Flying in the face of earthly convention, Mr. Meeble issues a warning to everyone who checks out their indie debut album: Never Trust The Chinese. Between its title and content - this Phoenix based trio’s sensual and soulful pop meets dark electronica record is bound to drop jaws, turn heads and offend, oh, maybe about a billion people.
But it’s nothing personal… well, except for the one nameless female who inspired this collection of songs that tell stories of the denial and despair of lost love, personal accountability, remembering, mourning and finally, just maybe, a glimmer of hope.
Like their nearest ‘sounds kinda like’ cousins, Mr. Meeble incorporates both stellar instrumental work and an ethos of lyrical authenticity. Reminiscent of fellow French band Air, NTTC has moments of smooth, breathy vocals over spacey synths, chilled-out Rhodes and orchestral strings. At other times, it sounds similar to Thom Yorke’s Eraser with its emotive, pained vocals over minimal, tense electronics. Those familiar with Massive Attack’s Mezzanine will identify with NTTC’s dark, plodding and ominous vibe. The curious mix of stops, glitches, pops, whizzes, bleeps, stutters, and scratches together with sweeping, sometimes unnerving, visceral emotion is as close to opposites becoming singularly effective as you will find in music, or any art form, for that matter. ...READ MORE
STILL IN STOCK: The Non Assault Message Medium Enjoyment Maxi-Single is still available. This CD comes with the original version (check out the tracks on Last.FM), 8 remixes, and all of the original non assault messages in mp3 format. (30 minutes of pure gold) Limited release of 500 copies w/ hand-assembled artwork. *** WE HAVE 14 OF THESE LEFT! *** Cost: $11 plus $3 for shipping. ($5 shipping outside of the U.S.)
happy thanksgivings to all you fellas, music is sounding great, have also seen your live footage on youtube, very cool. Best moving forward into the winter - Jb/I
I've been planning a camping trip on that weekend for about a MONTH now! Someday our stars will align, I can feel it! I love your musics, so it's only a matter of time before I get the real deal ;)
Hi there!! It's been fun looking at your videos and 'I fell through' was great but that sure was some place to have the camera for that one! Good going!! :)
yeah things arent so bad on my end! But I do feel I'm jinxed or something, this is the third show of yours I've been so close to seeing, but have missed due to extraneous circumstances. Onward!
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