Cursillistas

Cursillistas Began As The Psych-Folk Solo Project Of Portland Maine's Matt Lajoie. A Self-Released CDR Called "Rotary And Gems" Was Picked Up By Time-Lag's Nemo Bidstrup In 2005. Since Then Cursillistas Has Released A Number Of Handmade & Self-Released Documents In Addition To CDR CD And Vinyl Releases On Time-Lag And A CD And LP On Digitalis Recordings. Lajoie Started His Own Label L'animaux Tryst In 2006 And Also Plays In A Handful Of Other Groups Including Lightning Strike Lightning Bad Bus Sacred Basil Aldus Shores And Planets Around The Sun . Of The Name ‘Cursillistas’ Lajoie Said In An Interview With Digitalis ”Well The Short Story Is That It Was Just A Word I Thought Looked Really Nice. It's A Word I Would See All The Time In The Church Bulletin In Van Buren And Didn't Really Know Who These Cursillistas Were Or What They Did But It Was Always Just A Nice Word To Me. I Like The Palindrome "sillis" In The Middle. I Never Really Considered It Would Be Difficult For A Lot Of People To Pronounce.” His Follow Up To The CDR 'Rotary And Gems' Was 'Thrush Chimes In The Field Haunt' Released In A Limited Edition Of 140 Through Time-Lag In 2006. A 3"CDR And Cassette Entitled 'Les Biches' Was Released On L'animaux Tryst In 2006 Which Was Later Reissued By Time-Lag & L'animaux Tryst As A Remastered LP & CD With Previously Unreleased Tracks In 2009. The Full-Length 'Wasp Stings The Last Bitter Flavor' Was Released As A CD On Digitalis Industries In February 2008 With Plans For A Lathe-Cut LP Version Of The Album Pending From 5MA Records. Cursillistas Expanded To A Duo In 2008 With Dawn Marna Joining On Electric Guitar And Vocals. The Pair Recorded The LP 'Joint Chiefs' Released By Digitalis In A Limited Edition Of 200 Vinyl Copies In 2009 And The 'Peace Pipers' Full-Length Cassette That Collected Unreleased Tracks From The 'Joint Chiefs' Sessions And Released By L'animaux Tryst. read less