25 years in the making, Very Secretary's lone LP, Standing In The Shade.

Born from two seminal '90s midwest emo bands, Braid and The One Up Downstairs, Very Secretary was a band from Champaign-Urbana, IL, formed in March 1997 by Dave Johnson, Allen Johnson, Tim Adamson and Roy Ewing.

After releasing their debut EP Best Possible Souvenir on Mud Records, Tim Adamson left the band and was replaced by violin player Rachael Dietkus, thus making the core lineup for their swan song full-length released in 1999.

Pulling influences from their surrounding social circle (this record feels like Champaign, IL, at that time) as well as contemporaries like Ida or The American Analog Set, Very Secretary's sound wasn't as aggressive or youthful as their peers or even the band members' previous works.

Secretary was able to expand on the ideas which founded The One Up Downstairs and create inviting yet introspective landscapes for listeners to be immersed in. It was adult. It was taking indie-emo music to a place it hadn't been to quite yet.

To celebrate this record's 25th anniversary Storm Chasers has pressed this beautiful piece of work, nearly lost to the sands of time, on LP for the very first time. The artwork has been masterfully reshot and recreated to match that of the original CD but with a more modern look and feel, complete with gatefold packaging and beautifully pressed colored vinyl c/o Smashed Plastic.