Aural Art:
Nicholas Goss is Boy Blue: Producer, Band Leader, Co-Founder, Guitar
Elizabeth Mead: Keyboards, Vocals, Co-Founder
Bobby Sauder: Lead Vocalist, Fender Bass
Melicent King: Violin, Synthesizer, Vocals
Rachael Mulford: Drums, Vibraphones
Visual Art:
Neil Goss: Mammoth Life Apparel Clothing Designer, Mammoth Life Apparel Founder, Photography, Artist
Cory Gugler: Film, Technical Support
Lingual Art:
Nathan H Girard: Nicholas' Lyric Collaborator on Kaleidoscopic Art Pop/ Literature
Influences
Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys
DEVO
Joe Meek Productions
Andrew Morgan
Marty Robbins
Perseverance and Drive
The MidWest Regional Landscape
Individuality and Creativity
Spaghetti Western and Country and Western colors
Passion and Ambition combined
Philosophy, especially that of Jean Paul Sartre, and Ayn Rand with Objectivism/ Egoism
Enlightenment, the movement
A very CONSCIOUS appreciation for America and its' founding fathers' ideals and philosophy
Atheism... as I am liberated by standing in this vast universe on my own two feet and crying aloud, "I am Boy Blue and can do anything that I want to do."
Tolerance for human rights and the free choices of other individuals
Mammoth Life is one of the premier art pop groups currently resounding in the fermenting post-pop Lawrence music scene, garnering a reputation as being one of the most original sounding and looking bands in the mid west.
Mammoth Life's sparkling debut, Kaleidoscopic Art Pop, shimmers with an eclectic collection of approachable, yet progressive experimental chamber pop tunes that conjures a kaleidoscopic collage of layered melodies, multiple musical sections and an epic aural vision that delivers a mature and unique take on popular music.
Founded in Lawrence, KS four years ago by producer Nicholas Goss and songwriting partner Elizabeth Mead, Mammoth Life has quickly become a safe haven for like minded artists seeking to achieve emotional immortality by attaining artistic self expression in multiple mediums of art.
The group is currently working on their sophomore release titled, An American Movement. A self described "spaghetti-pop, western opus" about a character that goes by the name of Boy Blue... it is said, “Boy Blue can do anything that he wants to do.” It is a romantic and introspective account about the author, but also a passionate and fanciful doctrine that asserts individuality, creativity, freedom acquired from knowledge, ego, critical thinking, perseverance and drive, tolerance for diversity, and attainment… for this is to be an American movement.
In building anticipation for the upcoming album, Mammoth Life has released one transparent blue limited run 45-rpm vinyl 7” record, limited to 250 pressings. Included is two variations of songs from An American Movement, one group photo, and three album inserts. The release is titled Enlightenment: A Romantic Gospel Parts 3 and 4, which includes the songs “Disrupting The Extinction Of Distinction” {Part 3 – Ego} and “We Are Within A Holy War” {Part 4 – Critical Thinking}.
The first official single release titled, Progress: The Metamorphosis Parts 1 and 2, will drop in January 2010 and is to be pressed to 100 cd's, featuring the single, “Boy Blue, An American Lion” {Part 2 - Perseverance and Drive} and “With Sanctity, Our Declaration” {Part 1 – Progression}. Look for An American Movement in 2010.
Mammoth Life screen printed crest logo t-shirts now available in small/medium/ large! Hand printed by Neil Goss (Mammoth Life Apparel), if you would like yours today, message us for mailing information and they are only $10 plus shipping and handling!
"...'To Suffer For Passion' is a true indie-pop gem indeed."
- Bridging The Atlantic contributer, a.m.p.m. London, England
"The album’s title, Kaleidoscopic Art Pop, is absolutely fitting. It’s all gorgeous shapes and color shifting creates one beautiful abstraction after another."
- 90.7 FM KJHK's Pop Rocks host, Ian Hrabe Lawrence, Kansas
"Bicycle Rider is even more fun - honking horns and ringing bells, buzzing and flitting from here to there, enjoying the feeling of luxuriating in happiness."
- A New Band A Day, United Kingdom
"Chamber Pop Quintet Mammoth Life hails from Lawrence, Kansas, where among the cornfields, under the hot Kansas sun they've been distilling a brand of alt-pop sweeter than corn bread and more powerful than ethanol...The creativity and ability to look at musical creation from outside the box is refreshing and enervating...It's definitely not the status quo, but it might just be the most original sound you're going to find this year."
- Wildy's World contributer, Amherst, NY
Mammoth Life's Kaleidoscopic Art Pop is "a spectacular piece of pop masterwork."
- The Yank Sizzler contributor, Michael Stoecker, Lawrence, KS
Kaleidoscopic Art Pop released!
Available for purchase through CD Baby and available for download at
DigStation(Non-DRM 192Kbps MP3's).
Also available on iTunes, and locally at Love Garden Sounds and Kief's Downtown Music in Lawrence, KS!
Please support our Indie Pop "EP CLUB" presented by Series Two Records and Eggnog Records. It is a collaboration between an Indie Pop label in Nebraska and one in New Zealand. The indie pop EP CLUB's include artists from around the world.
Hello kids. I just wanted to let you know that Too Much Rock posted up photos of your show on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at The Jackpot Saloon in Lawrence, KS with The Most Serene Republic & Still Life Still.
