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The Motherless Children

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About Me


A one-man pop factory birthed in the rugged mountains of central New Hampshire during the summer of 2005. In September of that year, the Motherless Children found themselves accompanying the sounds of the coqui frogs outside of Studio Brau, conveniently located in stiflingly humid San Juan, Puerto Rico. Following up on this Latin theme, the Children relocated to Lima, Peru, and set about putting together a full live band. A lawyer, a graphic designer, a translator and a painter by day, they join forces after hours to bring a psych-pop touch to Lima's famous night life. They are currently playing out in fine establishments throughout the city with other members of the Peruvian independent music scene, as well as finally readying the Wicked River EP, recorded in San Juan, to be released through Basto Discos in Peru and Trademark Recordings in cyberspace. Check back here for more details as they become available. Lest they be accused of resting on what laurels they may have, they are also well on their way to writing another album's worth of new songs, this time with the whole band. Check out their live show for a preview of the shape of transcontinental progressive psych pop to come!
Una fábrica unipersonal de canciones pop nació en las accidentadas montañas del estado de New Hampshire durante el verano del 2005. En septiembre de ese año, The Motherless Children (Los Niños sin Madre o Los Niños Huérfanos) se vieron rodeados por el sonido de las ranas coqui que venían de fuera del Estudio Brau, convenientemente ubicado entre la humedad agobiante en San Juan de Puerto Rico. Continuando con el tema latino, los Children se reubicaron en Lima - Peru, donde se juntaron un grupo completo para tocar en vivo. Son un abogado, un diseñador gráfico, un traductor y un pintor de día, pero de noche se unen para dar un toque de pop sicodélico a la famosa vida nocturna limeña. Actualmente están tocando en los locales finos de la ciudad juntos con otras bandas de la escena de música independiente peruana, tal como preparando el lanzamiento del Wicked River EP, lo cual se grabó en San Juan y se sacará por Basto Discos en Perú y Trademark Recordings en ciberespacio. Revisa esta página para más detalles apenas estén disponibles. Mientras tanto, han compuesto una gran parte del material para su debut album, esta vez con todo el grupo. Chequea su show en vivo para una muestra del futuro estado de pop sicodélico-progresivo transcontinental!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/24/2005
Band Website: wickedriver.com
Band Members: The Motherless Children are/son:
Lucas Russell Lyndes: Acoustic and electric guitars and lead vocals / guitarra acústica, eléctrica y voz princial
Paulo Novoa: Bass guitar / Bajo
Kbg: Electric and acoustic guitars and backing vocals and sometimes keyboards / Guitarra eléctrica, acústica y voces adicionales, y alguna vez, teclados
Alfonso Vargas: Drums and percussion / Batería y percusión
Nataly Cubillas: Modern single-reed instruments / Instrumentos de viento

Julian Brau: Recording, drums and wires / Grabación, batería y cables
Influences: Buffalo Springfield, CCR, Faust, The Pretty Things, The Zombies, Syd Barrett, The Soft Boys, Donovan, Love, The Turtles, etc etc.
Sounds Like: music to your ears.
Record Label: Basto Discos
Trademark Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lima Calling

Posted today, new and improved mixes of four songs from the forthcoming EP "Wicked River", coming out on Basto Discos in March 2007! More information here soon. Also keep an eye out for conc...
Posted by The Motherless Children on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:04:00 PST

Real Motherless

The Motherless Children have finally arrived in Lima and are poised to put the North-South American Pop Psych Treaty into effect... Pending a backing band, that is. In the meantime, they have gotten t...
Posted by The Motherless Children on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:52:00 PST

Demos posted...

A few songs from the Big Larcom Demos have been uploaded for listening... These songs were recorded on casette 4-track during summer '05 in New Hampshire. These songs will not appear on the forthcomin...
Posted by The Motherless Children on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:24:00 PST