Minmae

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Minmae are a philosopher’s band. At the beginning, the band’s primary songwriter Sean Brooks had a purpose: “to deconstruct music through sound…to project the idea of a band that in reality was not a band at all.” Very Dadaist? Not anymore. Instead of nihilism, the band seems to have gone back a few centuries and adopted Aristotle’s Law of Identity, ie -Everything that exists has a specific nature. But what’s the point? The point is that Minmae’s specific nature is unpredictability. Case in point: name one other band who has the brass ones to begin an album with a nine-and-a-half-minute song. Well, that is what Minmae has done on Le Grand Essor de la Maison du Monstre (“The Great Flight of the Monster Haus”). “Cold Room, So. Pacific” is the ambitious opener to the album; the song is sparse lyrically, but sonically rich, filled with fuzzy guitars and spacey echoes. As the opener fades, the folky chords of “Cold Steel Minders” enter the listener’s ears like an old friend coming over for coffee. Later in the album, the music takes a darker turn with “Everyone Knows Jesus Wore a Chain”: drum intro, synth, and minor chords back Brook’s vocals as he repeats a chorus of “Sickeningly/ Sickeningly/ Sickeningly/ Sickeningly sweet….” As Minmae progresses, their tour schedule grows. They have shared stages with such performers as Magnolia Electric Company, Xiu Xiu, Thee More Shallows, Damien Jurado, The Gunshy, Mono, and Azalia Snail. Just as Minmae’s music is unpredictable, their roa

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