Mardou was started in Cincinnati, OH in 2012 as a wayward bedroom project influenced by artists like Swell Maps, Joy Division, and Galaxie 500. The groups earliest iteration was a barely-functioning, untrained and cacophonous band with Dyon McCratney on guitar and singing, Eric Dietrich on bass, Eric Lindsay on drums, and Aaron Watkins on guitar. Since its creation, Mardou has been an amoeba-esque band whose members, vision, and sound have changed almost-comically routinely since it’s primitive, gothy 7” debut Rimbaud / Bounty Hunter on Cincinnati noise label Torn Light Records. After almost 3 years of performing and releasing DIY tapes and CD’s of material ranging from noise pop to industrial rock, the group released a moody, synthy debut full-length album Cold Grasp in June 2016 on Chicago experimental label Moniker Records ( Mikey Young, ONO , J.T. IV ). Productivity never slowing, shortly after the album was released, the group recorded a thus unreleased album “Kaleidoscope of Darkness,” under it’s current lineup—a raucous sextet somewhere between The Mob and NEU!, featuring Dylan McCartney, Eric Dietrich, Aaron Watkins, Jerome Westerkamp of Vacation, Sarah Hanselmann and Dakota Carlyle.
Comments
Post a Comment