Lost vinyl gems is an irregular column where I feature weird and wonderful songs that can only be found on vinyl records

His eyes were huge. “Dude!” His eyes were huge and he was shouting across the record store at me. “Adrian!” Like a trophy over his head, my friend was holding up a 7″. I couldn’t see what it was or why he was so excited.

It was Vol. 1.1, the David Bazan/ Casey Foubert split, on Ben Gibbard’s short-lived Bedside Recordings record label, limited to 500 copies. I hadn’t seen it before and I haven’t seen it since. The Bazan side was an acoustic version of “the Poison Makes” (maybe I’ll post that another time). That song eventually appeared on Pedro the Lion’s last album, Achilles Heel, but the 7″ version was more stark and depressing in the best possible way. Exactly what I would have expected from Bazan

I had no idea what to expect from the Casey Foubert side. I knew he was in a band that I loved, Seldom, and had recently contributed to/ drummed for Pedro the Lion. It turned out to be a rough acoustic guitar and vocals songs, reminiscent of Hayden in some ways (though I only see that now–I didn’t know Hayden at all in early 2003 when I first heard “Walk Slow”).

Casey Foubert - Walk Slow(mp3)

Seldom has dissolved but Casey has gone on to be a go-to guy in indie rock, playing bass and keys for Sufjan, contributing lots of instruments and producing for Rocky Votolato and drumming for Crystal Skulls. He’s even acted as a fill-in drummer for John Vanderslice. His solo act, these days, is going by Law of the Least Effort.

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