ARTIST: Man Man
TITLE: Six Demon Bag
LABEL: Ace Fu Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 207kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 40m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-02-21
RIP DATE: 2005-12-10
Track List
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1. Feathers 2:08
2. Engwish Bwudd 3:33
3. Banana Ghost 2:54
4. Young Einstein On The Beach 0:58
5. Skin Tension 3:46
6. Black Mission Goggles 4:59
7. Hot Bat 1:26
8. Push The Eagle's Stomach 3:39
9. Spider Cider 3:05
10. Van Helsing Boombox 3:44
11. Tunneling Through the Guy 5:25
12. Fishstick Gumbo 0:04
13. Ice Dogs 4:45
Release Notes:
Somewhere between New York, Philadelphia, and the Holy Mountain, MAN MAN fastens
together shellac, perfume, feathers, dirt, and blood, knits together Screaming
Jay Hawkins, Etta James, 80s pop, Iggy Pop, Soda Popinski, Mexican funeral
marches, religious cults, bad luck, and two-headed wolves to wrangle out
something entirely else. With themes ranging from loss to love to mayhem and
back, SIX DEMON BAG's narrative structure once again straddles the blurry line
between order and chaos, the outsider elements from their debut THE MAN IN A
BLUE TURBAN WITH A FACE sharpened into alternate universe pop hits; an album
just as comfortably suited to the workplace desktop as to the Lord of the Flies
campfire, post Piggy. Gravel-throated Ringmaster Honus Honus has assembed a
motley crew of likeminded shamans to help perform Man Man's many song exorcisms;
sweaty, sexy swamp boogies rest easily alongside no-wavey guitars, melancholy
funeral dirges, french new wave soundscapes, and exiled river-bed gypsy jams. At
the core of the everything is a pop heart, albeit a wounded one, but nonetheless
a heart that beats strong and confident and will not be satisfied until you are
a full-on converted follower.
SIX DEMON BAG introduces a few new band members into the fold. The new Man Man
converts include Sergei Sogay, Les Mizzle, Christopher Powell (aka Pow Pow ) of
Icy Demons and Need New Body fame, and multi-instrumentalist Alejandro "Cougar"
Borg. Sergei has a very nice beard, gentle eyes and exudes a natural,
refreshing, unthreatening machismo. Alejandro is an accomplished ping pong
player, has a penchant for shoestring headbands, is a Scott Joplin enthusiast
and descends from a family of gypsy fur trappers. Les Mizzle has a confessed
weakness for Cajun gumbo, women with concealed weaponry, and is from France. Pow
Pow has Mojo. According to Pitchfork, "if you aren't excited by the above
descriptions alone, you have no soul. At the very least, take yourself and your
friends to one of the shows. . . for an experience unlike any other. It starts
with white suits and tribal rituals, and only gets better from there.
Seriously."
Man Man has played shows with Arcade Fire, Fiery Furnaces, Okkervil River, DFA
1979, Mary Timony, Out Hud, Cat Power, and Deerhoof, and received critical
accolades in The Fader, Magnet, Spin, Alternative Press, Village Voice, Urb,
Time Out NY, Pitchfork, and more.
Crawl back to the cave with Man Man. Sleep with the wolves. Ace Fu proudly
releases Man Man's second LP, Six Demon Bag, on February 21, 2006.
THE MEN MEN:
Honus Honus -- gravel pit forethroat, primitive Rhodes, science
Sergei Sogay -- percussion, synths, brown bass, vibes, caveman throat
Les Mizzle -- science, bass, percussion, color, smooth throat
Blanco - trumpet, dirt guitar, piano, clarinet, cello, psycho throat, science
Alejandro ôCougarö Borg - marimba, trumpet, snake guitar, manic throat
Pow Pow - sexual trap kit, bedroom eyes, coyote throat, spirit healer
Pow Pow - sexual trap kit, bedroom eyes, coyote throat, spirit healer