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Art Lord & the Self-Portraits. Art Lord & the Self-Portraits was an American synthpop band in Greenville, North Carolina, composed of Gerrit Welmers (keyboards), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), and Samuel T. Herring (lyrics and vocals), Adam Beeby (rhythmic keyboard) and Kymia Nawabi (percussion and backing vocals).
- 2003-2005
- Greenville, North Carolina, United States
- Friends Records, Thrill Jockey, 307 Knox Records
The Art Lord—Locke Ernst-Frost—emerged in Greenville, North Carolina on February 2003 bringing 4 self-portraits to life because they were the only ones good enough to play for him, while he ...
Feb 14, 2013 · Art Lord & the Self-Portraits played their first show on Valentine's Day 2003, and exactly 10 years later they will play their only reunion show at Kings in Raleigh, NC on February 14, 2013. In 2003, Locke Ernstfrost, the self-proclaimed "Art Lord," created four self-portraits which magically came to life to perform his songs for him ...
Determined, he gave life to the only beings who were worthy to stand on the stage beside him, four tears dropped on canvas, and his Self-Portraits were born. Together, they set out, Locke, #1, #2, #3, and #4. Finally, the Art Lord and his Self-Portraits, could tell their story to the world…How hard it is, to be, so great.
Art Lord & the Self-Portraits was an American synthpop band in Greenville, North Carolina, composed of Gerrit Welmers , William Cashion , and Samuel T. Herring , Adam Beeby and Kymia Nawabi . Created originally as a performance piece criticizing pretentiousness in the artistic world, when it disbanded in late 2005, its remaining members went on to form the synth-pop band Future Islands.
Feb 13, 2013 · Art Lord & the Self-Portraits play Kings Thursday, Feb. 14, at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, and Lonnie Walker and Googooloo open. About an hour east of Raleigh, in a cabin in rural Johnston County ...
