matthew mournian- voice/guitar
jason hooper- drums/guitar
demetrius antuna- guitar
dario izarraras- bass/voice
Influences
take offs/landings.
loss of time.
awkward silences.
tragedy.
the indecipherable music of the human mind.
those beautiful and fleeting moments of complete clarity.
Sounds Like
Like a jet-plane, Goodbye Blue Monday has the glorious roar, the attention getting muscle, the sky-bound ambition. But like a snake, it knows quiet, how to be smart, and move and writhe with an efficient twitch. Goodbye Blue Monday is San Diego’s new guard. The band’s second album, Help is on the Way, released by Loud + Clear Records (Manuok, Comfortable For You, Via Satellite), is as big and heavy as it is agile, a vigorous mix of subtlety and power.
Songs like “Tonight the World Will Know Your Name” have all the outrageous dance complexity vis-a-vis minimal funkiness of Franz Ferdinand, but never anything retro foolish or conjuring up anybody’s high school glory days. It’s all modern, all new, not touched by the gooey nostalgia and young/old man sentiment rampant in indie rock. (The band may list groups like The Cure as influences, but that’s where it stops.)
“This is Your Four Leaf Clover” begins with a tangled, thorny thicket of guitar riffs that reveal a bit of the band’s past, of guitarist Demetrius Antuna’s last group, The Dropscience. But a minute and a half in, it’s almost radio friendly—if the radio lived in the proverbial Perfect World of all good stuff/zero crap. Singer Matt Mournian cries out “I’ll Survive!” and suddenly you’re sweaty, zonked out of your mind, totally fucking losing yourself on the dance floor.
From there on out, the band just cooks: dropping raw Interpol beats into a sizzling, hissing wok; baking succulent Godspeed You Black Emperor slow-builds, then icing them with the late-night sex beats of Blonde Redhead.
But comparisons are just that—lazy. The record is in and of itself a singular piece of originality. Guitars honk and bleed—technical but ragged—Dario Izarraras’ (lowcloudcover) bass groans out the heartbeat of the album, but knows when to hush up for Jason Hooper’s sinewy drum breaks. (Somewhere in the audience, unofficial fifth member Rob Queenin, the band’s photographer, roadie, driver, etc, is snapping photos maniacally, changing film canisters like gun clips.) Then Mournian comes on—eyes closed, leaning into the mic, guitar pulled tight to his chest—right when you’re ready, and in that moment, you realize that help has indeed found you. –Adam Gnade
Song: The World Won't Listen
Director: Grant Reinero
Song: Help is on the Way
Director: Ryan Renteria
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Its been a long time, probably high time we updated this in some fashion...so here you go, if anyone is wondering what GBM has been up to for the past little while here's a quick run down:
April 2007- GBM is featured on MTV2's On the Rise along with the video for "The World Wont Listen"
February 2007, or was it March? GBM records "Everyone is Satisfied" for the Black Box Studios compilation CD.
GBM won awards for "Best Alternative" at the San Diego Music Awards in 2006 and 2005.
5 of the 7 tracks on "Help is on the Way" have been being used by MTV on shows such as The Real World and Why Cant I Be You. (thank$, BMI).
New Material is constantly being written... most of a new album is either recorded or in the process of being put together as the weeks go by. Many of you have asked at our shows who will be putting it out and when this will happen. Right now nobody knows. Stay tuned...its only a matter of time.
So much cool stuff has happened/is happening, I can never remember all of it....check back from time to time.
Intricate, precise, and calculated. GBM derives emotion, bliss, anger, and intensity from a delicate mixture of rhythm, melody, and dynamics. GBM is in its purest form a truly explosive indie rock band. Rollercoaster rides wind us through avenues of distortion, anxiety, Jason Hoopers pounding drums, and Demetrius Antunas needle like guitar work. Redemption follows in the warmth and attack of Dario Izarraras bass infused, cinematic backgrounds and shimmering waves of tranquil guitar harmonies. The brutal honesty and enigmatic obscurity of vocalist/guitarist Matthew Mournians lyrics recall lost years, drug abuse, emptiness, and finally the purity of new beginnings. This is a return to the wonder, sprawling emotion, and contrast of our long lost younger days. A tribute to fall afternoons and the newness of things we knew nothing about but were desperate to learn, the tingle and shiver of magic moments when every thing was beautiful and yet to be experienced. GBM shocks you, jars your consciousness a little, maybe even frightens a part of you but in the end brings you home and tucks you in when others wont give you a second look.
After a few lineup changes in its earlier forms GBM is now poised to make an incredible and unique mark on the international indie rock circuit. After emerging as one of San Diegos most admired and respected rock bands along side acts such as Pinback, the Album Leaf, the Black Heart Procession, and even the legendary Drive Like Jehu, GBM is entering a new era
help is on the way.
Hello, hope all is good just dropping by to say our album is now only £2+postage, for 12 tracks on limited edition cd, our shop is http://d67. bigcartel. com, thanks and take care, Absent.
Double Midnight Madness this Friday and Saturday!!
Score new deals all day long on guitars, drums, keyboards and more! Then from 9pm-12:00am midnight, double up the deals with a sneak peak at “the list:” featuring hundreds of items at 10, 20 and even 40% off our everyday low prices!
WHATS GOOD THANKS FOR THE ADD I SHOULD HAVE NEW SONGS UP SOON AND SHIT FOR YOULL TO CHECK OUT I HOPE YOU GET THE CHANCE TO COP THE NEW ALBUM I HOPE SHIT GUNNA BE HOT SOME FIRE FOR THE DIRTY D AIGHT SO GET BACK AND STAY IN TOUCH AND WATCH FOR SHOWS AT LA ESTANCIAS AND MORE.....MUCH LOVE APOLLO P.S NEW TRACKS COMMIN SOON.....OUT
Goodbye Blue Monday in the vast expanse of sonic experiences, I hope you will find harmony with my melody. There are free downloads on the page, just waiting for you to download them and give them a good home in your iPod!
Britt Daniel of Spoon is playing a special matinee solo acoustic show at the Belly Up Tavern on Saturday May 3rd at 6pm w/ Anya Marina. Tickets are only $15/$17 day of show. Get in on this!
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