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Band Marino CD-Release Party
from volume 01 issue 07 // PJ Cheng
Band Marino CD-Release Party
Words: PJ Cheng
Photos: Anna Melcon
On December 2nd, Orlando's Backbooth will host two shows featuring Band Marino. The club will be decked out in appropriate décor to compliment the band's CD-release, The Sea and The Beast. The debut album has been a work in progress for over 2 years and showcases the group's eclectic appeal for a mixture of folk and rock blended with a personal flair for the eccentric. They scored the soundtrack for the independent film The Last Romantic and have gathered a significant following over the years. But what's really cool is that they bake cookies for their fans and they want to see humans dressed in oceanic gewgaw.
REAX: You guys have influences that range from Django Reinhardt to Of Montreal but would folk-rock be an accurate description for the overall sound of your debut album, The Sea And The Beast?
Jesse Adams(guitar, vocals, mandolin): The Sea & the Beast is coming from a lot of different places, and Folk music and Rock music are both a big part of what we're doing. They are definitely the influences that seem to come out the most. But I think it's hard to attach our name to a specific sound or style in words.
REAX: What do you draw upon when writing your lyrics?
Nathan Bond(guitar, vocals, keys): I draw a lot from life experience, as do most songwriters, but I think my favorite method of writing is turning something I experienced, whether directly or indirectly, into a story with different characters, plot outlines, and seemingly no connection to reality except the message being conveyed or the underlying theme. It challenges me to sing about something personal from the point of view of an entirely different character.
REAX: Backbooth in Orlando will feature an under-the-sea motif for your CD-release party. What's with the fixation on maritime folklore?
NB: The two places I've always felt most at peace throughout my life were around campfires in the middle of the woods, and journeys to the beach at night. When I wrote "The Sea & The Beast" I was taking many said trips to the ocean, and as a result the ocean became kind of a central theme throughout the album. On top of that, I've always been way into old paintings of sea serpents on the high seas and so forth, so I was stoked about how the art would turn out.
REAX: Tell us about the soundtrack for the 2006 film, The Last Romantic. How did that project come about? How does it feel to release your first album after having first scored a movie soundtrack? Are there any other movie soundtracks in the future for Band Marino?
JA: The Last Romantic was done by the brothers Nee, brothers to our own Jonathan Nee. It was a huge project, and we all learned a lot from it. I'm glad that we did it before we recorded The Sea & the Beast because it gave us a chance to see some of what worked and what
didn't work in the studio. I hope we will have the opportunity to do more movie soundtracks in the future. Currently there's another soundtrack in the works, and if it goes through it could be super awesome, but I can't reveal anymore than that at this time.
REAX: How's the tour schedule for this album?
JA: In January, we're hitting the road with an Athens, Georgia band, The Modern Skirts. We'll probably hit up a lot of the southeast over the month of January. We're planning on touring pretty hard over the next year.
REAX: What can we expect at the CD-release party?
JA: Probably the coolest rock show Orlando has ever seen. An underwater dance extravaganza! The Backbooth will be decorated like the under water lair of a sea monster. We are encouraging people to come dressed like sea creatures, coral reefs, plankton, sailors, octopi, penguins, and pretty much anything sea related. We're going to bake cookies for the people who come early to both shows. We'll be selling some limited edition merchandise that will only be available that night. We have some of the best bands in Florida opening up for us: Inkwell, Look Mexico and the Heathens at the early show. Gasoline Heart, the Wynn Brothers Band and the Summerbirds in the Cellar at the late show. Yip-Yip will be the house band for the night (they'll be playing up in the balcony between bands). There will undoubtedly be some guest appearances during our set. It's going to be a celebration of epic and grandiose proportions!
Band Marino will play two shows at Orlando's Backbooth on December 2nd. Eleven dollars gets you into the event as well as a copy of their album. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/bandmarino.
Words: PJ Cheng
Photos: Anna Melcon
On December 2nd, Orlando's Backbooth will host two shows featuring Band Marino. The club will be decked out in appropriate décor to compliment the band's CD-release, The Sea and The Beast. The debut album has been a work in progress for over 2 years and showcases the group's eclectic appeal for a mixture of folk and rock blended with a personal flair for the eccentric. They scored the soundtrack for the independent film The Last Romantic and have gathered a significant following over the years. But what's really cool is that they bake cookies for their fans and they want to see humans dressed in oceanic gewgaw.
REAX: You guys have influences that range from Django Reinhardt to Of Montreal but would folk-rock be an accurate description for the overall sound of your debut album, The Sea And The Beast?
Jesse Adams(guitar, vocals, mandolin): The Sea & the Beast is coming from a lot of different places, and Folk music and Rock music are both a big part of what we're doing. They are definitely the influences that seem to come out the most. But I think it's hard to attach our name to a specific sound or style in words.
REAX: What do you draw upon when writing your lyrics?
Nathan Bond(guitar, vocals, keys): I draw a lot from life experience, as do most songwriters, but I think my favorite method of writing is turning something I experienced, whether directly or indirectly, into a story with different characters, plot outlines, and seemingly no connection to reality except the message being conveyed or the underlying theme. It challenges me to sing about something personal from the point of view of an entirely different character.
REAX: Backbooth in Orlando will feature an under-the-sea motif for your CD-release party. What's with the fixation on maritime folklore?
NB: The two places I've always felt most at peace throughout my life were around campfires in the middle of the woods, and journeys to the beach at night. When I wrote "The Sea & The Beast" I was taking many said trips to the ocean, and as a result the ocean became kind of a central theme throughout the album. On top of that, I've always been way into old paintings of sea serpents on the high seas and so forth, so I was stoked about how the art would turn out.
REAX: Tell us about the soundtrack for the 2006 film, The Last Romantic. How did that project come about? How does it feel to release your first album after having first scored a movie soundtrack? Are there any other movie soundtracks in the future for Band Marino?
JA: The Last Romantic was done by the brothers Nee, brothers to our own Jonathan Nee. It was a huge project, and we all learned a lot from it. I'm glad that we did it before we recorded The Sea & the Beast because it gave us a chance to see some of what worked and what
didn't work in the studio. I hope we will have the opportunity to do more movie soundtracks in the future. Currently there's another soundtrack in the works, and if it goes through it could be super awesome, but I can't reveal anymore than that at this time.
REAX: How's the tour schedule for this album?
JA: In January, we're hitting the road with an Athens, Georgia band, The Modern Skirts. We'll probably hit up a lot of the southeast over the month of January. We're planning on touring pretty hard over the next year.
REAX: What can we expect at the CD-release party?
JA: Probably the coolest rock show Orlando has ever seen. An underwater dance extravaganza! The Backbooth will be decorated like the under water lair of a sea monster. We are encouraging people to come dressed like sea creatures, coral reefs, plankton, sailors, octopi, penguins, and pretty much anything sea related. We're going to bake cookies for the people who come early to both shows. We'll be selling some limited edition merchandise that will only be available that night. We have some of the best bands in Florida opening up for us: Inkwell, Look Mexico and the Heathens at the early show. Gasoline Heart, the Wynn Brothers Band and the Summerbirds in the Cellar at the late show. Yip-Yip will be the house band for the night (they'll be playing up in the balcony between bands). There will undoubtedly be some guest appearances during our set. It's going to be a celebration of epic and grandiose proportions!
Band Marino will play two shows at Orlando's Backbooth on December 2nd. Eleven dollars gets you into the event as well as a copy of their album. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/bandmarino.
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