Brown Recluse Sings profile picture

Brown Recluse Sings

seja marginal, seja heroi...

About Me

hello/booking/mp3 requests for bloggers:
[email protected]

===================

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/25/2006
Band Website: brownreclusesings.com
Band Members: timothy meskers
herbert shellenberger
alexander tyson
jesse d. todd, esq.
patrick s. todd, legend
ryan m. todd, gentleman

esteemed alumnus: the honorable mark saddlemire
Influences: timothy-
the zombies
the left banke
margo guryan
billy nicholls
os mutantes

herbert, alias herbie-
belle & sebastian
pants yell!
broadcast
young marble giants
comet gain

alexander-
sun ra
stereolab
cornelius
arthur russell
vashti bunyan

jesse, esquire-
the left banke
love
margo guryan
belle & sebastian
os mutantes

ryan, gentleman-
the zombies
david bowie
arthur baker
thin lizzy
giorgio moroder

patrick-
new order
goblin
tim follin
pulp
death

love, structuralism, the occult, psychedelia, erotica, media theory, infrapolitics, tropicalia, memory, the spectacle, feminism, art nouveau, musique concrete, mental illness, horror, collage, cats, symbolic interactionism, identity construction, "pop."
Sounds Like: an outdoor conversation between clara rockmore, egon schiele, anais nin, alfred hitchcock, joan retallack, king tubby, rogerio duprat, bell hooks, rod argent, gal costa, marshall mcluhan, jean-luc godard, anne kaplan, and philip larkin.

The Canals :
"Recalling a combination of the unobtrusively pleasant sounds of Belle and Sebastian and the adventurous – almost nightmarish – arrangements of Os Mutantes (especially on “Margo Left in Bed”), Brown Recluse Sings proves to have the ability to stretch into a world of sound beyond conventional indie-pop."
Skatterbrain on "Night Train":
"The bright, poppy keyboards and the horns mesh perfectly, creating a nice, lush melody that, well, gets stuck in your head pretty quick."
Badminton Stamps on "Western Meadowlark":
"And for your downloading pleasure, what has no doubt been my number one song during this lazy hazy last month of summer: an effortlesss, washed-out lullaby coo from Brown Recluse Sings."
Philadelphia Freedom :
"Belle & Sebastian. The Left Banke. The Zombies. David and Bacharach. The Stone Roses. I'm reminded of all these and more when I tune in and turn on to the day-glo sounds of Brown Recluse Sings, a five piece who were recently brought to our attention by the fabulous ears and minds of Badminton Stamps. "Your favorite new band," they write. And now mine too."
Record Label: Tequila Sunrise Records
Dead Format
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

PAST SHOWS

48.75:: 08/09/08:: New York, NY - Rok Lok Fest @ Knitting Factory w/ Yes Sensei, On the Might of Princes, Loma Prieta, Damezumari, more. (Tim and Herbie duo)48.5:: 07/26/08:: Severna Park, MD @ Woods ...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:34:00 PST

SELECTED HYMNS (OF THE EVENING TAPESTRY) CASSETTE

we are proud to present our second release ever!! it only took us a year and a half to follow up our first cdep. but you know what they say: 'when it rains, it pours.' so look up to the skies soon to ...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:04:00 PST

DISCOGRAPHY

Upcoming:The Soft Skin 12" EP, Tequila Sunrise Records. TS-12008. 500 copies. Split 7" as part of the Searching for the Now singles series, Slumberland Records.First full length. Released:Selected Hym...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PST

BRS MUXTAPE

BRS @ Heirloom Arts Theater in Danbury, CT:: May 25, 2008:: Photo by William ToddBROWNRECLUSESINGS. MUXTAPE. COMBROWNRECLUSESINGS. MUXTAPE. COMBROWNRECLUSESINGS. MUXTAPE. COMDuring our trip two weeken...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PST

NEWS UPDATE 12/19/07:: Johnny Brendas show,

LOTS TO REPORT ON. SORRY WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND.First up, we've got a KILLER show coming this Friday @ JOHNNY BRENDA'S (best room in Philly!). It's a great lineup of all locals that is pretty diverse a...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:28:00 PST

what we listen to in the van

here's a list of some stuff we listened to in the van this weekend.. i can't remember everything so add more stuff guys...XOC, king tuff, my teenage stride, the anniversary, beulah, belle and sebastia...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:15:00 PST

pictures from the august tour

here's a sample of photos from several stops on the tour -fri aug 10 - philadelphia, PA @ sal'ssat aug 11 - stranded late at night, somewhere outside of pittsburghsun aug 12 - fueling up and killing t...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:19:00 PST

radio and podcast performances

Live acoustic set on 'Phoning it In' from BSR (Providence, RI) - May 2006Interview on WHYME podcast (Philadelphia, PA) - September 2006Live full band set on Jon Solomon's show from WPRB (Princeton, NJ...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:46:00 PST

hi leah! // why "brown recluse sings"?

hi leah,i recently read your message regarding the origins of the group name "brown recluse sings" and finally had a few seconds to write back to you. there are a number of reasons which "brown reclus...
Posted by Brown Recluse Sings on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:59:00 PST