All of Minmae's songs are facing west, toward the land of the dead. Not because the band has a fascination with the afterlife, but because, when the excavators pry open the tombs and hear the disparate sounds of this prolific band/concept, they will know that there was at least some pattern, some meaning to it all.
Songwriter Sean Brooks' penchant for turning the caustic into works of morbid beauty is once again evident in at once Minmae's most inspired and most cohesive work to date; following the success of 2006's "Le Grand Essor de la Maison du Monstre", Portland OR indie rockers Minmae return with a new record, a new line-up and a new mission statement. "835", their 9th full-length (and third on Greyday Records), finds the band at the crossroads of experiment and pop, of noise and rhythm, of chaos and order. Recorded in the band's hometown of Portland, OR, after spending four of the previous six months on the road, the fruits of a very spatially dispersed labor have culminated in a 14 song pop detour that documents Minmae at a peak, a phase, a transition, a beginning, and an end, all at once. "835" will be the album that carves the deepest niche for the band in an ever increasingly complex and changing world.
Enjoy. And watch your back.
Minmae concocts bold, capable indie rock that's as long on guitar power as it is on inventive arrangements. All Music Guide
[Id Be Scared, Were You Still Burning is] 40 minutes of the best, tightest pop music Minmae's ever made. But from what I've heard, Sean's on a creativity bender right now. (As if he hasn't been on a creativity bender for the last 10 years.) I wouldn't be surprised if his next record kills everything he's ever done just like this one did. Adam Gnade, Kitty Magik
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