Fringe:Seven Suns - Violet Sedan Chair

This is neat. The producers of Fringe made an album, Seven Suns by Violet Sedan Chair that is Walter Bishop's favorite band and seeded it in used record stores around the country. It apparently has some clues about the show's mysteries. It's also pretty listenable. [Link]

Fringe co-creator J.J. Abrams first name-checked faux band Violet Sedan Chair in Wired magazine nearly two years ago.

In the issue, which Abrams guest-edited, an article titled “Musical Mystery Tour: Messages Embedded in Your Favorite Album” listed Violet Sedan Chair’s recording Seven Suns and said the mythical album contained a song “rumored to produce hallucinatory effects when played on multiple turntables.”

The long-gestating viral prank pays off Friday when Fringe returns for its midseason premiere. In the episode, Christopher Lloyd plays Roscoe Joyce, Violet Sedan Chair’s keyboard player, who was once idolized by the sci-fi series’ guilt-ridden mad scientist, Walter Bishop (played by John Noble).

When word leaked earlier this month that LP copies of Seven Suns would soon be popping up in indie record stores, the Fringe faithful began combing through vintage-vinyl outlets in search of the album. This week, Kiki Kane discovered a copy of Seven Suns, pictured in the gallery above, in the used-vinyl section of Seattle’s Easy Street Records.

You can listen to the album here:
Violet Sedan Chair Seven Suns Side One
Violet Sedan Chair Seven Suns Side Two