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Morex Optimo

Eine Band, die sich gewaschen hat

About Me

"An abundance of good ideas. Their experimental vibe applied to noise and rock makes each song seem divided and sewn into a whole, with vocals pouring in from some weird abyss. Thoughtful and poetic." --the Deli Magazine
"Art rockers in the coolest sense of the word, these folks are playing music that truly does not sound like anyone else out there." --babysue.com
"they seem to have captured David Bowie in his splendid '70s glam to bottle him up, shake it about, and spit forth... excellent indie rock with all the spicy flavors of intelligent conversation." --smother.net
" a wild and brainy rush... like a cross between XTC inventive dissonance and B-52s style crazed tomfoolery." --thenoise-boston.com

Impulsive, catchy inventions in new wave, rock, pop, punk a la XTC, Wire, X and other bands whose names start with letters late in the musical alphabet. Absurdly musical; lyrically savage. Brilliant and beautiful.

Sounds Like: xtc, wire, mission of burma, david bowie


Klub Helsinki, Zürich, Switzerland, August 24, 2006

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/4/2005
Band Website: morexoptimo.com
Band Members: Pierre De Gaillande, Kerry Kennedy, Jan Haux (standing in for Heather Wagner), Kristofer Widholm
Influences: Kurt Weill, Television, Spike Jones, Yo La Tengo, The Beach Boys, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Mission of Burma, Alfred Jarry, The Books, David Bowie, Fugazi, Gang of Four, Animal Collective, The Mars Volta, big books, small places, warm hearts, whisky.
Sounds Like: Mission of Burma, David Bowie, Wire, Gang of Four, Television
The Real Thing:

Beast of Reflection is available at:
morexoptimo.com
Vermillion Music
iTunes
CD Baby
3 Songs is available at:
morexoptimo.com
Vermillion Music
iTunes
CD Baby
Record Label: Broken Hill Music (US), Black Freighter (Japan)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Une Questione de Génération: Heather & Kristofer in The Who

Morex Optimo's Heather Wagner and Kristofer Widholm are performing in an ambitious re-enactment of The Who's legendary destructive performance at the Monterey Pop Festival for "Une Questione de Généra...
Posted by Morex Optimo on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:37:00 PST

Pics and dairy products from our 2006 European tour with Room

And what a welcome we get from you, you big old lovely place, with your dadaist oops of history sliced into regularity, Calvinism, and theories of relativity and space-time inconstancy. Sold out at Kl...
Posted by Morex Optimo on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:44:00 PST

Frischer, intelligenter Powerpop aus New York

Powerpop? Well, we don't know about that, but here's a nice little piece of press about our show in St. Gallen, Switzerland.Frischer, intelligenter Powerpop aus New YorkSt. Gallen Tagblatt, Aug 22, 20...
Posted by Morex Optimo on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:20:00 PST

Morex Optimo 2.0

We're honored, thrilled, flattered, hammered and borderline diarrheaic with excitement that we've got Negatone and Kapow!ist Jay Braun on bass and former Blue Spark, Overlordess and Anabolic Kerry Ken...
Posted by Morex Optimo on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:21:00 PST