Since forming they have released an album, Stereo Night, and have been touring. In 2009, John Munson and Matt Wilson reunited to form a new band The Twilight Hours. Munson joined Wilson's brother and former Trip Shakespeare frontman Matt Wilson to form a side project, The Flops, in 2001, though they were expected to make a final performance in early 2005. Wilson took time out to do some solo projects and play tour dates around the Midwest in December. It was also featured in the season finale of The Real World Seattle. 'Closing Time' was included in an episode of The Office.
CHORDS SEMISONIC CLOSING TIME MOVIE
The band followed similar set lists for the shows, playing the album Great Divide in its entirety with a few additional songs, including a live debut of the Wilson-penned 'Basement Tapes'. Paul show at a smaller venue served as a live rehearsal for the Minneapolis show at famed Minneapolis club First Avenue. Paul and Jin Minneapolis for the first time in nearly five years.
CHORDS SEMISONIC CLOSING TIME SERIES
The band reunited for a series of two shows on Jin St. Munson and Wilson onstage with Semisonic in 2017 Wilson has spoken of doing more Semisonic music in the future but said, 'The busy day-to-day life keeps pushing it further into the future.' All About Chemistry remains their last studio album. Another song, 'Over My Head,' was used in the 2001 teen flick Summer Catch, and Semisonic rode the wave of various tours in and around the UK. In early 2001, the band released its third album, All About Chemistry, The single 'Chemistry' was a mainstay overseas however, the album did not fare as well in the United States. Their international career also blossomed when another song from the album, 'Secret Smile,' quickly became a UK radio favorite in the summer of 1999, eventually peaking at No. In a 2008 performance at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, Wilson made it known that it was originally written about the birth of his first child. Semisonic's breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine, reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single 'Closing Time,' their biggest hit in the United States. An EP, Pleasure, was released that year on Boston indie label CherryDisc, and the studio full-length Great Divide in 1996 on MCA. History Formation and debut album Īfter the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Dan Wilson and John Munson joined up with drummer Jacob Slichter to form Semisonic in 1995. They are best known for their 1998 single 'Closing Time'. The band has three members: Dan Wilson (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), John Munson (bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar), and Jacob Slichter (drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals). Semisonic is an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995. A basement concert, from left to right: Munson, Wilson, and Slichter