The Olivia Tremor Control
The Olivia Tremor Control was an American neo-psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia that released two studio albums, a bonus disc, a singles collection and a live album between 1996 and 2000. The main members were Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, Eric Harris, John Fernandes and Peter Erchick. They derived their main influences from psychedelic pop bands of the 1960s, especially the Beatles' 1966-67 albums and the Beach Boys' SMiLE.
The Olivia Tremor Control originated as a band called Cranberry Lifecycle, which was formed in Ruston, Louisiana in the late 1980s by Hart and his high school friend Jeff Mangum. The two moved to Athens, and reworked Cranberry Lifecycle songs as a new band called Synthetic Flying Machine. After Doss joined, Mangum left the band to pursue a solo project that eventually became Neutral Milk Hotel. Doss and Hart then renamed the band the Olivia Tremor Control, and recruited Fernandes, Harris, and Erchick. With this line-up, the Olivia Tremor Control released two albums: Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996) and Black Foliage (1999). Both albums received positive reviews from critics.
After the release of Black Foliage, tensions grew between Hart and Doss, and the Olivia Tremor Control broke up in 2000. The band reunited in April 2005 after being invited to play the All Tomorrows Parties festival in the UK. Partway through recording sessions for a third album, Doss died of an aneurysm in 2012. Hart died in 2024 after the release of two then-recently released songs from the band. The band's third and final album, The Same Place, was announced for a October 2026 release date.
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