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Icarus Himself

About Me


DISCOGRAPHY
Feb. 2008 "iCARUS HiMSELF" EP/CD (self release)
Oct. 2008 "Comp Elation" Madison/Minneapolis Comp LP/CD
April 2009 "Coffins" LP/CD (Science of Sound)
Icarus Himself "Coffins" LP/CD Press:
"If you want to get Coffins in a single sound bite, try “lost Bowie demo tape overdubbed with acid confessions.” That should warm you up for Whetro’s eleven-track, half-hour romp and prepare you for what first feels like alt-country experiments with a lunatic wailing at the back." - cokemachineglow
"..takes the refined distortion of the National Beekeepers and combines it with his wry and quirky vocals to make what I can only categorize as basement tape beauty." - Dane101
"Where many have compared the guy to Beirut and Neutral Milk Hotel (I’ll give you the lite-psych of “This Means Nothing”) but to these ears it’s more Spoon-noir shuffling." - World of Wumme
"..fans of bedroom pop and maybe, just maybe Neutral Milk Hotel will dig Icarus Himself.." - 24hourpartypooper
"..this ain't a party record. In fact it'd probably go down a storm at the National Society of Depressives annual disco if they had one." - The Devil Has The Best Tuna
"iCARUS HiMSELF" EP/CD PRESS:
"The solo outlet of National Beekeepers Society's Nick Whetro. Icarus Himself emphasizes what lurks under NBS's reassuring guitar fuzz...he accompanies his death 'n' degradation tales with lonely echoes, double-tracked vocals, and the occasional drum machine." - THE ONION - A/V Club
"...sounds like meeting someone exactly like yourself, but better in almost every way..."- WWW.JUSTSAYINISALL.COM
"Confused characters traipse through a cold, ill-fated world, in which everything and everyone are imperfect and death rattles the bones of both the living and the dead."- ISTHMUS
"...Whetro makes great use of macabre lyrics over music that is oftentimes soft, or at the very least unassuming."- DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY
"It's minimal goodness emotive enough with piano and space to keep me wanting more."- WORLD OF WUMME

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/04/2007
Band Website: scienceofsound.com
Band Members: Nick: Vocals, Guitar, Sampler, Trumpet

Karl: Baritone Guitar, Sampler, Loop Pedal Noise-a-rama

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Influences: Neutral Milk Hotel, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Jesus and Mary Chain, Brian Eno (first 3 albums), Thee More Shallows, The Unicorns, Suicide, Phil Spector (pre murder-wall of sound era) anything with alot of reverb, and Bill Murray........................some people we've played with////////////////Say Hi, Sam Amidon, Owen.............
Sounds Like: “...lost Bowie demo tape overdubbed with acid confessions.” - CokeMachineGlow

click to buy the 5 song EP

click to buy "Coffins"

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Record Label: Science Of Sound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Icarus on Paste music sampler

go out and pick up the newest PASTE magazine.  Icarus is on the free music sampler w/Dinosaur Jr., Son Volt, and many more.....
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:26:00 GMT

So yeah, some new demo's

Alright,If anyone has made it to an Icarus show in the past couple of months you're probably scratching your head and asking yourself "why don't they sound anything like their recordings?"  There is a...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:10:00 GMT

cokemachineglow review of "Coffins" is in!

Here it is: http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/4596/icarushims elf-coffins-2009Nick Whetro is not the real Icarus; lets get that straight. He was never a Crete captive, his dad wasnt Daeda...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:30:00 GMT

adequacy.net review

another good review....adequacy.net
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:26:00 GMT

new blog post about "Coffins"

click to read about us being nerds
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 17:07:00 GMT

really good review

from Dane 101.com"I was in a very short lived band in High School. We would meet at my friend Maxs house when his musician parents would play out and we would record with whatever equipment they didn...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 08:08:00 GMT

We're on a label

The good people at Science of Sound have decided to re-release "Coffins."  So, go check out all the other great artists on SOS.www.scienceofsound.com
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 08:32:00 GMT

PlansPlansPlans

hey people,New record:Icarus Himself has a very busy Summer ahead.  Recording will start in June on a new 5 song EP (yet to be titled).  Each song is about the male/female relationship in some form or...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:26:00 GMT

For you people under 21

Icarus Himself will be playing a few all ages shows in the coming weeks.April 24 @ The Project Lodge----Madison, WI (800 block of E. Johnson St.)......Sabre Tooth Man cd release show....begins at 7pmM...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:01:00 GMT

W.O.W & 24 hour party pooper

World of Wumme review:"This is a plea to all of you in Madison, WI who keep flooding my mailbox with some wonderful music  keep it up. Cause now Im going to start gushing about the latest arrival fr...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:08:00 GMT