Joshua Strachan
Joshua Strawn | |
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| Birth name | Joshua Strawn |
| Genres | Avant-garde metal Dream Pop Cold wave Deathrock Post-Punk Shoegaze Industrial music |
| Occupation(s) | musician, songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards |
| Labels | Wierd records, M'Lady's Records |
Joshua Strawn is a songwriter, producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist.
Biography
Joshua Strawn was born in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. In Roanoke, Joshua met Jeremy Kolosine, of the seminal synthpunk band Futurisk who was then playing in a dream pop/shoegaze band called Shakespace. Kolosine invited Strawn to join the band first as a keyboardist then later as a vocalist and guitarist. Simultaneously, Strawn took up playing bass in The Diplomats. Shakespace recorded one EP and one LP, while the Diplomats recorded an EP which was mixed by R.E.M. veteran Mitch Easter. The Diplomats disbanded before the EP was released, and Shakespace disbanded during the recording and mixing of their last LP. Strawn moved to New York in 2004 and upon meeting bassist Ryan Rayhill, formed Blacklist. He joined Religious to Damn in 2007 and formed Vaura in early 2010.
Discography
with Shakespace
- Air Sign Orange (EP, 2000)
- This Sleeping Heart (2001)
with The Diplomats
- Kindly Put Your Trousers On (unreleased EP, 2000)
with Blacklist
- Midnight of the Century (2009)
with Religious to Damn
- Glass Prayer (2010)
- Lovely Day (single, 2012)
with Vaura
- Selenelion (2012)
Other appearances
- White Bodies – Corpse Flower (2011) (vocals)