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Brio

Album: Once Eponymous

Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Brio
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General Info

Genre: Jazz / Pop / Soul
Location New Orleans, Un
Profile Views: 65815
Last Login: 1/3/2012
Member Since 1/18/2008
Website themumbles.org
Record Label Halogen Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
THE MUMBLES are a New Orleans, LA based Avant-Soul Duo: A tiny band with a mighty sound. Using two keyboards and a drum kit, they combine soul music with avant and old time jazz to create "pop songs in the key of partying down" (Time Out New York). Keysman Keith Burnstein and drummer Ethan Shorter met in the rhythm section of a 14 piece hip hop orchestra, soon striking out on their own in late 2006 to write tunes that would become Mumbles mainstays. As a duo, the boys distilled songs to their essence, delighting in a dynamic that "...marries the bedroom intimacy of a singer-songwriter, with the expansive musical prowess of a psych jazz outfit" (Seven Days Vermont). After the completion of their first record, "Once Eponymous", in 2008, The Mumbles have been touring the country on the heels of a national AAA radio campaign, with fine stations nationwide playing the disc in heavy rotation. Critics have called the break-out single, 'Bite-Size (Brawn w/ Brio)', "Lounge music for the super-hip" (Roanoke Times) with a vibe that is "...equal parts Tom Waits gruffness and Woody Allen pathos" (The L Magazine). During breaks in their travels, the band recorded the "richly textured and arty" (Danbury News Times) "Muddy Mantras" with vocalist Meredith Claire. After a highly successful 10 city tour opening for Herbie Hancock's Headhunters in November 2010, the Mumbles holed up in the recording studio with producer Brian J (Pimps of Joytime) to record their forthcoming full-length album, "Annunciation St". The album is out now and will be available via I-tunes in the near future as well as at their shows. The Mumbles will be back out on the road in support of the new album July 1. New dates are being added daily, so check back often! Both EPs, "Muddy Mantras" and "Once EPonymous" are currently available on iTunes and at CDbaby.com http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheMumbles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .................... .. ..made with the Cosmoedit ..Myspace Editor.... .. .... .. ..
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Influences
Coconuts. The Muppet Show. Mangoes. Tweedy.
Sounds Like
The Mumbles are a New Orleans-based duo: two vintage keyboards, a drum kit, and male vocals. They blend singer-songwriter soul with gritty jazz and old time music. Asses will shake as life-affirming mantras are repeated. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ......