Ivy have reissued their 2000 album Long Distance, the LP IS available via Bar/None Records (Pardoner, Of Montreal). Formed in 1994, the trio includes Andy Chase, Dominique Durand, and the late Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne). The reissue features a new, unearthed song entitled “All I Ever Wanted” that was produced by Lloyd Cole in 1997 while the band were recording their album Apartment Life. Also included are a remix of “Edge of the Ocean” by Duotone as well as an original demo of the song.

Originally released in November 2000, Ivy’s third studio album Long Distance is considered by many to be their breakthrough album. It’s heavily influenced by trip hop and new wave while maintaining the blend of indie pop and rock they had become known for. Long Distance includes some of Ivy’s most recognizable songs like “Worry About You,” “Undertow” and their hit song “Edge of the Ocean.”

This 25th Anniversary edition marks the first time that Long Distance will be available on vinyl, featuring newly remastered audio by Scott Hull, with a limited variant of 700 copies being pressed on frosted blue and frosted green vinyl. The record will include liner notes with a track by track breakdown for each song by the band’s Andy Chase.

Ivy
Bedroom
Tracklist

01 Undertow
02 Disappointed
03 Edge of the Ocean
04 Blame it on Yourself
05 While We’re in Love
06 Lucy Doesn’t Love you
07 Worry About You
08 Let’s Stay Inside
09 Midnight Sun
10 I Think of You
11 Hideaway
12 One More Last Kiss
13 Digging Your Scene (bonus track)
14 All I Ever Wanted (bonus track)
15 Edge of the Ocean Duotone Remix (bonus track)
16 Edge of the Ocean Demo (digital only bonus track)

Dominique Durand had no intention of being a musician, let alone fronting a band when she left Paris for New York in 1989, but events transpired that would change her life forever. There, she met a young Andy Chase, and the two bonded over a shared love of 80’s UK bands like The Smiths and Orange Juice. With her encouragement, Chase began to write his first songs on guitar, eventually placing an ad in The Village Voice to enlist collaborators.

The ad attracted Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, who arrived at the apartment with their own plans, hoping to enlist Chase for their new project, the proto-Fountains of Wayne group Pinwheel. Though the meeting didn’t yield either group the players they were seeking, Chase and Durand were impressed with Schlesinger’s inspired energy, and kept up a correspondence.

Just as the two were settling into their new life in New York, Durand was stopped at Logan Airport, interrogated, and then deported back to Paris. The turn of events is part of the long obscured, deeply romantic Ivy origin story, which was kept hidden from the public for fear it would color the perception of the music. For Chase, there was no option but to leave for France with the girl he loved, and figure things out there. The two decided that it was only inevitable that they would get married, so why not now.

Upon returning to the States, Fiancé Visa in hand, Chase suggested they finish the songs he’d been working on, and perform them at the wedding with Durand singing for the first time. Soon after, with the encouragement of a bottle of wine, the two tracked the brief collection in their apartment. Schlesinger was enlisted to perform bass, and quickly became enamored with the songs and Durand’s voice. At his suggestion, they began to share the demo with record labels, and in short order were signed to Seed Records (Atlantic) without ever having performed live. Waking one morning to find he’d scribbled a list of potential names on a notepad the night before, Schlesinger suggested they adopt Ivy, and the band was born.

Order Bedroom reissue by Ivy HERE