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Mon Frere's dance rock comes off like a musical graphic novel; futuristically
poppy and full of brash punk energy, mixing dance, heavy rock and jazz into something
else. Formed in a subdivision basement by a trio of high-school outcasts, Mon
Frere is the kind of band that makes kids clap-their-hands-say-yah and parents
scratch their heads.
Mon Frere stunned the Seattle music scene last year, spewing forth from the suburban
lawns of Mountlake Terrace, WA, and transforming from underage unknowns to one
of the scene's most exciting draws. Thanks to tastemakers like KEXP DJ John Richards
and a rapidly growing fanbase, Mon Frere gained entrance to the hallowed halls
of the Northwest's legendary rock clubs, capping their first year as a band with
a packed show at Bumbershoot, the Nation's largest annual music festival, and
shows with Vendetta Red, Minus The Bear, The Gossip, U.S.E., and Visqueen, to
name a few.
Mon Frere's quirky-yet-dark pop sensibility permeates their sound. Frontwoman
Nouela Johnston's voice is both buttery and brutal, able to mowing down an advancing
army or seduce a ghost. Her playfully fractured synths run circles around Kyle
Swisher's fuzzy, dinosaur-sized guitar riffs. Drummer Dustin McGhie provides
the underlying head-nodding beat of Mon Frere, replacing original drummer David
Haasl and rounding out this bassless wonder.
In 2005, the band released the Real Vampires ep, building a small army of fans
by playing All-Ages shows up and down the West Coast. Now, with their first full-length
album, Mon Frere shows us what they learned last year with Blood, Sweat & Swords.
Blood, Sweat & Swords makes good on the promise of Real Vampires and takes it
3 steps further with deeper hooks, harder beats and heavier riffs. Both cruel
and cartoonish at once, BSS confidently displays the band's range while barely
giving the listener a chance to catch their breath. From the video-game-like
keyboards of "Y.M.M.W.D.S.B." (You Make Me Wanna Destroy Something Beautiful)
to the angry refrain of "Let It Bleed(Teen Wolf)", Blood, Sweat & Swords creates
a world of star-crossed lovers, sweet-hearted murderers, idiot savants and strutting
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1. Y.M.M.W.D.S.B
2. Drain
3. You Don't Mind
4. Look At The Cash
5. Leaving Town
6. BigShot
7. CleverBoi
8. Wasted Life
9. Let it Bleed (Teen
Wolf)
10. Bulliton
11. Harsh
Winds
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1. R.V.D.G.S.
(Fighting Mad)
2. Up Circle
3. Orcs
Don't Knows It
4. Bunch
of Broccoli
5. Real
Ultimate Power
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