I'm sure this has received some international recognition. Post-rock, sadcore-esque. They were signed to Nic Dalton's Half A Cow Records, where they were described as 'desert rock', perhaps fittingly so. Seminal, atmospheric, all those adjectives.
2 Litre Dolby formed in Sydney around late 1996. At some point late in their existence they relocated to Melbourne and were allegedly threatened with legal action by the similarly named creators of various noise-reducing (lo-fi-virtue-ruining) technologies.
Recorded and mixed in 1998, El Caballo Rojo was the sole offering from the group aside from a split 7" with Art of Fighting and an earlier EP 'The Wrong Compass' (or 'Fist Fit' - ambiguous A/B side delineation), released on Blind Records in 1998. It was well received at the time (as far as I can tell) and continues to be referenced in various Facebook-based emo fan groups. See their artist page on the Half A Cow website for a more detailed run-down of this album. HAC also have a great deal of stuff available for purchase on their Bandcamp page, which I wholeheartedly recommend partaking in.
I've got two copies of this - one was hidden in the copy of Wonder From A Quarter Acre I bought from the Narre Warren Savers. Coincidentally, they also make an appearance on this comp with a truncated version of El Caballo Rojo's second track 'Frida Kahlo'.
Excellent emo sad music, such that I can't really listen to it.
1. The Fish + The Drowned Man 10:08
2. Frida Kahlo 9:04
3. Good Morning Hal 3:34
4. Dead Letter Office 6:24
5. Nostromo 1:28
6. The Paper Dawn 13:13
7. Mystery Of Sixes 11:06
8. Johnny Bombay 11:31
El Caballo Rojo (1999) - 2 Litre Dolby
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