LEXIE MOUNTAIN BOYS

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Member Since: 11/18/2005
Band Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexiemountainboys/
Band Members: LEXIE. MOUNTAIN
SAM. GARNER
AMY. WALLER
AMY. HARMON
KATHERINE. HILL

fellow collaborators:
Roby Newton
Mag Sabo
Lizz King
Muffy Van Buren
Kit Macchi
and dogs and stuff more or none within and upon the PYRAMIND.

PETALS THE PARTY DRESS
featured
The Core Mt. Boys and

AUXILIARY FORCES
Nicola Knight
Mag Sabo
Devon Diamond
Claire Waller
Chiara Keeling
Julie Benoit
Traci Sym
Influences: SCOTT BRAID, CANADA, VAUDEVILLE, GREENMOUNT AVE
Sounds Like: something loud and many-armed

This acappella group from Baltimore are an all-female troupe whose performances have gained them a good deal of notoriety, largely due to the sheer flamboyance of the spectacles they create, with costumes and slapstick pie-in-the-face antics being commonplace as part of their live shows. On record Lexie Mountain Boys make for a truly bizarre listening experience. From the layered weirdness of campfire sing-along 'Where We Are' you'll hear some semblance of a recognisable song, but soon after the album dismantles itself into chaos: after the bodily squeaks and parps of 'Smack Those Lips' comes the woozy, lethargic 'Hi Yeah Vein', which is largely comprised of a choral annunciation of "Hi" and "Yeah" hypnotically, over and over again. Frankly, this is probably something of an acquired taste, and you can bet that much of the Lexie Mountain Boys experience is lost in the absence of the performance element that comes as part of the band's parcel, but fans of vocal experimentation, from Maja Ratkje to Bjork's Medulla might well find this an intriguing experience.
-- BOOMKAT

I once described the a capella Dadaist post-modern Americana of openers Lexie Mountain Boys as "retarded field hollers in a pasture of dying cattle" - and I'm afraid that this sincere compliment was misunderstood by a few (I love challenge of disjointed folk atonalism from the Godz to the present more than most). Lexie and gang not only have an interesting take on music and a fun dynamic stage show, but also deserve plenty of credit for helping Baltimore develop into one of the country's most vibrant scenes.
About Hi Yeah Vein (from "Sexy Fountain Noise") Here's some home-spun Baltimore avant a-capella that ain't for the faint... of heart and definitely unlike anything else you've ever heard. Close your eyes and the collage will sprout arms and tag the pastoral thrift shop landscape oil painting wild style until rendered utterly unrecognizable.
-- NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN

Baltimore is dangerous. If the knives don’t get to you, then there are mad bands that will wipe you off the face of the planet, for sure. The whole city is on fire. My wallet is (probably) full of blood. Below are a handful of those bands that should have an eye kept on them at all times, for forever. I’m skipping those that are already household names (e.g. Celebration, Beach House, Dan Deacon, Animal Collective, etc.), and focusing on those that are on the low low. I think Lexie Mountain Boys and Thank You stand out as the most interesting. I kinda wanna be in Lexie Mountain Boys. I kinda want them to live all over me.
-- BIOMUSICOSOPHY

Record Label: HERESEE...HOSS...CARPARK
Type of Label: Major