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mr. Gnome

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"This duo's debut full-length balances a soulful, feminine power that recalls Scout Niblett and a drummer who coldly demands dymanic shifts with almost electronic precision. It's an earnest tug-of-war.
~Spin
The excellent "Night of the Crickets," where great swipes of serrated guitar slash across Nicole Barille's gooey vocals. The absolute antidote to all those shrinking violets we've been big upping lately.
~ Rolling Stone.com
"Rabbit" from mr. Gnome's debut full-length, Deliver This Creature, pulls a heckuva lot of noise out of a small hat, pretty much just Sam Meister's tribal drums and the reverberating vocals and sludgily atmospheric guitar fills of Nicole Barille.
~Pitchfork
The finesse of merging sharp and smooth sounds seems almost effortless. Nicole Barille's bellowing voice rips through each song with audacious intensity. Her thundering guitar and Sam Meister's pounding drums are equally as acerbic and loud. Their simple but substantial instrumentation enhances the weightiness of Mr. Gnome's macabre poetry.
~Amplifier Magazine
Boy does this Ohio duo make a lot of noise. Such is the overwhelming nature of the twosome's aggressive-yet-beautiful sound.
~Paste Magazine
Breathy femme vocals waft airily through ethereal soundscapes. Surges of jagged hard-rock guitars come out of nowhere, shake things up and disappear again. Boxy rhythms trip and hop, connecting disparate pieces of sound. Disembodied vocals float above churning snare rattles. Something weird and wonderful is going on in Cleveland.
~LA Weekly
Barille and Meister play music that can be heavier than heavy metal but also atmospheric and beautiful. Each song ends breathlessly, with intensity, on that line between pleasure and pain.
~VenusZine
Deliver This Creature is the latest magnificently twisted musical fruit sprung from the loins of Cleveland-based clamorbrats, mr. Gnome. One is liable to hear artifacts of PJ Harvey, Bjork, and Blonde Redhead.
~My Old Kentucky Blog

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/10/2005
Band Website: mrgnome.com
Band Members: Nicole Barille-guitar/vocalsSam Meister-drums

FOR BOOKING CONTACT:
Kris Kerry
Lost Barrio Artists
150 S. Panorama Circle
Tucson AZ 85745
Phone 520.481.9813
Fax 520.903.1035
[email protected]
www.lostbarrioartists.com

Sounds Like:
Deliver This Creature CD(2008) $12.99
FREE 7" Vinyl with CD purchase
(while supplies last, offer ends July 1)

Deliver This Creature 7" Vinyl Single (2008) $6.99
side a:Deliver This Creature
side b:Night of the Crickets

mr. Gnome • Echoes on the Ground • Double EP $12.99

mr. Gnome (self-titled) EP (2006) $7.99

Echoes on the Ground EP (2005) $7.99
OUT OF PRINT

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Record Label: El Marko Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

RockFreaks.net - Deliver This Creature Review

Mr. Gnome - Deliver This CreatureOhio, USA based Mr. Gnome's debut album "Deliver This Creature" is a reviewer's nightmare. Its intense complexity, which even after ten listens leaves the listener sli...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:39:00 PST

Scene Magazine : Gnome at Last

Mr. Gnome, the area's second-hottest duo, makes a big noise on its debut albumBy D.X. FerrisMr. Gnome spent the past year turning people on all over the country  even if a lot of those people weren't...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:38:00 PST

Have You Heard? - mr. Gnome - Deliver This Creature

mr. Gnome - Deliver This CreatureThe term "sludge" may imply a thick, muddy, gooey substance, but mr. Gnome's Deliver this Creature is anything but cloudy or vague, as this Ohio two-piece sections out...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:20:00 PST

Stranded In Stereo - Deliver This Creature Review

Mr. GnomeDeliver This CreatureEl Marko RecordsBy Jose FritzWhat band cops to being from Cleveland? It's a shell of a city. Its own founder General Moses Cleveland left after its christening and never ...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:55:00 PST

LA WEEKLY Rock Picks: mr. Gnome

LA WEEKLY Rock Picks:Mr. Gnome at the Knitting FactoryBreathy femme vocals waft airily through ethereal soundscapes. Surges of jagged hard-rock guitars come out of nowhere, shake things up and disappe...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:59:00 PST

VenusZine Review - mr. Gnome - Deliver This Creature


Posted by mr. Gnome on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:22:00 PST

My Old Kentucky Blog : mr. Gnome

mr. Gnome - Deliver This CreatureDeliver This Creature (available from el marko records) is the latest magnificently twisted musical fruit sprung from the loins of Cleveland-based clamorbrats, mr. Gno...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:01:00 PST

The Weekly Volcano - Olympia, Washington

Hanging with the Gnomiesby Bobble TikiMusically, Cleveland, Ohio's Mr. Gnome is set to hit Le Voyeur in Olympia on Saturday, May 31. If you've never heard of this hard living, hard rocking twosome, le...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Sat, 31 May 2008 11:20:00 PST

Spin Magazine Review - Deliver This Creature


Posted by mr. Gnome on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:07:00 PST

Concert Review: Mr. Gnome in Kansas City

The PitchKansas CityThe Wayward BlogConcert Review: Mr. GnomeMay 21, 2008The Record BarBy GRANT SNIDERI challenge you to find a review of a two-piece, male-female rock band that doesn't reference the ...
Posted by mr. Gnome on Mon, 26 May 2008 03:14:00 PST