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January 26, 2006
something like a repeat
'Wheats' popped into my head randomly the other day, so I thought I'd put it up again. This is from one of my first posts ever (9/20/04, back when I was a stone rookie to the mp3blog racket), you can tell by the ridiculously horrible writing (not that it's much better now):
**...this (from their first album, Watch It Happen) is one of the best break-up songs ever, because the melody is catchy as hell, and but it starts out so rough, with the palm-muted guitar, then you listen to the lyrics and it's just the most excoriating stuff. Nicely done, Mazarin. Unfortunately, it seems like the band is looking for some distribution for their third album (their second, Tall-Tale Storyline, is amazing), and no one is willing to give them a spot on their roster.
Here is a quote from Brian McTear (guitarist of Mazarin, main guy in Bitter, Bitter Weeks, and producer extraordinaire), courtesy of an interview with ShinyGun: "[I'm excited about] Mazarin's third album (which was finished about a year ago, but there's still no release scheduled). This is Quentin [Stoltzfus]'s best record, in my opinion. I hope to god it finds its way to the public soon. When we did our first record together, Quentin, Sean and I barely knew one another, and we were pretty innocent to the music world. Nonetheless, it was the first record from Philadelphia that I can remember making an impact outside the city. ... The newest one was an excellent return to the old days. It was back to the original threesome, plus bassist Mike Walker. I think we felt a lot older and wiser (only four years later) and made it with very little care for what would come of it. It also has appearances by Kurt from the Lilys, Don from Icarus Line and Walt from the Walkmen. Now I just want people to hear what we did."**
Well that had a happy ending, didn't it? I and Ear Records released Mazarin's 3rd full-length, "We're Already There", this past fall. The band's touring with the Walkmen through the end of this month, and you can buy any of their albums right here (except for "Watch It Happen", cause that baby's out of print).
Posted by Kevin at January 26, 2006 12:01 AM