Biography
MarsupiaL "has built a regional following with its improv-heavy mix of progressive rock, jazz, and jam-band music.†MarsupiaL has toured in seven states in the last seven years, playing over 350 shows, promoting three studio CD releases and distributing thousands of live CDs. The band has performed at festivals like Bele Chere, The Vortex Music Festival at the Asheville Civic Center and the Flat Rock Music Festival. MarsupiaL has played venues such as The Orange Peel, The Pour House and Stella Blue where they opened for Gov’t Mule at the 2007 Warren Haynes Christmas Pre-Jam. They have shared the stage with other notable acts including Jerry Joseph, Schleigho, Strut, Hobex, and Ulu.
“In addition to making a name for itself through powerful live shows, MarsupiaL is quickly earning a reputation as one of the most thoughtful recording artists in the prog-rock field, earning comparisons to national acts such as Umphrey’s McGeeâ€. Curtains, the latest CD from MarsupiaL, is the band’s third full length studio release and “proves that jam music needn’t be self-absorbed noodling.†MarsupiaL's albums have been featured in Relix Magazine, Honest Tune, Kynd Music, and Mountain Xpress. WNCW has kept MarsupiaL’s albums in rotation, featured the band live on three separate studio broadcasts, and Curtains “has quickly become a favorite on [their] Arc Overnight program.â€
Along with the previous two releases, Curtains was recorded and mixed by engineer J. Ferris, who “makes this independently released album sound better than some major-label titles.†Ferris also records MarsupiaL’s live shows for release on the Live Music Archive where thousands of shows have been downloaded by the tape trading community. Whether online, live on stage, or in the studio, MarsupiaL is “one of the nation’s brightest stars in the prog-rock scene.â€
REVIEWS:
One of the hardest working and certainly most talented bands swimming in the crowded and competitive Asheville music pool, MarsupiaL is a nimble crew achieving (and deserving) to explode onto the southern jam seas.
A highly effective prog ..n' rock dual-guitar attack, MarsupiaL has tightened and Seasoned it's epic rock the old fashioned way: Via metric tons of live gigs and touring over the last three years-plus. Indeed, the practice has paid off, as these guys exhibit a penchant for tight, directed epic jamming with a purpose.
Stuart Gaines ~ Honest Tune Magazine
MarsupiaL creates a combination of hook-laden rock and roll to tightly composed yet loosely flowing jams.
The songs that expand your mind on disc possess your synaptic functions entirely when being interpreted live. From the opening jam of the lush Why Are These Pillows Following Ye, off of their debut dancing about architecture, through to the hour-long, 5 song second set MarsupiaL sets the music blazing. Time signatures change and combine with a stunning rapidity, solos flare and die and songs become moving targets.
Dave Terpeny ~ Kyndmusic.com
The band operates as a tight-knit family and has a common philosophy of crossing all available musical boundaries. In the past five years this quartet has created a buzz around the southeast U.S. with an eclectic musical vision that melds an improv-heavy mix of jazz-rock and progressive rock with a superior melodic content. This is an outfit with much promise.
Mick Skidmore ~ Relix Magazine
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