Member Since: 2/19/2005
Band Website: aultenavry.com
Band Members: Brian Szentewith rotating cavalry: Ana Lola Roman Carlos Avendano Brian Pearl Miles Curtiss Mike Kash Josh Raymond Andrea Hendrickson Tonie Chavez Mia Matsumiya Justin Scerma Caleb Woods Pete Shanel Katherine Liebman etc.
Influences: CHOCKY CHOCKY CHOCKY///////FINAL RELAXATION : BY THE GOLDING INSTITUTE..... Momus, Gorecki, Queensryche: Rage for Order, Operation Mindcrime, Walter bowart, Chuck Mosley, Jeff Wayne: the War of The Worlds, NIN, Dr. Phibes, Scott Walker, Luke Haines, early Sebadoh, David Bowie, Natalie Rose Lebrecht, San Sebastian Strings, Rod Mckuen , Leonard Cohen, Vincent Price, Aldous Huxley, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Clemens, Saphire and Steele, Lost, Toog, Afghan Whigs, The Flotation Walls, Ana Lola roman, Chris Morris, THe Fuccons, Faith No More, the fuggs, Richard Matheson, Children of the Stones. Ella Jenkins, And I can't stop listening to Jimmy Cliff.
Sounds Like: ............................................................ ................................................... This is the Momus review for "Snow in the Portrait of Eyes" film and soundtrack:Slow Ghost "Snow in the Portrait of Eyes" (CD and DVD) Well, the trippy underwater sounds of these songs again raise the spectre of My Bloody Valentine. Most of these short, fragile, strange songs are lovely, like Jeff Buckley songs rewritten by Bjork or Vincent Gallo. And yes, Devendra Banhart's ghost wows and flutters over them like a raven over a corrugated tin shack. BUT... as in the case of The Billy Nayer Show there's a visual talent lurking behind these songs which exceeds them. The DVD of "Snow in the Portrait of Eyes" is incredible, a full-length video art piece which takes us into a strange world (part Peter Greenaway, part Matthew Barney, part John Bock) in which an author, Pinzy Merton, is rejected by publishers, queer-bashed, addressed by 18th century characters in periwigs, speaks to the camera out of lip-synch, sings Slow Ghost songs, shows us his paintings and poems and photographs, inserts inter-titles like "Pawnsy a little lesser swims through the sea", and travels through snowy landscapes. It's all ravishingly strange and beautiful, and makes me think that its creator, Brian Szente, might become an important artist in the future. If I were a billionaire philanthropist he'd already have a million dollars for his next project, and if I were a curator I'd put him in a big show. A show about beauty and its return in an ugly age. (www.imomus.com).. width="425" height="350" ..And here is a Momus video off of his new album, directed by himself with guest appearances of me and Mike Kash:.. width="425" height="350" ..
Record Label: touchitmovement.com (possibly)
Type of Label: Indie