The Sorts are a primarily instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 band based in Washington, D.C. and formed in 1994 by Josh LaRue (guitar, vocals), Stuart Fletcher (bass) and Chris Farrall (drums). LaRue, Fletcher and Farrall comprised the band's core, appearing on all recordings, but they have been joined on several releases by Carlo Cennamo (sax), Vin Novara (keyboards) and Joseph P. McRedmond (guitar).

Albums

• Common Time (1996)
• This is Gateway Sounds (Spring, 1997)
• More There (Slowdime Records
  Slowdime Records
  Slowdime Records was a record label started in 1996 by Juan Luis Carrera and Amanda MacKaye. The label was originally started, according to a label bio, “with the intent to document the new inclinations and innovations that began to surface within the Washington D.C...
  
  , 1998)
• Hawaiian Bronco (Aesthetics, 1999)
• Contemporary Music (Slowdime Records, 1999)
• Six Plus (Luckyhorse Industries, 2003)

Related Bands

• Admiral - Joseph McRedmond
• The Boom - Chris Farrall, Josh LaRue
• The Crownhate Ruin
  The Crownhate Ruin
  The Crownhate Ruin was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. Formed by ex-Hoover members Fred Erskine and Joe McRedmond, the band also featured Vin Novara on drums.-History:Hoover disbanded after a 1994 US tour...
  
   - Joseph McRedmond, Vin Novara
• Hoover
  Hoover (band)
  Hoover was an American post-hardcore band from Washington, DC. Formed in 1992, Hoover went on to produce some of the more intense music to appear on the Dischord Records label in the 1990s...
  
   - Chris Farrall, Joseph McRedmond
• Rain Like the Sound of Trains - Josh LaRue
• Sea Tiger - Chris Farrall, Stuart Fletcher, Josh LaRue, Joseph McRedmond
• Sevens - Chris Farrall, Josh LaRue

External links

• The Sorts catalog and band overview on Epitonic
• The Sorts on Last.fm
• The Sorts catalog on Luckyhorse Industries
• The Sorts catalog on Southern Records
• Band biography by Jason Ankeny at [ All Music Guide]
• Review of More There by Nitsuh Abebe at [ All Music Guide]
• Review of Contemporary Sounds by John Vallier at [ All Music Guide]
• Review of "How Did You Get There?" on Hardcore for Nerds
• Review of Common Time and More There on Zen and the Art of Face Punching