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el Mopa

Wet, dry, new weather, under the weather

About Me

So much going on at the Mope at the mo'. Currently working hard to finish our third album thanks to the tireless efforts of emsahoy and bonregis, along with anthony 'baby' the, more recently.................................................... ............................................ ............................................................ ..................................... ............................................................ ..................................... here's what they said about the last album the new one is shaping up to be similarish, only moreso ......... "There's plenty of feeling found in their messily inventive of blues, country and indie ... strange and sprawling ... and alight with high level electricity." **** ROLLING STONE .......... "sumptuous, inspired, teasingly discordant beauties..." *** THE AUSTRALIAN ............ "Understatedly impresive" The Drum ........ "El Mopa are masters of this deceptive gravitas, like a swimmer who begs you to help him out of the waves but then pulls you under with him -- and you don't mind drowning." Splendid ezine......................................... ................

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/27/2006
Band Members: Simon Wooldridge, Emma Hoy, Matthew J. Toohey, Richard King, Travis Baird
Influences: Mopas past and present have also played in these bands, and all of these brothers are influences. A Goldstar Secret... AFX Jim... BabyBees...Browning...Darren Hanlon.... Decoder Ring... Founder... Joseph Leonard and the Family Fuse... Kid Cornered... Lunarcide...Pip Branson Corporation ... The Cannanes... The Daisygrinders... The Rebel Astronauts....The Woods Themselves ... Roidhead ... Primal Murder
Record Label: formerly on Quietly Suburban
Type of Label: None

My Blog

We're Not Worthy

I think we learned this song in 2000 and must have recorded it not too long after.Rohan cuts a fine lead, Kathy Wemyss added some horn magic while we all vocalise in a ragged rendition for which we su...
Posted by el Mopa on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:26:00 PST