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I was hungry in a past life

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Heavy Duty By Josiah Hughes/Exclaim Magazine (Canada)Portland's Mattress centres on the claustrophobic bedroom soul of weirdo Rex Marshall and his synthesiser. But on Heavy Duty, his debut full-length for Edmonton's Reluctant Recordings, his minimal, dark electro beats take a backseat to his sinister songwriting. Opener "Pollution" sets the tone with its eerie sounds and hopeless lyrics, while "Go Ahead and Litter" almost gets dance-y, with its dead funk guitar drone. The real gem is closing track "Bring It Down," with its heavy synths and melodic singing, showing a little heart amidst the creepiness. Limited to 300 and featuring shiny artwork courtesy of the Doers' Sean Maxey, this is a rare treat in outsider pop. (Reluctant)

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Member Since: 2/18/2006
Band Website: mattressmusic.com
Band Members: Eldorado music video directed by Grace Carter
Influences: scorpions, mountains, electricity, handshakes, shiny shoes, neon, cactus http://www.youtube.com/user/mattressmusic
Sounds Like: otis redding walking thru the nevada test site with kraftwerk in the cafeteria and lee hazlewood panning for gold out front with howlin wolf
Record Label: Reluctant Recordings (canada)/Malt Duck Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

pdx pop 2008 festival

hello out there, i am writing a bit late, was it three weeks ago now? everything has been downhill since PDX Pop Fest. Willamette Week wrote about my stagetime in this blog: http://localcut.wweek.com/...
Posted by mattress on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:19:00 PST

heavy duty review

this one from Exclaim  magazine MattressHeavy Duty By Josiah HughesPortland's Mattress centres on the claustrophobic bedroom soul of weirdo Rex Marshall and his synthesiser. But on Heavy Duty, hi...
Posted by mattress on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:59:00 PST

heavy duty tour and white vinyl LP

hello gangs, i had to delete anything that had to do with Canada while I was touring there, but now Mattress is back home. The Heavy Duty Tour, which crossed Canada from BC to Montreal and back was a ...
Posted by mattress on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:28:00 PST

LocalCut press 1/31/08

http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/01/31/mattress-forbidden-frui t-children-of-the-revolution-3-compilation/ One man band Mattress's beat infested, broody jam, "Forbidden Fruit," sounds like static electri...
Posted by mattress on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:08:00 PST

Los Angeles press

This review from LA Record magazine is very kind............. http://larecord.com/blog/?p=897 Mattress came into my life while on a trip through Portland: I was there for one night and the friend/host...
Posted by mattress on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:56:00 PST

7 inch reviews a plenty

look at all these kind words: the new 7in is selling fast and getting airplay and love. I am smiling. http://siltblog.blogspot.com/search?q=mattress ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft...
Posted by mattress on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:02:00 PST

youtube it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2MW1rjZJ7k    
Posted by mattress on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:20:00 PST

Discorder Magazine (BC) review

A review just came in for "Eldorado" http://discorder.ca/2007/05/561/  you have to scroll down a bit. the folks in BC are too kind........
Posted by mattress on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

Maximum Force Tour on LocalCut.com

sunday night will begin the California Maximum Force Tour. On the road with the antics and harsh discomforting words of performance artist Joe Von Appen. I plan to make many friends and tens of d...
Posted by mattress on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:39:00 PST

radio show 3/17 photos and link

hiya kids, the radio show went well I am happy and thanks Jim and Brandon for the sound work and air time. Click on the link for PHOTOS and the show archive. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dea...
Posted by mattress on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PST