Member Since: 12/8/2005
Band Website: www.Frankbango.com
Influences: Count among my many major inspirations: Agent Dale Cooper, Preston Sturges, Alan Watts, David Lynch,
The Beatles, Bjork, Swami Rama, Dr Rudolf Balentine, The Zombies, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The Toys, the Beach Boys, Charlie Rich & Orson Wells.
Sounds Like: ..
"Bango... has melody and wordplay worthy of Elvis Costello -– and a romantic whimsy Costello couldn't touch."
USA TODAY
"one of the best albums of this decade in any genre....The Sweet Songs of Decay is flat-out brilliant. It's sparse, but cuts right to the heart of pain, love, loss, and life in general. This is an absolute must-hear for anyone who loves well-written songs that last for generations.
INK 19
"If there winds up being three pop albums better than this in 2008, then the music industry will be a blessed place – because those would have to be three damn fine albums. Frank Bango's put together an engaging set of tunes that only gets better with every listen – so much better, in fact, that The Sweet Songs of Decay's got to be a front-runner on the short list for best album of 2008 thus far. "
Delusions of Adequacy
...praise for Bango for producing "some of the best and most original pop music that almost no one has ever heard" initially appeared as a hyperbole to me, but The Sweet of Songs of Decay proves to make the statement startlingly accurate...
Obscure Sound .
Sure to end up on this writer's short list of '08 pop "must-haves," …a pop album for the ages.
John Borack-
Amplifier
one of the best records released this year and this is no small praise…(The Sweet Songs of Decay is)perhaps the ultimate bittersweet album.
A Cloud of Starlings
why the heck isn't this guy a star…
Lee Zimmerman
Bullz-eye.com
"I Saw the Size of the World" is the best song about a worm that I've heard since Guided By Voices' "Wormhole"….Excellent release"
The Chickenfish Speaks
Bango and The Magic Fingers wore actual blazers.
Could it be they were tipping their caps to a time when musicians dressed for the show? Perhaps, more optimistically, they are a sign of the future.
The Deli Magazine
Record Label: Sincere Recording Co./a division of Sincerity INC
Type of Label: Indie