Skeletons
| Skeletons | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Art rock |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | www.skeletons.tv |
| Founding members | |
| Matthew Mehlan | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitars, piano, saxophone, synthesizer, drum computer, effects |
Matthew Mehlan |
Guitars, bass, piano, vocals, effects |
Jason McMahon |
Drums, percussion, drum machine, flute, effects |
Jonathan Leland |
Skeletons (also: Skeleton $ , Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys , Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities ) is an American art rock band that was founded in 2001. Her current album “ People ” was released on April 26, 2011.
history
The musician and director Matthew Mehlan founded Skeletons as a solo project in 2001. In the following years he gathered a large number of musicians under various project names and has since released eight studio albums.
style
Skeletons use elements from free jazz, avant-garde pop and similar styles in their music. Henrik Drüner wrote about the album "Money" in Intro magazine :
“Because the album“ Money ”, Skeletons fifth and the premiere on Tomlab, strains conventional listening experiences. Vocal confusion, wind attack, rumble drums and other sound utensils cause part-time irritation in their mix. On "Ripper aka The Pillows" there are overdriven trumpets hunting rhinos, innumerable recording tracks clatter in the background to prevent clarity. "
In the band's work so far, the album “People” is considered the most accessible work. Andreas Hofmann wrote on the baby blue pages :
“The all too irritating moments of the other albums are missing on“ People ”or seem pleasantly defused without the still somehow strangely nested songs losing their sharpness. This time Mehlan mainly tells (true!) Stories and manages to relax even the crudest compositions. "
Discography
As skeletons
- 2002: Everybody Dance With Your Steering Wheel
- 2003: Life and the Afterbirth
- 2003: I'm At The Top Of The World
- 2007: Diety of Hair
- 2008: Money
As Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys
- 2005: Git
As Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities
- 2007: Lucas
As a skeleton $
- 2011: People
Web links
- Official website
- Profile of the band on MySpace
- Skeletons at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Stewart: Skeletons - Money. In: PopMatters. January 14, 2009, accessed June 24, 2011 : “While a heady free jazz vapor does hang over much of money , the band is equally as interested in the soft textures of vintage R&B - and this proves to be an undeniably good thing. "
- ↑ Henrik Drüner: Skeletons - Money. (No longer available online.) In: Intro Magazin. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 24, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Andreas Hofmann: Skeletons - People. In: Baby Blue Pages. May 4, 2011, accessed June 24, 2011 .
- ↑ Diety of Hair ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as download from the Shinkoyo website
