Artist description Flourishing in obscurity and flying well below the indie-rock radar. THE ATLANTIC MANOR is the alias of one R. Sell. Born in the wake of the early 90's lo-fi explosion albums such as WHEN I AM A VIKING, THE HATE WE GET GOING, THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION, and FAILING BY THE SECOND exile the listener to a world of sorrow, isolation, turmoil and loss. A place where the dark side of the human condition is forever on display. Minimalist dirges and stark fractured songs combined with traditional song craft, shardes of feedback and somber confessional lyrics have become a trademark. Fans of the off-kilter sect will find a new Champion in THE ATLANTIC MANOR. With each new release, R. Sell continues to carve his own unique niche within the underground community Flourishing in obscurity and flying well below the indie-rock radar. THE ATLANTIC MANOR is the alias of one R. Sell. Born in the wake of the early 90's lo-fi explosion albums such as WHEN I AM A VIKING, THE HATE WE GET GOING, THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION, and FAILING BY THE SECOND exile the listener to a world of sorrow, isolation, turmoil and loss. A place where the dark side of the human condition is forever on display. Minimalist dirges and stark fractured songs combined with traditional song craft, shardes of feedback and somber confessional lyrics have become a trademark. Fans of the off-kilter sect will find a new Champion in THE ATLANTIC MANOR. With each new release, R. Sell continues to carve his own unique niche within the underground community

Music Style Indie / lo-fi

Musical Influences The Velvet Underground, Smog, Palace

Artist History The glass is half empty Flourishing in obscurity and flying well below the indie-rock radar. THE ATLANTIC MANOR is the alias of one R. Sell. Born in the wake of the early 90's lo-fi explosion albums such as WHEN I AM A VIKING, THE HATE WE GET GOING, THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION, and FAILING BY THE SECOND exile the listener to a world of sorrow, isolation, turmoil and loss. A place where the dark side of the human condition is forever on display. Minimalist dirges and stark fractured songs combined with traditional song craft, shardes of feedback and somber confessional lyrics have become a trademark. Fans of the off-kilter sect will find a new Champion in THE ATLANTIC MANOR. With each new release, R. Sell continues to carve his own unique niche within the underground community Flourishing in obscurity and flying well below the indie-rock radar. THE ATLANTIC MANOR is the alias of one R. Sell. Born in the wake of the early 90's lo-fi explosion albums such as WHEN I AM A VIKING, THE HATE WE GET GOING, THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION, and FAILING BY THE SECOND exile the listener to a world of sorrow, isolation, turmoil and loss. A place where the dark side of the human condition is forever on display. Minimalist dirges and stark fractured songs combined with traditional song craft, shardes of feedback and somber confessional lyrics have become a trademark. Fans of the off-kilter sect will find a new Champion in THE ATLANTIC MANOR. With each new release, R. Sell continues to carve his own unique niche within the underground community

Group Members THE ATLANTIC MANOR family: Lauren and Ethan (inspiration and additional noises) Jorge Bejel (drums and having the courage to press record) Rick Sanchez(drums on the epic SUICIDE JOCKEY and support - you to Mechelle) Laura Moreno (background vocals - Everything can Die Today and Inside Of Your Heart)

Instruments Guitar / Drums / Keys / Feedback / assorted noises

Albums FAILING BY THE SECOND (2003) THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION (2002) THE HATE WE GET GOING (2001) WHEN I AM A VIKING (2001)

Press Reviews ROCTOBER #29 Outsider DIY recording triumphs that combine the best of bedroom home taping with unique, humid southern sensibilities, mixed in the darkest corners of a mind filled with more ideas that standard vocabulary allows it to express DEVIL IN THE WOODS # 3.1 Reverberated slide guitar drones and dark lyricism affect sensations between full-on psychotic episodes and drunken contemplation and end up sounding like experimental blues heard while overdosing on mandrax SHREDDING PAPER Atlantic Manor - "The Desperate View Of Emotional Devestation" CD 11/36:47 A self-recorded third album from AM that has the feel of early GBV experimentalism. With song titles like "Deathwish Safety Check" and "Tin Cup Chimp" you could almost guess as much. Several tracks are less than 2 minutes, several are more than 5 minutes. "Emotional Cripple" at 7:16 takes its time, as does AM in general, and becomes a haunting favorite. This is a solid effort, a close relative of Pere Ubu perhaps, file under experimental blues. @ dotwo@bellsouth.net HELD LIKE SOUND #7 The Atlantic Manor explores the world of minimalism and noise within lo-fi indie rock. A pleasant mix of melodic guitar lines, distorted field recordings, droning melodies and drums that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Velvet Underground record. SCHUELL This is a one man solo project, that is all at once enigmatic, brooding, moody, swaying, disconcearning, palpable, credible, willing, relentless, pioneering and distinct. Having noted these things, one should understand it is a labor of love. It makes for a great introspect if nothing else. Feedback drenched and performance art influenced no doubt. Truly unique in that sense. Self described as 'Flying well below the indie-rock radar', and I would have to whole-heartedly agree. SPLENDID The first time you listen to THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION you might be left wondering if you're holding a compilation. Take the opening three tracks: background 'Oooohs' and handclaps buoy a classic rock guitar lick on 'Moonlight Drive' (not the Door's song thankfully); 'New York White Face' throws down a churning wall of sound; 'Life aien't so simple baby,' warns 'Deathwish Saftey Check' over a chiming melody. The rest of this nine song album, the third from Florida bedroom-recorder R. Sell, continues in a similarly eclectic vein. Sell strongly advocates the DIY approach to recording and releasing (he does his own in the spare bedroom of one Jorge Bejel, who also drums on the album), but the results achieved on even these first three songs are greater than many professional bands ever produce. After such a masterful beginning, the sequencing of the fourth and fifth tracks, 'Emotional Cripple' and 'Two Story House', appears to initially be a fatal flaw. The former is a stately seven minute march through the psyche of one unhappy individual (I hear voices, like grinding teeth / Ripping away at my broken heart), augmented with mournful keyboards and a steady drumbeat. 'Two Story House' follows with another stately seven minute march beside a tormented character. With a slightly slower beat and sparer instrumentation, 'Two Story House' could easily drag the album down a hole from which it couldn't recover. But Sell is playing a kind of modern blues, and the second time through, the songs don't seem so slow after all, but timeless and simple in a way that reveals them as variations on the mournful beat humans have been playing for centuries. (CD players also have fast forward buttons, for those times when timeless simplicity just doesn't cut it.) 'Tin Cup Chimp' provides an immediate boost of folk rock, followed by songs both beautiful ('Into The Black') and harrowing ('Family Damage'). 'For What It's Worth' (not the Buffalo Springfield song , unfortunately) offers the sad chorus "Turn my back on you / before you turn it on me", in Sell's clipped, slightly Southern accent. The echo chamber in the closing track, 'New Home' might be a little cheesy, but the underlying melody is just as lovely as anything else here. With production values better than a spare bedroom but worse than a real studio - call it medium fi. THE DESPERATE VIBE OF EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION is well worth experiencing. Ryan Tranquilla. VOID Rick Sell returns with drummer & partner in rocking out: Jorge Bejel on “The Desperate Vibe Of Emotional Devastation” part three of THE ATLANTIC MANOR series. Nine great lo-fi bedroom recordings to add to the indie-rock section of any skinny white American kid’s book shelf. If you dig guitar and drums that sound fuzzy you'll love The Atlantic Manor. - Paul Bosse READY SET…AESTHETIC #004 While lo-fi is a term that gets thrown around kind of loosely, I think that it is safe to label THE ATLANTIC MANOR as such.. They seem to revel in simple, sometimes created on the spot compositions. The songs are led by guitar work that are by no means elaborate, adequate drumming, and vocals, well, let's just say the vocals take a little getting used to. To put it simply, it is all just a little bit left of center. I mean this in a good way, kind of like an Aunt that can't remember the names of farm animals. You know? They're just not quite right but in an incredibly endearing way. It's easy to imagine whoever is behind THE ATLANTIC MANOR (I am guessing it's just one guy) sitting in a small apartment, with nothing but a folding chair, a guitar and a four track, endlessly putting songs to tape, occasionally pausing to pet his cat, which is most likely named after a mythological character. I don't mean to trivialize what this band is all about, not at all. In fact it's the music that really gets your mind wondering, wondering what the hell is going on and what it's all about. Fans of Smog or maybe Lou Barlow's stranger moments will enjoy this. You should write to them, I think they'd like to hear from you (no really). DAGGER #29 That's a stacked album title indeed. Quality, spontaneous home recordings here. Sad modern folk songs that all sound pretty good. The performer could be an alcoholic madman, these songs being his only way to keep any grip he has left with reality. Or he could be a lonley janitor living in his parents basement recording songs because he has nothing better to do. It dosen't matter to me though, cuz most of the songs are great. - Gary Stumbaugh SPANKZINE Slow and deliberate, The Atlantic Manor play the bedroom blues, loading it with oppressive guitar work, a troubled tale or two and haunting samples. Raw and personal expressions of sadness are matched only by the deft displays of anger. This one is not easy to shake off, and the effects are visceral. - Matt INDIE-CATOR The Atlantic Manor - The Desperate Vibe of Emotional Devestation (Do Too) This is actually quite a bit more uplifting than the title may suggest. The Atlantic Manor is a lo-fi project that seems to be bordering on indie pop songs without even trying too much. 'Moonlight Drive' is like something off of college radio (or that should go on college radio). There are a few slower spots on here where the music seems to plod along a bit more than it should, but overall this is a pretty darned good album. ***

Additional Info lo-fi and heartfelt. Go start a band. Create.

Location MIAMI, FL - USA

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