Leatherbag is a rock band

Rock Band

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 from Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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 formed in 2005 by songwriter Randy Reynolds after he moved from Houston. The band's name comes from a passage in the James Joyce

James Joyce

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 novel, Finnegans Wake

Finnegans Wake

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The Austin Chronicles critic wrote, in reviewing the album Nowhere Left to Run, "There's no denying Leatherbag's talent". In discussing the band's album Love and Harm, NPR

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 critic David Brown described the sound as "a frenetic garage-rock charge reined in by melodies that early Wilco

Wilco

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 would be proud to call its own".

Band members

The band's current line-up:

• Randy Reynolds (guitar/vocals)
• Drew Emmons (bass)
• Daniel Blanchard (drums)

Past members:

• Kory Cook
• Geoff Dupree
• Kyle Ponder
• Craig Johnson
• Alex Livingstone
• Jon Sanchez
• Joey Thompson
• Brent Pennington
• Seth Gibbs

The band identifies itself with the New Sincerity

New Sincerity

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movement.

Discography

• So Long Sweethearts (2005)
• Love Me Like the Devil (2006)
• Nowhere Left to Run (2007)
• Love & Harm (2008)
• Tomorrow EP (2009)
• Everything I Once Knew EP (2009)
• Hey Day (2010)
• Live At The Parish (2011)
• Patience EP (2011)
• Yellow Television (2011)