lists the directory (http://web.archive.org/web/20070911052233/http://hannahrama.com/SSLYBY/Grace%20and%20Gwyn/). She also didn't upload their tracks, but it does mean she possesses it. Her website was hannahrama.com but seems to have lacked a real name. She used to go by saellys on a forum (http://sslyby.proboards.com/user/11), LiveJournal (http://saellys.livejournal.com/) and on Twitter but they're all dead now.
But, I kept persevering like the amazing internet stalker that I am, and by linking leads up I found that her real name is Hannah Sheehan. Based on information in her anonymous blog about moving to Springfield, MI, I strongly believe that I've found her on Facebook. She may still have the EP and be able to send you those tracks. Worth a try? www.facebook.com/sheehammer
2. An online blog called Skatterbrain! posted a track from the debut EP, again by SSLYBY, in 2005 (http://blownbythewind.blogspot.co.uk/2005/10/someone-still-loves-you-boris-yeltsin.html). Amazingly for a Blogspot one, it's been updated as recently as 2015. You could email and ask if they have the EP at skatterbrainpop@gmail.com although I think the first lead is stronger.
I've just had a look and although I obviously couldn't find the EP, I did find two potentially useful leads. Warning, major creeping via Google ahead:
1. A user on a SSLYBY fan forum uploaded tracks from the debut EP to her web domain. It's now dead, and archive.org only lists the directory (http://web.archive.org/web/20070911052233/http://hannahrama.com/SSLYBY/Grace%20and%20Gwyn/). She also didn't upload their tracks, but it does mean she possesses it. Her website was hannahrama.com but seems to have lacked a real name. She used to go by saellys on a forum (http://sslyby.proboards.com/user/11), LiveJournal (http://saellys.livejournal.com/) and on Twitter but they're all dead now.
But, I kept persevering like the amazing internet stalker that I am, and by linking leads up I found that her real name is Hannah Sheehan. Based on information in her anonymous blog about moving to Springfield, MI, I strongly believe that I've found her on Facebook. She may still have the EP and be able to send you those tracks. Worth a try? www.facebook.com/sheehammer
2. An online blog called Skatterbrain! posted a track from the debut EP, again by SSLYBY, in 2005 (http://blownbythewind.blogspot.co.uk/2005/10/someone-still-loves-you-boris-yeltsin.html). Amazingly for a Blogspot one, it's been updated as recently as 2015. You could email and ask if they have the EP at skatterbrainpop@gmail.com although I think the first lead is stronger.
Hope this helps!
Wow! Those are some internet stalking skills! If this lead on Discogs doesn't go through, then I'll check these ones out.
Bring me down to the safe Unlock all of me, until then
Some more information from a February 2004 news article:
The eight-song EP also features three songs by vocal duo Grace & Gwyn (Grace Bentley and Gwyn Knauer), also performing tonight.
"They're really old friends of mine," says Tom Hembree, 18, who plays bass for Boris Yeltsin. "I've known them since elementary school. We've played with them before and they're really good."
So we now know who they are. Also Gwyn I fully assume is related to Will Knauer, the vocalist. A forum suggests he's her sister. Further searches reveal that Grace is Philip Dickey's wife, according to a blog posted in 2010, and she's credited on a number of SSLYBY albums as well.
Some more information from a February 2004 news article:
The eight-song EP also features three songs by vocal duo Grace & Gwyn (Grace Bentley and Gwyn Knauer), also performing tonight.
"They're really old friends of mine," says Tom Hembree, 18, who plays bass for Boris Yeltsin. "I've known them since elementary school. We've played with them before and they're really good."
So we now know who they are. Also Gwyn I fully assume is related to Will Knauer, the vocalist. A forum suggests he's her sister and that Grace once played keys for SSLYBY.
This is great! Thank you so much! <3
Bring me down to the safe Unlock all of me, until then
Some more information from a February 2004 news article:
So we now know who they are. Also Gwyn I fully assume is related to Will Knauer, the vocalist. A forum suggests he's her sister and that Grace once played keys for SSLYBY.
So the mystery of Grace and Gwyn is solved, now all you need is for someone (the earlier leads, Discogs guy, or Grace or Gwyn themselves) to release it!