Aqueduct is an Oklahoma band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2002. Aqueduct was founded in Tulsa as the solo project of pop aficionado David Terry. Supporting members have more recently been added to the group. They have received praise for their application of synthpop meter, drum, and piano, which has become more complex as the band has grown in membership.
2002-2003: Formation & Power Ballads[]
Initially the band was a one-man act, created and produced by David Terry in his bedroom. Power Ballads was recorded by Trent Bell at Bell Labs (The Flaming Lips, The Starlight Mints) and self-released on February 25, 2003. After releasing the album, Terry relocated to Seattle, Washington. Twelve hours later, Aqueduct was opening for Modest Mouse at The Showbox.
2003—2007: Pistols at Dawn, I Sold Gold, & Or Give Me Death[]
After opening for Modest Mouse, Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie) subsequently recommended Aqueduct to Barsuk Records, who signed the band. After months of culling and polishing new and pre-existing material with the help of producer Matt Pence, Aqueduct completed an EP, Pistols at Dawn, and the full-length album I Sold Gold. Of the debut album, Pitchfork Media said David Terry's "personal, cerebral pop [is] worth coming back to."
The follow-up Or Give Me Death was released in February 2007 by Barsuk Records.
2008—Present: Hiatus & Wild Knights[]
In 2015 Aqueduct returned with the album Wild Knights, coinciding with the successful funding of the Aqueduct Vinyl Project on Kickstarter.
Discography[]
- Studio Albums
- Power Ballads (2003)
- I Sold Gold (2005)
- Or Give Me Death (2007)
- Wild Knights (2015)
- EPs
- Pistols at Dawn (2004)